About the festival and about this survey

Maynard is bringing back its Book Festival! For a number of years, through 2019, the Friends of the Maynard Public Library held an annual Book Festival, featuring various kinds of books and event formats. A Book Festival has not been held since the COVID pandemic, but now, with your help, we hope to bring people together for a celebration and conversation around authors, books, culture, and literacy. We want your ideas to help us plan an event or series of events you would like to attend.

All questions in this survey are optional. There are eight questions plus an optional comments field. It should take an average of five minutes to complete the survey.

Thank you for your input!

Maynard Book Festival Committee

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* 1. Which authors or types of authors would you like to have speak at a Maynard Book Festival? Please share with us your ideas both for specific authors and for the types of authors that are of interest to you.

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* 2. Which genres of writing are of interest to you? (Check all that apply.)

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* 3. What activities other than author talks would be of interest to you at a book festival? (Check all that apply.)

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* 4. A question for those with children: What sorts of book-related activities do you think your children would most enjoy as part of a book festival? Please also note the ages of your children in your response.

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* 5. What type of festival format would encourage you to participate in this event? (Check all that apply.)

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* 6. How do you hear about new books or about literary events in the area? Please name specific sources if you can.

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* 7. Do you attend other book festivals in the region? If so, could you please name one or two? What did you like about them? What would you have changed?

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* 8. Are there any types of accommodation that would make it easier for you to participate in a book festival event? (for example, an assisted listening device)

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* 9. Other comments? Is there anything else that is important to you which you would like us to consider as we begin planning the next Maynard Book Festival?

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