6.0 miNon-Fiction Comic Festival
Friday · 4 PM – 6 PM
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
Location: Admin Meeting Room, Main Library.
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6.0 mi6.0 miNon-Fiction Comic Festival SETUP
Friday · 4 PM – 6 PM
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
Location: Main Reading Room , Main Library.
6.0 miNon-Fiction Comic Festival SETUP
Friday · 6 PM – 7 PM
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
Location: Fletcher Room, Main Library.
6.0 miNon-Fiction Comic Festival Youth Programs
Saturday · 10 AM – 6 PM
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
Join us for a full day of drawing workshops for kids with cartoonists from all over the country in the Youth Area... Make an Autobiographical Comic! 11:30am - 12:15pm Instructor: Jonathan Todd Jonathan Todd, the author/illustrator of the kids graphic novel Timid (Scholastic/Graphix), will present a step-by-step way that you can make a comic about something that really happened to you. Planning steps will include writing a short prose version of a true story. If there is time, we’ll share our comics with the other cartoonists who participate in this workshop. Draw Anything and Everything! 12:30pm - 1:15pm Instructor: James Kochalka Learn how to draw anything and everything with Vermont’s first Cartoonist Laureate, James Kochalka. Draw with the Eisner winning creator of Johnny Boo and Gentle Observation (in Seven Days each week). Let's Time Travel with Non-Fiction Comics! 1:30pm - 2:15pm Instructor: Alexandra Gallant-Lee Let's Time Travel with Non-Fiction Comics, how you can use comics to tell stories that span a second, a minute, a year or a lifetime through the power of storytelling. We'll look at different comics that travel through time over the course of a panel, a page and an entire comic and then make our own time travel comics using some common comics formats such as four panel gag and eight panel mini-comic. SPLAT, SPLUT, SPLOCK: Making Comics Make Noise 2:30pm - 3:15pm Instructor: Jon Chad One of the greatest effects in comics is its ability to recreate the sensation of noise through sound effects. Sound effects can help strengthen the sense of place in your comic, can help communicate what's going on to the reader, and are also a ton of fun to draw. In this workshop, cartoonist Jon Chad will lead participants in some activities to help make their sound effects as squishy, explode-y, splashy, or zappy as they can possibly be! Cartooning Lessons: Telling Our Stories Using the Language of Comics 3:30pm - 4:15pm Instructor: Mike Dawson Award-winning creator Mike Dawson will walk young and aspiring cartoonists through every stage of the comics-making process. Warm-up with doodles, then practice telling stories using visual language, experiment with the ways adding text changes the meaning of our images, then finally revise, edit, and share what we’ve made. No drawing skills necessary! ⭐ Kids & Teens! ⭐ For more info about the Festival: https://www.nonfictioncomicsfest.org/ Volunteer for Non-Fiction Comic Festival: https://fletcherfree.libcal.com/event/15613626 Location: Youth Area, Main Library.
6.0 miNon-Fiction Comic Festival Workshops
Saturday · 11 AM – 5:30 PM
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
Join us for a full day of workshops and panel discussions with cartoonists from all over the country who create publications on nonfiction topics. In the Fletcher Room, check out the following workshops.... Lightning Round Comics 11:15am - 12:15pm Instructor: Bonkd Comics Collective This one-hour workshop will be a good workout for your comics drawing muscles. Participants will take on different, time-constrained drawing tasks. Some exercises will be personal, others in small groups. By the end of the workshop you'll have had a lot of fun and be ready to create your own fast comics. ⭐ Ages 10 ! ⭐ Local History Zine Making 12:30pm - 1:30pm Instructor: Vivian Li What memories, experiences, or events about your hometown do you want to preserve? Come create a zine and learn how local history research can help you discover new things about the