Mason Engel is an independent author and filmmaker. His sci-fi novel, 2084, has been downloaded over 40,000 times, and his short documentary about indie bookshops, The Bookstour, has played at the Miami, Brooklyn, Louisiana, and Portland literary festivals. Engel lives in Columbus, Indiana, where he spends his time editing Books Across America, writing a new novel based on his travels, and dreaming about a “Parts Unknown” for the book world.

Schedule

9:00 am to 9:45 am

State Capitol, House Committee Room 5

Books Across America: A Road Trip Documentary

with Mason Engel, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, and GennaRose Nethercott

Books across America: A Road Trip Documentary

People don't read like they used to. Or do they? Maybe they just read in different ways.

A kind of "state of the reading address" for the country, Books Across America will explore reading culture region by region, and how it’s been affected by modern media.