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NEW EVENTS WILL BE ADDED EACH WEEK
Jeanine Cummins
AUTHOR OF NY TIMES BEST SELLER AMERICAN DIRT
October 6th
October 6th
And new sessions every Sunday with current and new members of our faculty.
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Amanda Eyre Ward
CRAFTING YOUR VOICE FOR COMMERCIAL SUCCESS
Curtis Sittenfeld
MY APPROACH TO WRITING
Brad Schwan
STORYFOOLERY
Tom Colgan (VP Editorial Director Penguin Random House)
A PUBLISHING INDUSTRY VETERAN ON OPPORTUNITIES IN TODAY’S NEW LANDSCAPE
Elizabeth Stark and Madeline Ticknor
HOOKED: THE WRITER’S RELATIONSHIP TO THE READER FROM DRAFTING TO PUBLICATION
Tim Seibles
MY APPROACH TO POETRY
David Katz
WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE KAUAI WRITERS CONFERENCE: HOW TO HAVE THE BEST TIME THERE AND LEARN THE MOST
Kevin Larimer
PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLISHING FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF OF POETS AND WRITERS
Priya Parmar
HOW TO BUILD CHARACTERS READERS CARE ABOUT
Joselyn Takacs
HOW ORAL HISTORIES OF THE 2010 BP OIL SPILL INFORMED MY DEBUT NOVEL PEARCE OYSTERS
CeCe Lyra
PUTTING THE HOOK IN YOUR BOOK
Susan Golomb
OUR APPROACH TO AGENTING AT WRITERS HOUSE
Tiffany Yates Martin
GET IT EDITED
Rachael Eliza Griffiths
READING AND DISCUSSING HER WORK
Amy Ferris
MY WRITING JOURNEY
Alison Fairbrother, editor of Riverhead Books
Questions for an editor
David Katz
Q&A November 2024 Conference
Marie Howe
Poetry Workshop: Doeing it Differently
John Searles
CREATING CONFLICT THROUGH CHARACTER
Ryan Harbage
OUR APPROACH TO REPRESENTING AN AUTHOR
Andrea Somberg
working with an agent
Priya Parmar
Workshop
Lisa Leshne and Michelle Tessler
What literary agents look for
Laura Lentz & Nancy London
Writing ABOUT GRIEF
Chris Pavone
Journey to Publishing Success
Tom Perrotta & Heidi Pitlor
IN CONVERSATION
Jess Walter
RESEARCHING FICTION
Barbara Jones
our approach to agenting
Amanda Eyre Ward
pen to paper
Joshua Mohr
4 week masterclass:
The Art of Subtext
Jean Kwok
Character Creation
Lyn Liao Butler
What really happens after you sign with an agent
Priya Parmar
2-Day Master Class: EVOKING GENUINE EMOTION
John Grisham, Lee Child, Scott Turow
The Art of the Elegant Thriller
James Carroll
National Book Award winning author &
co-founder, Writers for Democratic Action
Sam Horn
How to make your pitch session pop
David Katz
Answering questions about the conference
Michelle Brower
Founding Partner Trellis Literary Management
Billy Collins
Two term Poet Laureate of the United States
Andy Ross
Getting non-fiction published.
How it’s different from fiction.
Zibby Owens
New Directions in Publishing
Alice Hoffman
New Release: The Invisible Hour
Stacey Glick
The unique perspective of literary agency
Distel, Goderich & Bourret
Lyn Liao Butler
CREATING EFFECTIVE PITCHES & QUERIES
Adrienne Brodeur & Mary Beth Keene
WRITING ABOUT FAMILY DYNAMICS
Mark Kurlansky
THE ART OF NONFICTION
Tracey Lange
NEW BOOK BY KWC ATTENDEE
Patsy Iwasaki
HĀMĀKUA HERO
Lyn Liao Butler
CREATING EFFECTIVE PITCHES & QUERIES
Leigh Haber
THE NEW PUBLISHING LANDSCAPE
Elizabeth Rosner
MAKING IT NEW:
Writing in Hybrid Forms
Cherise Fisher
INSIDE OUR LITERARY AGENCY’S DECISIONS
Linda Oatman-High
CHILDREN’S & YA
Sam Horn
TALKING ON EGGSHELLS
Heidi Pitlor
CHAT GPT & WRITERS:
Should You Worry?
