Mission

Our mission is to connect readers with independent literature and the authors and publishers of this relevant and vitalizing work.

Vision

As motivation for our programming, APRIL envisions:

- an increase in readers seeking out writing that is new and pertinent to them writing that takes chances in both publication and performance and has greater potential for relevance in their lives;
- readers actively reconsidering their definition of literature, its forms and its position in the arts;
- independent literary producers authors, publishers and writers of all kinds thriving, with increased publicity and heightened reader engagement;
- a reading public connecting as a more interactive social body one that encourages creation and collaboration.