2008 Schedule

Please note that the time and speakers are subject to change, please check the site regularly for updates. (Last update on April 9, 2008)

	FRIDAY		SATURDAY
	A Session	B Session	A Session	B Session	C Session
8am - 9am	Registration/Orientation/Breakfast		Registration/Breakfast
9am - 10:15am	Independent Publishing Jim Fleming, Autonomedia Michael Braziller, Persea Books Richard Nash, Soft Skull Press Sarah Reidy, Soho Press Richard DeBold, Higganum Hill Books Tina Jordan, AAP, moderator	Birth of a Book: Then We Cam to the End Joshua Ferris Julie Barer, agent, Barer Literary Reagan Arthur, editor, Little, Brown & Co. Marlena Bittner, publicist, Little, Brown & Co. Mark Kohut, Publishing Consultant, moderator	Buzz-Builders: Marketing and PR for Writers Anne Watters, Broadway Books Jenny Leff, Random House Johanna Ingalls, Akashic Books Janet Goldstein, Publishing & Strategy Consultant Chris Knopf, marketing executive, author, moderator	Querial Killiers: How Not to Get an Agent Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Agency
11am - 12:15pm	Novel Approaches: Fiction Agents Amy Tipton, FinePrint Literary Mgmt Tina Dubois Wexler, ICM Renee Zuckerbrot, Renee Zuckerbrot Literary Agency Daniel Lazar, Writers House Jean Naggar, Jen Naggar Literary Agency Anne Reid Garrett, moderator	Reality Reads: Non-Fiction Agents Anna Olswanger, Liza Dawson Assoc. Michael Bourret, Dystel & Goderich Literary Mgmt Jeremy Katz, Sanford J. Greenburger Anna Ghosh, Scovil Chichak Galen Marilyn Allen, Allen O'Shea Literary Partners, moderator	Demystifying Lit Mags: Advice on Publishing in Literary Magazines Brigid Hughes, A Public Space Peter Selgin, Alimentum Charles Flowers, Bloom Maribeth Batcha, One Story Alex Steel, Gotham Writers Workshop, moderator	From Frustration to Publication: Writing Process Q&A Paul McComas, author Gayle Feldman, author Marshall Karp, author Patricia Smith, poet Michael Paul Mason, author Philip Schultz, The Writers Studio, moderator
12:30pm - 2pm	Lunch - Lincoln Child, introduced by Tim W. Brown, Author and Writers' Conference Programming Committee member		Lunch-Alice Hoffman, introduced by Audrey Pass, FOX TV
2pm - 3:15pm	Champions of the Story: Fiction Editors Martin Shepard, The Permanent Press Amy Einhorn, Amy Einhorn Books Marjorie Braman, HarperCollins Rachel Kramer Bussel, anthologist Lindsey Moore, Crown Art Winslow, National Book CriticsCircle, moderator	Champtions of the Truth: Non-Fiction Editors Debra Englander, Wiley Herb Shaffner, McGraw-Hill Bruce Tracy, Random House Stephanie Staal, Cyan Janet Reid, Fine Print, moderator	All About MEmoirs: Memoir-Writing Stephanie Elizondo Griest, memoirist Phoebe Damrosch, memoirist Catherine Texier, memoirist Janice Erlbaum, memoirist Stephen O'Connor, memoirist Richard Goodman, memoirist, moderator	Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands: Self-Publishing Robert W. Cabell, author Perry Brass, Belhue Press Carol Hoenig, Publishing Consultant	Open Master Class with Sol Stein Sol Stein, best-selling author, editor, WritePro TOPICS: The Actors Studio Method for Generating Conflict Foolproof Dialogue
4pm - 5:15pm	Digerati: Online Writing and Blogging Carol Fitzgerald, Bookreporter.com M.A. Orthofer, The Complete Review Ed Champion, Ed Champion's Filthy Habits Mary Delli Santi, bookblog.net Levi Asher, Literary Kicks James Marcus, Amazonia, moderator	Writing and Publishing Beautiful Children Charles Bock, author David Ebershoff, editor, Random House Jynne Martin, publicist, Random House Alex Steele, Gotham Writers Workshop, moderator	Getting Past the Gatekeeper: How to Reach Agents and Editors Jessica Sinsheimer, Sarah Jane Freymann Agency Laura Walsh, Wiley & Sons Marcela Landres, Editorial Consultant Marissa Walsh, author, moderator	What's Next? Life After the Conference Susan Breen, author Harry Grinberg, author	Open Master Class with Sharon Mesmer Sharon Mesmer, poet, author, The New Schoo TOPIC: When Words Won't Come: Generating New Work When You Think You Can't
5:30pm - ???pm	Cocktail Reception/Dinner/Speaker John Berendt		Cocktail Reception