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New Wordfest director

Posted by Drew Anderson in Drew's Views

After 15 years at the helm as founding general director of Wordfest, Anne Green will be stepping down after this year's event.

Green has grown the festival into an internationally recognized event, hosting a broad range of authors, famous and obscure, in Calgary and Banff.

Jo Steffens will assume the lead role at the festival after October, returning home to Calgary from New York City. Steffens represents a new direction, with familiarity and knowledge of new technologies. In the world of e-books and e-readers, it was time for a fresh face.

In New York, Steffens was a curator at The Municipal Art Society and ran their bookstore. She also founded the Independent Booksellers of New York.

To hear about this year's lineup of authors, stay tuned to this blog on Wednesday.

 


more in Books     |     posted Aug 23rd, 2010 at 10:02am     


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