international edible book festival 2009
The International Edible Book Festival returns to Austin this April Fool's Day, 2pm - 4pm, at the University of Texas' Collections Deposit Library! Join local book enthusiasts and food lovers for an afternoon of fun, edible books! It will take place at The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation--for the seventh consecutive year--located at the Collections Deposit Library on the southwest corner of East Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd and Red River St. It will be held outside, rain-or-shine.
The rules for EBF 2009 are as follows:
- » Your entry of edible art must have something to do with books as shapes and/or content, or be based on a book title, a book cover, or book character(s).
That's it! Participants make books out of anything edible…there are sandwich books, leaves of seaweed, filo dough books, cakes, spam-books, hot-dog entries, and more!--anything you can cook up that is book related is welcome! For more inspiration and to see previous entries, please see pictures of wonderful work in our Photo Album.
voting & awards
Visitors to the Festival will vote for "Best in Show," "Best Book," "Wittiest," and "Tastiest" entries.
In the past, local businesses have sponsored some awards, and they have included gift certificates, books, CDs, t-shirts, and more!
Please drop off your creation at the Collections Deposit Library anytime before 2pm the day of the Festival, and supply your own container or base.
Feel free to email edible.book.festival[at]gmail.com with any questions!
bookish creations
Action Comics 1, 2005 (M. Baughman)
Tortilla Flat, 2005 (A. Brunskill) 