Listen to 8/23 Podcast and 8/30 Podcast

On August 23, 2025 and August 30th, Kasie and Rex worked on Jonathan Haupt’s list of Literary Citizenship activities. Here are the show notes:

Theme for the day

Literary Citizenship

Agenda

• Quick catch-up
• A list of ways to be a good literary citizen

Segments 1-4

We always talk about how to promote your book and this week I attended (as a speaker) the Business Boot Camp for the Women in Publishing Summit team where all we talked about was authorprenuership. But there’s more to this literary life than just self-promotion. There’s a give-back element that we call literary citizenship and if you can learn to enjoy it, you can really profit from it.

Five years ago, we talked about this as taking the easy way out by doing anything but writing. In 2021, we touched on the topic as it related to Paying Your Writerly Dues. And last week in our quest for inspiration, we suggested some of these activities to channel your creative vibes. 

This time we’re taking a list from the Executive Director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center, Jonathan Haupt, who presented on the topic at last week’s Joy of Writing conference for the SCWA. We’re going to expound upon each of these topics on the air. No segments today, just working the list:

1. Join a writers’ group
2. Go to a writers’ conference
3. Be a loyal customer to your local indy bookstore
4. Write reviews for your favorite indy bookstores
5. Attend author talks and book signings
6. Send than you letters, notes, and messages to authors
7. Like, comment, share, subscribe to authors’ digital content
8. Post reviews for books you enjoy
9. Go to book festivals
10. Be the “in conversation with” host
11. Be a library patron, better yet, a Friend of the Liberary
12. Support literary journals and magazines
13. Be a literacy volunteer at your local schools
14. Donate books to the Little Free Liberaries
15. Join the Authors Guild
16. Join a book club
17. Join Authors Against Book Bands
18. Advocate for the rights to read and write freely
19. Chronicle the times in which you live
20. Support the arts and your fellow creatives
21. Be a literary tourist
22. Read.