Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books 2024 Post-Festival Survey

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Thank you for attending the 2024 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books! As we begin planning for the 2025 Festival, we hope you will help us by taking a short survey about your experience at this year's Festival.

Please keep an eye on our website and social media for more great things to come!

Overall, how satisfied were you with the 2024 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books? *

Not Satisfied

Extremely Satisfied

Select the following author talks and panels you attended: *

Ross Gay

Sebastian Junger

Eloisa James

Benjamin Herold

Romantasy Panel with Mai Corland, Hanah Nicole Maehrer and Aurora Ascher

PGH Social Justice Panel with Robert T. Hayashi, Liann Tsoukas, Rob Ruck and Nico Slate

PGH True Crime Panel with Richard Gazarik, Jason Kirin and Paul Hodos

PGH Memoir Panel with Lori Jakiela, Frank Santoro, Dave Newman and JoAnn Klimovich Harrop

Thriller Panel with Parker Adams, Annette Dashofy and Nick Petrie

Historical Romance Panel with Vanessa Riley and Lindsay Lovise

Cozy Panel with Abby Collette, VM Burns and Geri Krotow

Historical Fiction Panel with Morgan Ghazirad and Katherine Howe

PGH Jazz Panel with Colter Harper and Jerry Zolten

Fantasy Panel with David R. Slayton and Rania Hanna

Local History Panel with Ed Simon and Zachary Brodt

Contemporary Romance Panel with Kristina Forest, Chloe Liese, Lindsay Hameroff and Melodie Edwards

Horror Panel with Zoje Stage, Hailey Piper, Gwendolyn Kiste and Cynthia Pelayo

Joseph Earl Thomas and Prachi Gupta

Kyla Zhao

Shannon Reed

Steve Drummond

Cynthia Pelayo

Kosoko Jackson

Elwin Cotman

Erin E. Adams

Laura Sims

Clare Beams

A.H. Kim

Ed Simon

I did not attend any author talks or panels.

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Please share comments or feedback regarding the author talks and panels you attended.

Select the following poets you heard from: *

Natalie Augustine

Kelley Beeson

Doralee Brooks

Emily Carlson

Toi Derricotte

Hallie Dong

Ashnavi Ghosh

Shyann Glover

Diarra Imani

Sheila L. Carter-Jones

Julia Spicher Kasdorf

Nancy Krygowski

Jessica Manack

Michelle Gil-Montero

#notwhite collective

Gaia Rajan

Maryjean "Mj" Shahen

Leslie "Ezra" Smith

Orlando Watson

Anthony "AJ" Wiles

I did not attend any poetry readings.

Required

Please share comments or feedback regarding the poetry readings you attended.

Select the following workshops you attended:
*

CLP Workshop: Create a Comic

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Successful Self-Publishing but Were Afraid to Ask

How to Meet Other Book Lovers

The Editing Process Demystified

Book Reviews 101

The Benefits of and Ideas for Book Clubs

Horror Fiction in Libraries

Share Your Story Writing Workshop

How to Write a Poem (On Your Own Terms

Publishing Tabletop Roleplaying Games and You

Storytelling Sparks: Exploring Characters through Mini-Zines

The Art of Grieving: How Art and Art-Making Helps Us Grieve and Live Our Best Lives

I did not attend any workshops.

Required

Please share comments or feedback regarding the workshops you attended.

Select the following stage programs you attended:
*

Steven Sherrill

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Summer Reading Program Kickoff

Jerry Zolten

Banned Books Program

Jonathan Auxier

30 Books in 30 Minutes

I did not attend any stage programming.

Required

Please share comments or feedback regarding the stage programming you attended.

Select the following Children's and Young Adult programming you attended:
*

Panel: Reading the Past with Leah Pileggi, Michael Leali, Sharon G. Flake, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Alexandra Diaz

Storytime: Seoul Food with Erin Danielle Russell

Panel: Writing YOUR History with Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Alexandra Diaz

Panel: How Do We Grapple with What is Right? with Jennifer Baker, Don, P. Hooper and Stacy Stokes

Storytime: It's Pride, Baby! with Allen R. Wells

In Conversation: Parisa Akhbari and Ashnavi Ghosh (Youth Poet)

Workshop: Draw Like an InvestiGator: Agents of S.U.I.T. with Pat Lewis

Storytime: Fovever and Always with Brittany Thurman

Panel: From Pittsburgh with Love with Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

Panel: Reading the Rainbow at Every Age with Allen R. Wells, Michael Leali and Rachael Lippincott

Panel: Graphic Adventures for Middle Schoolers with Terri Libenson, Sharee Miller and V.P. Anderson

Panel: Family Ties with Jennifer baker, Shannon C.F. Rogers and Alyson Derrick

Workshop: Make Your Own Zine with Sharee Miiller

Workshop: Creative Writing with Michael Leali

I did not attend any children's and young adult programming.

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Please share comments or feedback regarding the children's and young adult programming you attended.

How did you hear about the Festival? *

Friend or relative

Social media

Print media (newspapers, magazines, etc.)

Radio

Other:

Did you travel from out of town to attend the Festival? *

Yes

If you traveled from out of town, where did you come from and did you stay overnight?
*

Did you use any accommodations during the Festival? *

Yes

Were there any accomodations you would have liked to see at the Festival? *

Did you purchase any books during your time at the Festival? *

Yes

If you purchased any books, what books were they? *

What would you like to see at future Festivals? *

Please share comments and feedback regarding your overall Festival experience.

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