Wordfest presents Max Kerman

Wordfest presents Max Kerman

Join Max Kerman for a night of storytelling and surprise as he presents his first book Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress. Max will pull back the curtain on what life looks like writing songs, touring in a rock 'n' roll band, and what his idea of trying hard actually looks like. It’s not what you think! Tickets include an audience Q&A and a signed book to be picked up at the show. Additional signed copies of Try Hard will be available for purchase, along with libations provided by Dandy Brewing Company. 

About Try Hard: Creative Work in Progress

Funny, conversational, and relatable, Try Hard is for anyone looking to make sense of their own creative pursuit or bring more creativity into their life, offering a framework for how to do it and where to begin.

Let’s say you see a familiar musician from a globe-trotting, touring band hanging out at your local coffee shop, reading the newspaper and typing away on his laptop. This doesn’t look like a musician at work. He seems approachable enough, so you ask him what exactly he does all day. With a grin on his face, he admits the job might not be what you think. So you take a seat, and ask him every question you’ve ever had about how it all works: the nuts and bolts of writing a song, preparing for a show, marketing a band, and the day-to-day business of a creative life.

With each answer—none of it about talent—you realize this musician is a bit of a…try hard. And the mystery of being a creative person isn’t actually mysterious at all: it’s just exploring ideas with an enthusiastic and determined curiosity. Over and over.

Max Kerman is that musician in the coffee shop, and this is what reading Try Hard feels like: one-of-a-kind tales from a dynamic frontman, and a companion to your own creative work in progress. With a brick-by-brick attitude, Kerman explores his own growth in the craft of storytelling and performance, the pleasure to be found in collaboration, and the creative spirit required in sharing your art.

About Max Kerman

Max Kerman is the frontman of the multiplatinum, award-winning touring band Arkells. Try Hard is his first book.

Website: arkellsmusic.com
Instagram:@arkellsmusic 

Be Curiouser

• Interview: Enthusiasm Goes a Long Way. -CBC Books
• Review: "A Refreshingly Down-to-Earth Guide to the Creative Process. -Publisher's Weekly
• Video: Max Kerman on the Arkells receiving SOCAN's National Achievement Award. -YouTube