places you already know. ⭐ Teens & Adults! ⭐ Comics, Poetry and Song Lyrics 1:45pm - 2:45pm Instructor: Julian Peters Come discover the many surprising similarities between the art forms of comics and poetry! After a short presentation of different strategies for translating poetic techniques, atmospheres, and imagery into comics form, attendees will have the opportunity to try their hand at creating their own comics adaptation of a favorite passage of poetry or a song lyric. ⭐ Teens & Adults! ⭐ Comics-Based Research! An Introductory Workshop 3:00pm - 4:00pm Instructors: Rivi Handler-Spitz, Audra McNamee, Luis Vivanco Although comics have long been a focus of scholarly inquiry, researchers have recently been integrating comics creation into the scholarly research process itself through “Comics-Based Research." Join CBR practitioners Luis Vivanco (UVM), Rivi Handler-Spitz (Macalaster), and Audra McNamee (Oregon), who will provide a brief overview of CBR’s place in the broader non-fiction comics scene and provide a hands-on activity working with research materials in comics form. ⭐ Teens & Adults! ⭐ Think It, Ink It, Zine It! Bringing Stories to Life in The Classroom 4:15pm - 5:15pm Instructor: Shuchita Mishra Ready to turn big ideas into tiny books? This hands-on, DIY workshop invites educators to explore the power of personal storytelling through mini-comics and zine-making! Participants will discover the fundamentals of storytelling, then roll up their sleeves to experiment with folding, drawing, writing, cutting, and pasting their way to creating zines in a variety of formats. No artistic experience required—just a little curiosity and a willingness to play! All materials will be provided, so come ready to create, experiment, and have fun. Educators will leave with their own handmade zines, practical ideas, and easy-to-adapt activities they can bring straight into their classrooms, regardless of grade level or teaching discipline. Because sometimes, the biggest ideas come in the smallest packages! ⭐ Teens & Adults! ⭐ https://www.nonfictioncomicsfest.org/ Volunteer for Non-Fiction Comic Festival: https://fletcherfree.libcal.com/event/15613626 Location: Fletcher Room, Main Library.
6.0 miVolunteer at the Non-Fiction Comic Fest
Saturday · All day
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
The Non-Fiction Comic Festival is on Saturday, November 14, 2026! Volunteer descriptions are listed below. Apply to volunteer by clicking Registration button at the end of page! General Requirements: Be at least 14 years of age; Commit to at least one three-hour shift; Attend a mandatory 20-minute briefing session in advance of the festival Volunteers will be needed for the following positions: Exhibitor Happiness Volunteer Volunteer assists exhibitors in the Main Reading room. Making sure everyone has water, can find Green Room and Restrooms and looks after their table if they need to leave it. Previous experience with event coordination is preferred but not required. November 14th: 8 Open Positions (11am-1pm) (1pm-3pm) (3pm-5pm) (4pm-6pm) Programming Volunteers Volunteers assist programming throughout the day, directs attendees to programming rooms, ensure programming runs smoothly and on time. November 13: 2 Open Positions for 5pm-7pm shift November 14: 15 Open Positions, 2 hr shifts, 10am-5pm AV Volunteers Volunteer helps setup AV for authors/speakers. Knowledge of computers and Audio-Visual equipment required. 4hr shifts November14th: 1 Open Position, time TBD Greeters Volunteers welcome people attending the festival and provide guidance to help them find the programs they want to attend. Provide general directions to areas of the Library. November 14: 8 Open Positions, 2 at each time frame (10am-12pm) (12pm-2pm) (2pm-4pm) (4pm-6pm) Questions? Please contact Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov.
6.0 miNon-Fiction Comic Festival
Saturday · 10 AM – 6 PM
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
https://www.nonfictioncomicsfest.org/ Volunteer for Non-Fiction Comic Festival: https://fletcherfree.libcal.com/event/15613626 Location: Local History Room, Main Library.
