Edible Book Festival 2009
Best Adult: "Erudite Crudite" by Tom Sherry/ Anne Alston
On April 1, 2009, Asheville BookWorks hosted Asheville’s first International Edible Book Festival. The Edible Book Festival, established in 2000 has since expanded throughout the world. According to the festival’s founder’s, ”this ephemeral global banquet… is a celebration of the ingestion of culture and a way to concretely share a book; it is also a deeper reflection on our attachment to food and our cultural differences”. The event is held on April Fools’ Day because it is the perfect day to “eat you words and play with them.”
Proceeds from this event fund scholarships for classes at BookWorks for residents of Asheville and surrounding communities.
