July 14, 2026 • events, Journal, Video

Behind the Scenes: Event Speed Run

Speedy version of a long “strike” (break down and leave) of a show at the Mesa Book Festival. Just for fun.

Just for fun, here’s a video we dug up from our archives. Publishing has a lot of behind-the-scenes work to make an event happen. At the end of the event you “strike” and take down everything you worked so hard to put up. All good.