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WOMEN'S FICTION FESTIVAL 2005
PROGRAM AND CONFERENCE FEES

Please note that this program is temporary - the definitive program is coming soon
Events with an asterisk * will have simultaneous interpretation English-Italian

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

*9:30 am - 10:00 am Palazzo Lanfranchi - Sala delle Arcate
Welcome and introduction
Elizabeth Jennings, President, Women's Fiction Festival Association
Maria Paola Romeo, Editorial Director, Women's Fiction Festival Association

*10:00 am - 10:45 am
Introduction to the Food and Wine Writing Course - Food Anthropology of the South
Dorothy Zinn, Anthropologist

*11:00 am - 1:00 pm
European Book Market
Panelists: Karin Stoecker, Editorial Director Harlequin Mills & Boon
Isolde Wehr, Editor Moment Verlag
Nikki Read, Editorial Director, Transita
Gillian Green, Editor Piatkus Publishing
Ornella Robbiati, Editorial Director, Sonzogno
Moderated by: Maria Paola Romeo


ITALIAN CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
La Locanda di San Martino

3:30 pm- 5:30 pm
"Le lezioni della Locanda"
Elizabeth Jennings, Maria Paola Romeo

SPOTLIGHT ON…
*5:00 pm- 6:00 pm
How to Break Into Chicklit
Deanna Carlyle

FOOD AND WINE WRITING FOR FICTION WRITERS

9.00 pm- 11.30 pm
"How to Drink Wine and Write About It"
Ristorante Hemingway
Evan Kleiman

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

*9:30 am - 11:30 am Palazzo Lanfranchi - Sala delle Arcate
Book Distribution Channels in Europe
Panelists: Ornella Matarrese, Bookstore owner
Luca Domeniconi, Director of the Feltrinelli bookstore chain
Luisa Colicchio, Press Officer Sonzogno
Giovanni Moliterni, Bookstore owner and organizer of the Women's Fiction Festival

SPOTLIGHT ON...
*12.00 pm - 13.00 pm
A Novelist in Tinseltown
Liana Merrill


ITALIAN CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
La Locanda di San Martino

3:30 pm- 5:30 pm
"Le lezioni della Locanda"
Laura Bosio

FOOD AND WINE WRITING FOR FICTION WRITERS

9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
How to Write What You Eat
Ristorante Il Cantuccio
Evan Kleiman

Friday, September 30th, 2005

*9:30 am - 11:30 am Palazzo Lanfranchi - Sala delle Arcate
Literary Agents Explain the Wild and Woolly World of Foreign Rights

Panelists: Vicki Satlow, American Agent based in Italy
Luigi Bonomi, English Agent based in London
Stefano Tettamanti, Agent based in Milan
Moderated by: Elizabeth Jennings

FOOD AND WINE WRITING FOR FICTION WRITERS

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
"Shopping and Writing"
Central Marketplace
Evan Kleiman

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
"Lunch With Evan"
La Latteria
Evan Kleiman

ITALIAN CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
La Locanda di San Martino

3:30 pm- 5:30 pm
"Le lezioni della Locanda"
Laura Bosio

SPOTLIGHT ON...
*5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The New Historical Romance
Sarah Dunant

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

*9:30 am - 11:30 am Palazzo Lanfranchi - Sala delle Arcate
Not Lost in Translation
Panelists: Daniela Bianchi
Maria Rosaria Buri
Adele D'Arcangelo
Tiziana Tursi
Alberto Rollo
Ute Christine Geiler
Linda Rosaschino
Moderated by: Elizabeth Jennings

SPOTLIGHT ON...
*11.30 am - 12.15 am
Meet Harlequin
Panelists: Alessandra Bazardi, Editorial Director Harlequin Mondadori
Karin Stoecker, Editorial Director Harlequin Mills & Boon


12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Farewell Cocktail

ITALIAN CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
La Locanda di San Martino

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
"Le lezioni della Locanda"
Laura Bosio


REGISTRATION FEE WOMEN'S FICTION FESTIVAL WRITER'S CONFERENCE

Registration after June 30th: 220 euros

For RWA and WFF members:

Registration after June 30th: 190 euros

Accompanying persons:
Accompanying persons are welcome to all social events

After June 30th, 2005: 80 euros

The Women's Fiction Festival is for published and unpublished writers, and offers information on European book markets, publishing trends, foreign rights and translations.

REGISTRATION FEE FOOD & WINE WRITING COURSE

After June 30th, 2005: 220 euros

The registration fee includes lessons, two meals and a wine tasting in Matera's finest restaurants. The course is run by Evan Kleiman, renowned chef and cookbook writer, TV and radio personality, head of the Los Angeles Slow Food Convivium.
Maximum number of participants: 30.


REGISTRATION FEE ITALIAN CREATIVE WRITING COURSE

After June 30th, 2005: 220 euros

For RWA and WFF members

After June 30th, 2005: 190 euros

The fee includes 8 hours of creative writing lessons over 4 days, for unpublished Italian writers. The course is run by: Laura Bosio

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Payment by bank transfer to:

Associazione Women's Fiction Festival
Banca Carime Sede Centrale Via del Corso, 66
Matera 75100 c/c: 10226 ABI 03067 CAB 16100
IBAN: IT17N0306716100000000010266

Cancellation must be notified in writing to: Associazione Women's Fiction Festival C/O Elizabeth Jennings, Via Cappuccini, 8/E 75100 Matera.: there will be a 20 € fee deducted from reimbursement for cancellation before July 30th, only 50% will be reimbursed for cancellation between July 30th and the 4th of August, no reimbursement for cancellations after the 4th of August.

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