Posted February 28th, 2009. Last Updated April 17, 2009.
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FRIDAY, APR 24 |
SATURDAY, APR 25 |
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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
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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
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Self-Publishing
Stephanie Gunning, consultant
David Carnoy, CNET Reviews
Maggie Calonico, Lenox Road Publishing
Isobella Jade, author
Carol Hoenig, author, moderator
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Writing Process Q&A
Greg Downs, author & historian
Hannah Tinti, author
Arthur Phillips, author
Justin Courter, author
John Reed, The Brooklyn Rail, moderator
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12:30pm - 2pm |
Lunch - Lee Woodruff |
Lunch-Alan Zweibel
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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
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Non-Fiction Editors
Nichole Argures, St. Martin's
Adrienne Avila, Berkeley Press
Jake Morrissey, Riverhead
Molly Jong-Fast, author, moderator
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Art of the Memoir
Alyse Myers, memoirist
Reverend Jen, memoirist
Martha Frankel, memoirist
Lionel, radio personality and author
David Henry Sterry, memoirist, moderator
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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
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Making the Pitch Workshop
Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
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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
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Getting Past the Gatekeeper
Celia Johnson, Hachette
Beth Miller, Writers House
Jordan Hamessley, Penguin Young Readers
Janet Reid, Fine Print Literary Management, moderator
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5:15pm - ???pm |
Cocktail Reception/Dinner/Speaker
Wally Lamb
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Cocktail Reception
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