6.0 miNon-Fiction Comic Festival Panel Discussions
Saturday · 10 AM – 6 PM
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
Join us for a full day of panel discussions and workshops with cartoonists from all over the country who create publications on nonfiction topics. In the Pickering Room, check out the following panel discussions... From Panel to Print: Comics Construction and Distribution 11:30am - 12:30pm Panelists: Christine Tyler Hill, Isabella Rotman, Shay Mirk, Unfolding Connections Moderator: Rachel Bivens How do you get an idea from your head into the eyes of the public? Is social media a useful tool or frustrating necessity? Is there value in the physical form of a comic? This panel will explore the individual processes comic artists use to create their comics as well as various venues they utilize to showcase their work. Drawing on Folklore 12:45pm - 1:45pm Panelists: Daryl Seitchik, Kristen Shull, Emily Zea, Ben Wickey Moderator: Dr. Isaac Cates Vampires, elves, and dragons aren’t real. But if an imaginary figure is shared broadly enough — if it becomes folklore — it may dwell in our knowledge almost like history, accessible in the culture’s deep knowledge. How do these shared figments support the “nonfiction” of a new fantasy world, even in the cases when they can be traced back to a known author? Laughing with Trauma 2:00pm - 3:00pm Panelists: Gemma Correll, Dave Horowitz, Alex Graudins, Alex Nem Moderator: MK Czerwiec From illness to accident, from breakups to breakdowns, trauma comes in many forms. This panel considers comics, humor, and trauma. Can comics about trauma help us cope? If so, how does that work? When is and isn’t it appropriate to use humor to help us cope? Artists Dave Horowitz, Gemma Correll, Alex Graudins, Alex Nem, and MK Czerwiec will discuss. Researching Comics: History and Current Events on a Paneled Page 3:15pm - 4:15pm Panelists: Katy Doughty, Camila Kerwin, Caitlin McGurk, Hazel Newlevant Moderator: Marek Bennett How & why do artists work with historical materials? What can we draw from primary sources & archives, and what does it mean to artists & readers in the present moment? Love, Culture, and History 4:30pm - 5:30pm Panelists: Sanika Phawde, Stephanie Stalvey, Tillie Walden Moderator: Holly Painter Love, weddings, and romance may be tales as old as time, but a couple’s historical and cultural context will undoubtedly shape their joined story. What unique challenges will be placed on the characters in these three distinctly romantic tales based on when and where they were set? https://www.nonfictioncomicsfest.org/ Volunteer for Non-Fiction Comic Festival: https://fletcherfree.libcal.com/event/15613626 Location: Pickering Room, Main Library.
6.0 miNon-Fiction Comic Festival: Exhibitor Hall
Saturday · 10 AM – 6 PM
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
https://www.nonfictioncomicsfest.org/ Volunteer for Non-Fiction Comic Festival: https://fletcherfree.libcal.com/event/15613626 Location: Main Reading Room , Main Library.
4.5 miBurlington Farmers Market Winter Market
Sat, Nov 21 · 10 AM – 1 PM
Burlington Farmers Market Winter Market · Burlington · 4.5 mi
Burlington Farmers Market Winter Market is a recurring farmers market. Family-friendly shopping with local farms, produce, food and community vendors. Schedule verified against the linked market source; check the source before making a special trip.
6.0 miA Civic Reads Conversation with Author Dr. Lindsay Owens
Mon, Nov 30 · 5:30 PM – 7 PM
Fletcher Free Library · Burlington · 6.0 mi
Join us for an insightful evening with Dr. Lindsay Owens, author of Gouged: The End of A Fair Price – And What That Means for Your Wallet. Local author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett Graff will join Dr. Owens in conversation. Everywhere you turn, Americans are getting ripped off: Online ticket sellers hide behind exorbitant extra fees. Landlords use software to band together and organize artificial rent hikes. Surveillance pricing, algorithmic price fixing, and other high-tech forms of price gouging are the latest frontiers in corporate profiteering, and they’re distorting markets and undermining American households’ financial security. Building on the novel research and analysis in Dr. Lindsay Owens’ new book Gouged: The End of A Fair Price – And What That Means for Your Wallet, this conversation explores the modern landscape of predatory pricing and corporate profit-seeking. Dr Owens will unpack how unprecedented corporate consolidation combined with algorithms that test, personalize, and coordinate prices at a scale unimaginable a decade ago have given companies incredible power and transformed pricing into a highly engineered science. As a result, the old pricing rulebook is gone. In its place, there’s a new credo: The best price is the one you personally are willing to pay. Owens is President and CEO of Groundwork Collaborative, a leading economic think tank and corporate watchdog. Phoenix Books will have copies of Gouged available for purchase and signing by Dr. Owens. Please register below. Location: Main Reading Room , Main Library.
4.5 miBurlington Farmers Market Winter Market
Sat, Dec 5 · 10 AM – 1 PM
Burlington Farmers Market Winter Market · Burlington · 4.5 mi
Burlington Farmers Market Winter Market is a recurring farmers market. Family-friendly shopping with local farms, produce, food and community vendors. Schedule verified against the linked market source; check the source before making a special trip.
4.5 miBurlington Farmers Market Winter Market
Sat, Dec 19 · 10 AM – 1 PM
Burlington Farmers Market Winter Market · Burlington · 4.5 mi
Burlington Farmers Market Winter Market is a recurring farmers market. Family-friendly shopping with local farms, produce, food and community vendors. Schedule verified against the linked market source; check the source before making a special trip.