2025-07-17T18:20:00-04:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 812550346 BRATTLEBORO LITERARY FESTIVAL INC % Sandra Rouse BRAT 8023657673 PO BOX 1116 BRATTLEBORO VT 053021116 Sandra Rouse Rouse 2025-07-18 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Brattleborolitfest.org X X 42367 X 41269 0 0 1098 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42367 0 0 5125 2500 4000 25747 37372 4995 37681 42676 37681 42676 0 0 37681 42676 37681 42676 The mission of the Brattleboro Literary Festival is to unite readers in the celebration of diverse ideas books and the power of words that will enhance the cultural vibrancy of Brattleboro and beyond. It was a celebration in 2023 featuring more than 60 authors both award-winning and emerging October 13-15 with books on the theme of The story of Us. Authors included Tracy Kidder Jonathan Rosen Will Schwalbe Kelly Link Andre Dubus III Jean Kwok Holly Black Ann Hood Martha McPhee Nikil Goyal and Chen Chen. All events were free and open to the public. On October 19-21 the 23rd annual Brattleboro Literary Festival featuring more than 40 authors both award-winning and emerging converged on downtown Brattleboro We believe that books are an invitation to learn about ourselves and others; to create meaning and community in a time of extraordinary changea beacon of light in dark times Featured authors included Jeffrey Rosen Moon Unit Zappa Sigrid Nunez Amitava Kumar Roxanne Robinson Tyriek White MT Anderson Sunil Amrith Gary Gulman Julia Phillips Marie Helene Bertino Pablo Medina January Gill ONeil and many more. 0 41685 Monthly virtual event the Literary Cocktail Hour borne out of the pandemic with the idea of people congregating online around books and authors attracting those who were housebound featuring 1-4 authors 2023 had events with former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss Adam Goodheart Fred Pearce Kathryn Ma and more. 0 0 41685 Bob Parks President 2 0 0 0 Robert Spila Treasurer 2 0 0 0 Jenny Altshuler Secretary 1 0 0 0 Sandra Rouse Festival Director 30 0 0 0 Melinda Lvovsky Director 1 0 0 0 Charles Coe Director 1 0 0 0 Yoojin Grace Wuertz Director 1 0 0 0 Elizabeth Catlin Director 2 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false VT Sandra Rouse PO BOX 1116 BRATTLEBORO VT 053021116 8023657673 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 0 22486 24757 43000 41269 131512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22486 24757 43000 41269 131512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22486 24757 43000 41269 131512 1 0.00 0 0.00 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Hotel rooms-$18,309, $18309| Author Reception, $975| Author dinner, $4469| Author Transportation, $1211| Equipment Rental, $383| Liability Insurance, $400| Part I, General | Explanation:| Author Hotel Rooms-18,309 Part I, General | Explanation:| Author Reception-$975 Part I, General | Explanation:| Author dinner-$4,469 Part I, General | Explanation:| Author Transportation-$1,211 Part I, General | Explanation:| Equipment rental-$383 Part I, General | Explanation:| Liability Insurance-$400 Part I, General | Explanation:| Web hosting and Zoom licensing-$2071