9/14/08: Authors, illustrators, cartoonists and readers spent the weekend reveling in the written word at the 4th Annual Burlington Book Festival. 

What does the future hold for books in our increasingly technologically-driven society? 

Is the written word dying a terrible death or is it merely adapting into video games and text messaging?  You be the judge.

Music: James Kochalka Superstar, “Monkey Vs Robot,” Monkey Vs Robot

Location: Lake and College Performing Arts Center, Burlington, Vermont

Watch this video on YouTube here.

This article appears in Sep 17-23, 2008.

Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received the Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy from the Vermont Arts Council in 2023. This map details her travels around the state; her 500th video was a musical. New episodes appear on the Seven Days website every other Thursday...