2009 Schedule

Posted February 28th, 2009. Last Updated April 17, 2009.

	FRIDAY, APR 24		SATURDAY, APR 25
	A Session	B Session	A Session	B Session
8 - 9:15am	Registration/Orientation/Breakfast		Registration/Breakfast
9:15 - 10:30am	Indie Presses Diane Goettel, Dzanc Books / Black Lawrence Press Hesh Kestin, author Henry Chang, author Laura Hruska, Soho Press Stephanie Dickinson, author Nava Renek, Spuyten Duyvil Press Rigoberto Gonzalez, Rutgers Univ., moderator	Birth of a Book-Buffalo Lockjaw Greg Ames, author Scott Moyers, agent, Wylie Agency Rachel Durfee, publicist, Hyperion Matt Goodlett, Paste Magazine, reviewer Jessica Stockton Bagnulo, McNally Jackson Books, moderator	Marketing & PR For Writers Sarah Reidy, Simon & Schuster Bryan Christian, HarperCollins Rachel Rokicki, Random House Beth Feldman, Beyond PR Peter Constanzo, Perseus, moderator	Lit Mags Donald Breckenridge, The Brooklyn Rail Maria Gagliano & Celia Johnson, Slice Magazine Jenine Gordon Bockman, Literal Latte Nathaniel Rich, The Paris Review Tim W. Brown, NYCIP, moderator
11am - 12:15pm	Fiction Agents Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Brick House Literary Agents Josh Getzler, Writers House Renee Zuckerbrot, Renee Zuckerbrot Literary Agency Peter Selgin, moderator	Non-Fiction Agents Yfat Reiss Gendell, Foundry Media Rita Rosenkranz, Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency Caren Johnson Estesen, Caren Johnson Literary Agency Madeleine Morel, 2M Communications, moderator	Self-Publishing Stephanie Gunning, consultant David Carnoy, CNET Reviews Maggie Calonico, Lenox Road Publishing Isobella Jade, author Carol Hoenig, author, moderator	Writing Process Q&A Greg Downs, author & historian Hannah Tinti, author Arthur Phillips, author Justin Courter, author John Reed, The Brooklyn Rail, moderator
12:30pm - 2pm	Lunch - Lee Woodruff		Lunch-Alan Zweibel
2pm - 3:15pm	Fiction Editors Michael Signorelli, HarperCollins Emily Griffin, Hachette Katherine Nintzel, William Morrow Helen Atsma, Henry Holt Jofie Ferrari-Adler, Grove/ Atlantic, moderator	Non-Fiction Editors Nichole Argures, St. Martin's Adrienne Avila, Berkeley Press Jake Morrissey, Riverhead Molly Jong-Fast, author, moderator	Art of the Memoir Alyse Myers, memoirist Reverend Jen, memoirist Martha Frankel, memoirist Lionel, radio personality and author David Henry Sterry, memoirist, moderator	First Page Workshop Peter Selgin, author
3:45pm - 5pm	Online Writing and Blogging Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Spindle Magazine Pamela Skillings, About.com Rebecca Fox, MediaBistro Julie Trelstad, Plain White Press Roy Sekoff, Huffington Post, moderator	Making the Pitch Workshop Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency	What's Next Laura Dawson, The Big Picture Paul Biba, TeleRead Mike Shatzkin, Idea Logical Christopher Kenneally, Copyright Clearance Center, moderator Jeff Rivera, GumboWriters.com	Getting Past the Gatekeeper Celia Johnson, Hachette Beth Miller, Writers House Jordan Hamessley, Penguin Young Readers Janet Reid, Fine Print Literary Management, moderator
5:15pm - ???pm	Cocktail Reception/Dinner/Speaker Wally Lamb		Cocktail Reception