A synopsis of media coverage of March 2011's Story Week Festival of Writers, put on by Columbia College Chicago.

1. Story Week 2011 Media Quotes
If you love literature, then consider clearing your schedule this week. Columbia
College's Story Week 2011 is a six-day festival jam-packed with readings, discussion
panels, workshops, book signings and performances from authors, poets and
playwrights. This annual festival has been celebrated for the last 15 years, becoming
a major source of literary inspiration for the Chicago community. - Ashley Henshaw,
HuffingtonPost.com
Columbia College does more than boast Colbert Report-worthy tweeters. The fiction
writing department at Columbia College is also responsible for the ever-expanding
and always interesting Story Week, a festival that gives the public free access to
author readings, conversations, panels and performances. –
Betsy Mikel, Chicagoist.com
We say it every year, but it bears repeating: Though Printers Row gets all the
fanfare, writers and readers interested in proving their True Lit check out Story
Week in the spring and the Humanities Fest in the fall. The Story Week Festival of
Writers—thrown every year for the past 15 by Columbia College’s fiction-writing
department—offers panels, readings and discussions pretty much all day every day
for one week in March. Because it’s put on by a college, the events tend to appeal to
a wide range of listeners, from beginning writers to just lovers of literature. –
Jonathan Messinger, Time Out Chicago
Put on by the college's Fiction Writing Department in conjunction with the Chicago
Public Library and Metro, this six-day festival, now in its 15th year, will contain a
variety of performances, panel discussions and author readings, all designed to
ignite conversations about classism and its role in creative arts and the world of
publishing. – LaShawn Williams, GapersBlock.com
Celebrating the written word has never been so rock ‘n’ roll chic, especially when
you’ve got an open invite (and it’s free!) to share the same space with notable
authors who attract more than their fair share of groupies. – Lauren Drell, Red Eye
Where can you hear readings and talk books with authors including Irvine Welsh
(“Trainspotting”), Audrey Niffenegger (“The Time Traveler’s Wife”) and Ray
Bradbury biographer Sam Weller; discuss Twitter campaigns with @MayorEmanuel
creator Dan Sinker; and get tips for your own novel-in-progress—all for free? Head
to Columbia College Chicago’s 15th annual Story Week Festival of Writers, a six-day
literati extravaganza packed with readings, conversations, panels and more. – Julia
Borcherts, Metromix