This festival is a boon to anyone who loves both literature and gorgeous island landscapes. You can attend a lit crawl with major authors, generate some masterpieces of your own at workshops and drop-in write-a-thons, hear book-themed music, and chime in on panel discussions, as well as meeting regional authors, poets, and publishers. Featured artists will include poet Rick Barot, novelist Nicola Griffith, author and graphic novelist Mat Johnson, singer/songwriter Laura Veirs, screenwriter Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith, and many others, and the panels will sport many local favorites like Donna Miscolta, Anastacia-Reneé, Elizabeth Austen, Katrina Carrasco, Joe Ray, and more.