Fiction Collective/FC2 50th Anniversary
Bellingham | Updated: March 28, 2024 06:01 PM
Location: Village Books and Paper Dreams
Address: 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
Date: 3 May
In 1974 a group of writers founded a publishing collective, "the first of its kind in this country, in which writers make all business decisions and do all editorial and copy work." Their goal was to escape the commercial imperatives of the increasingly myopic publishing industry — not to make money but to make a literature: a literature of innovation, imagination, transformation, and hope. The Fiction Collective, and its 1989 recrystallization Fiction Collective 2, evoked polarized reactions. Over fifty years it weathered exhaustion and renewal, near- bankruptcies, and political attacks in the US Congress. During all that time it continued its work of publishing writers, over two hundred in all. It witnessed, and in some cases drove, profound changes in the American publishing landscape.
Fifty years later, FC2 continues to operate as an author-run collective, dedicated to recruiting new and diverse makers of the images of tomorrow and to forging an ever
more representative and provocative collective to challenge and overwrite the brutal conventions of our insufficient now. Fiction Collective/FC2 has published amazing books by writers like Raymond Federman, Mark Leyner, Curtis White, Gerald Vizenor, Cris Mazza, and, more recently, this evening's readers: Lance Olsen, Carol Guess, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, and Curtis White.
We invite you to join us in celebrating the past and the future of this collectivity, the fifty years run and the fifty and more to come.
More DetailFrequently asked questions
Where is Fiction Collective/FC2 50th Anniversary in Bellingham?
Village Books and Paper Dreams, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
When is Fiction Collective/FC2 50th Anniversary in Bellingham?
Fiction Collective/FC2 50th Anniversary is scheduled for 3 May.
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