Priya Parmar
FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH YOUR CHARACTERS
James Sturz
TRAVEL WRITING & CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE
Jane Green
RESEARCHING SISTER STARDUST
Nicholas & Elena Delbanco
WHY WRITING MATTERS
Ayesha Pande
THE BUSINESS OF WRITING
Joelle Delbourgo
AN AGENT’S PERSPECTIVE
Angie Kim
BREAKING INTO PUBLISHING LATER IN LIFE
Joshua Mohr
NARRATIVE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
Adriana Trigiani
BRINGING HUMOR TO YOUR WRITING
Jean Kwok
DEVELOIPING YOUR WRITING PROCESS
Paula McLain
Patti Callahan Henry
LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS
Mary Kay Andrews
WRITING MODERN WOMEN’S FICTION
Linda Moore
Lyn Liao Butler
Two KWC Participants on publishing success
Barbara Linn Probst
BACKSTORY, FLASHBACKS & CHRONOLOGY
Priya Parmar
2-Day Workshop:
INTRODUCING CHARACTERS
Lynn Johnston
Wendy Sherman
WORKING WITH AN AGENT
Amanda Eyre Ward
New Book:
THE LIFEGUARDS
Alka Joshi
Trilogy:
THE HENNA ARTIST
Sam Horn
FAST PITCHING YOUR BOOK
Dan Pink
THE POWER OF REGRET
Ellen Sussman
Elizabeth Stark
SCENE MAKING
Dorie Clark
HOW TO BUILD A FOLLOWING
Mark Coker
SECRETS TO SELF-PUBLISHING SUCCESS
Chris Vogler
MYTHIC STRUCTURE FOR WRITERS
Alan Cohen
WRITING ABOUT PERSONAL GROWTH
Scott Turow
WRITING BOOKS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO READ
Luis Urrea
WRITING WITH JOY
Debra Engle
WRITING ABOUT SPIRIT
Stuart Coleman
Talks about publishing EDDIE WOULD GO
Richard Russo
THE EVOLUTION OF VOICE
Charles Johnson
2-Day Master Class:
THE WAY OF THE WRITER
Jane Friedman
THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER
Arielle Eckstut & David Henry Sterry
PITCHAPALOOZA
Lisa Sharkey
INSIDE THE WORLD OF PUBLISHING
Elizabeth Rosner
CUTTING & POLISHING
Brooke Warner
PUBLISHING INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Kevin Larimer
PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVE
Jeff Kleinman
THE ART AND BUSINESS
OF GETTING PUBLISHED
Marta F Kauffman
Master Class:
WRITING COMEDY
FOR TV
Jocelyn Jones
A HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT DOCTOR REFLECTS ON HER CAREER
David Kirkpatrick
Master Class:
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DAIMON
Christina Baker Kline
Meg Wolitzer
Paula McLain
Master Class:
TURNING LIFE INTO ART
Jeff Arch
3-Day Master Class:
WHAT IS YOUR STORY ABOUT?
Ellen Sussman
Elizabeth Stark
2-Day Master Class:
SCENE MAKING
Priya Parmar
3-Day Master Class:
OPENINGS
2-Day Master Class:
BREAKING INTO THE PUBLISHING WORLD
Joshua Mohr
6-Day Master Class:
FIVE SENSE PSYCHOLOGY
Alka Joshi
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Conversations with three bookstore owners
Tracey Lange
Book Club: WE ARE THE BRENNANS
Ellen Bass
The Turn: A Swerve Into The Unknown
Priya Parmar
An Interactive Workshop on First Lines
Téa Obreht
Book Club: INLAND
Helen Simonson
Writing to Fit Your Life
Paula McLain
Book Club: WHEN THE STARS GO DARK
Andy Ross
Finding & Working with a Literary Agent
Ying Chang Compestine
Maximizing Your Income as a Writer
Jane Friedman
How the Pandemic Changed the Publishing World Forever
Jeff Kleinman
2-Day Workshop: Preparing Your Pages
Jeff Arch
Book Club: ATTACHMENTS
Elizabeth Rosner
Tell All The Truth, But Tell It Slant
Ellen Sussman & Elizabeth Stark
2-Day Workshop: Evoking Emotion on the Page
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Book Club: THE PLOT
Scott Turrow
Writing books that people want to read
Chip Cheek & Witney Scharer
Transition form Writer to Author
David Henry Sterry & Arielle Eckstut
Pitchapalooza
Luis Urrea
Book Club: THE HOUSE OF BROKEN ANGELS
John DeDakis
The Rise & Role of Journalism
Jeff Arch &
Dale Launer
discuss Sleepless in Seattle
Dale Launer &
Jeff Arch
discuss My Cousin Vinny
Kristin Hannah
Book Club: THE FOUR WINDS
Joshua Mohr
Discusses his new book Model Citizen
Joshua Mohr
6-week Series: Build Your Protagonist
Amanda Eyre Ward
Book Club: THE JETSETTERS
Christina Baker Kline
Book Club: THE EXILES
Nicholas Delbanco
Charles Johnson
Interview
Adrienne Brodeur
Interview
Laura Lentz
StoryQuest Workshop
Lauren Groff
Book Club: FLORIDA
Meg Wolitzer
Interview
Richard Russo
Interview
Christina Baker Kline
Interview