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Volunteer editors assemble the Beaver Island Reader, 2012

Also Beaver Island Reader anthology 2012

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Date2012-02
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ErasModern era
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Date
2012-02
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The February and March 2012 Beaver Beacon issues report progress on an approximately 120-page Beaver Island Reader. By March, the project had 23 positive replies, six early submissions, and volunteers for reading and layout; the editors planned anonymized review and early-June distribution.

Evidence limits

The reports describe the project in progress and do not establish the final contents, print run, or publication date.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, February 2012, "Beaver Island Reader is Taking Shape."
    Reports that volunteer editors were collecting writing, music, and art for an approximately 120-page, 200-copy reader targeted for mid-June, with fundraising planned. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held February issue scan confirms the reader project report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Beaver Beacon, March 2012, "The Reader."
    Reports 23 positive replies, six prospective readers, three layout volunteers, about a dozen additional expressions of interest, and six early submissions, with anonymized review and early-June distribution planned. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-03_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held March issue scan confirms the Reader progress report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Volunteer editors assemble the Beaver Island Reader, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-reader-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2012, "Beaver Island Reader is Taking Shape." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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