Past Festival participants have requested more opportunities to discuss their conference experiences with other attendees. In 2008 we responded by offering Festival Circles, small groups that will meet at least twice durign the Festival to discuss a topic of common interest. Many of the circles focused on aspects of writing--providing a forum, to give just one example, for poets to talk with other poets about things that they've heard in the various sessions they have attended.
The feedback we received from these groups in 2008 was quite positive, and we plan to offer them again in 2010. More information to come...