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This year’s Litquake, the roiling, multi-night literary festival, featured 848 authors, 165 events, 76 venues, and broke last year’s attendance records. The eight-day event started Oct. 7, continued for nine days and includes the main event, Litquake, and the Lit Crawl, where audiences flit in and out of readings spread out over a single night. This year's attendance represents the largest percentage increase since 2007. Below, we break down the numbers:
Attendance of Litquake
2010:8,168
2011:8,995
(+827)
Percentage Increase: 10%
Attendance of Lit Crawl
2010: 5,310
2011: 7,564
(+2,254)
Percentage Increase: 42%
Attendance Overall
2010: 13,478
2011: 16,559
(+3,801)
Percentage Increase: 23%
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