Full schedule
Choose a day to see a chronological list of events.
- 7:30-9:00: REGISTRATION CHECK-IN AND ORIENTATION
- 9:30-12:30: WORKSHOPS
- Kevin Aho — Writing About Illness
- Lynne Barrett — Plot & Structure
- Jenna Blum — Memoir
- M.J. Fievre — YA Lit
- Tod Goldberg — Crime Fiction
- Didi Jackson — Poetry
- 12:30-2:00: LUNCH BREAK (On your own)
- 2:00-3:00: PANELS
- Andrea Askowitz, Jenna Blum, Allison Langer, Joyce Maynard — Creating Community Through Literature
- Ron Cooper — TBD
- 3:15-4:15: READING
- Kevin Aho
- John Dufresne
- Denise Duhamel
- M.J. Fievre
- 4:15-5:00: BREAK
- 5:00-6:00: COCKTAIL HOUR
- 6:00-7:30: READING (followed by signing)
- Mahogany L. Browne
- Joyce Maynard
- 7:30-9:00: MORNING WRITING EXERCISES w/John Dufresne
- 9:30-12:30: WORKSHOPS
- Andrea Askowitz & Allison Langer — Oral Storytelling
- Mahogany L. Browne — YA Lit
- John Dufresne — Screenwriting
- Denise Duhamel — Poetry
- Joe Clifford — Grit Lit
- Beth Ann Fennelly — The Hermit Crab Essay
- 12:30-2:00: LUNCH BREAK (On your own)
- 2:00-3:00: PANEL
- Lynne Barrett, Joe Clifford, M.J. Fievre — Anthologies
- WGCU — Three Song Stories
- 3:15-4:15: READING
- Jenna Blum
- Joe Clifford
- Beth Ann Fennelly
- Darin Strauss
- 4:15-5:00: BREAK
- 5:00-6:00: COCKTAIL HOUR
- 6:00-7:30: CONCERT/READING (followed by signing)
- Tod Goldberg (Reading)
- Ike Reilly (Concert)
- 7:30-9:00: MORNING WRITING EXERCISES w/John Dufresne
- 9:30-12:30: WORKSHOPS
- Steve Almond — Creating Characters
- Ron Cooper — Writing Place
- Major Jackson — Poetry
- Joyce Maynard — Memoir
- Ike Reilly — Songwriting
- Darin Strauss — Narrative
- 12:30-2:00: LUNCH BREAK (On your own)
- 2:00-3:00: PANELS
- Jenna Blum — Social Media
- Christopher Schelling & Lynne Barrett — Agents and Editors
- 3:15-4:15: READING
- Lynne Barrett
- Ron Cooper
- Didi Jackson
- Major Jackson
- 4:15-5:00: BREAK
- 5:00-6:00: COCKTAIL HOUR (BIG ARTS Courtyard)
- 6:00-7:30: KEYNOTE/READING (followed by signing)
- Steve Almond (Reading)
- Pam Houston (Keynote)
