PROGRAM
WOMEN'S FICTION FESTIVAL
Matera, Italy, September 19th-23rd, 2006
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
*8:00 p.m.
Welcome cocktail
19° Buca
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
WRITER’S CONFERENCE
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*9:30 am – 10:00 am
Welcome speech and introduction
Elizabeth Jennings,
President, Associazione Women's Fiction Festival
Dr. Agata altavilla, Acting Superintendant
Suneta Halliburton, general consul - naples
*10:00 am – 11:30 am
The Care and Feeding of Editors
Alberto Castelvecchi (Castelvecchi)
Beverley Cousins, Penguin Books
Hilary Sares, Kensington Publishing
Karen Kosztolnyik, Warner Books
evelina santangelo, einaudi
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings
*11:30 am – 11:45 am
Coffee Break
MASTER CLASS
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*11.45 am - 1.45 pm
Eileen Dreyer,
how to research your novel
BRIEFINGS FOR THRILLER WRITERS
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
money laundering and human trafficking
Nicoletta Bressan, sociologist, UN consultant
Italy’s counterterrorism agency
Dr. Giuseppe Petronzi, senior official of DIGOS
"PLOTTING HOUR"
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*4:00 PM - 5.00 PM
ONE ON ONE
APPOINTMENTS WITH EDITORS AND AGENTS
Palazzo Lanfranchi - Bookshop
*4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC
*5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Hemingway Restaurant, piazza pascoli
Happy hour and Meet the Press
*5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
READINGS FOR KIDS
Palazzo Lanfranchi - Bookshop
*6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
Mysteries and History
lAURIE kING, vALERIA mONTALDi
mODERATOR: dANILA COMASTRI mONTANARI
*9:00 PM
GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT
Chiostro delle monacelle
with FEDERICA BOSCO, mary leo, geppi cucciari, pulsatilla
and claudia priano. Moderator: cinzia felicetti
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
WRITER’S CONFERENCE
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*9.30 am - 11.30 am
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about
agents but were afraid to ask
Helen Breitwieser, Cornerstone Literary Agency (USA)
Jane Gregory, Gregory & Associates (UK)
erica berla, Italy
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings
*11.30 am - 11.45 am
Coffee Break
MASTER CLASS
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*11.45 am - 12.30 am
gery krotow,
how to stay motivated
*12.30 - 1.00
mary leo,
those first two chapters
BRIEFINGS FOR THRILLER WRITERS
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*2 pm – 4 pm
online Searches: Miriam Tomponzi, private investigator
dead man talking: Francesco introna
PROFESSOR OF FORENSIC SCIENCE
"PLOTTING HOUR"
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*4:00 PM - 5.00 PM
ONE ON ONE
APPOINTMENTS WITH EDITORS AND AGENTS
Palazzo Lanfranchi - Bookshop
*4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC
*5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Hemingway Restaurant, piazza pascoli
Happy hour and Meet the Press
*5:30 pm – 19:00 pm
READINGS FOR KIDS
Palazzo Lanfranchi - Bookshop
*6:30 pm – 7.30 pm
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
From Miss Marple to Kay Scarpetta – do women do it better?
Miriam Tomponzi , Christine von Borries, Leonie Swann,
Francesco Introna. Moderator: Lia Volpatti
*8:30 pm
TERRACE OF MADONNA DELLE VIRTU’
tOUR OF sCULPTURE SHOW OF ALBERTO VIANI
Friday, September 22nd, 2006
WRITER’S CONFERENCE
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*9.30 am - 11.30 am
The women's fiction market
Emanuela Velludo, Harlequin Mondadori
Beverley Cousins, Penguin Books
Hilary Sares, Kensington Publishing
Julia Eisele, Random House German
Catherine Burke, harlequin enterprises
Karen Kosztolnyik, Warner Books
Isolde Wehr, moments verlag
Moderator: Maria Paola Romeo
*11.00 am - 11.15 am
Coffee Break
*11.15 am - 11.45 am
How Writers' Organizations Can Help You
Beatrix Kramlovsky, president, Sisters in Crime, Germany
Eileen dreyer, rwa member
*11:45 am – 1:00 pm
how to find an agent
Jane Gregory, Helen Breitwieser, Stefano Tettamanti
BRIEFINGS FOR THRILLER WRITERS
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*2 pm – 4 pm
How Embassies work and life in the diplomatic corps
Barbara Cummings, US Consul General, Rome Embassy:
Intelligence gathering today
Ellen Cosgrove, retired senior State Department officer:
"PLOTTING HOUR"
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*4:00 PM - 5.00 PM
ONE ON ONE
APPOINTMENTS WITH EDITORS AND AGENTS
Palazzo Lanfranchi - Bookshop
*4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC
*5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Hemingway Restaurant, piazza pascoli
Happy hour and Meet the Press
*5:30 pm – 19:00 pm
READINGS FOR KIDS
Palazzo Lanfranchi - Bookshop
*6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Palazzo lanfranchi – sala delle arcate
Killing those you love best
Ilaria Cavo, Iaia Caputo, Alessandra Montrucchio,
Cinzia Marroccoli. MODERATOR: Valeria Palumbo
*9:30 pm
Wine and Murder Party
lOCANDA DI SAN MARTINO
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
WRITER’S CONFERENCE
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*9.30 am - 11.30 am
Cross culture publishing: publishing in translation
antonio sellerio, sellerio editore
anna pastore, frassinelli
bEVERLEY COUSINS, PENGUIN BOOKS
François von Hurter , Bitter Lemon Press (UK)
Gaspare Bona, Instar (Italy)
Stefano Magagnoli, Rizzoli, Italy
Julia EiSele, Random House Germany
ALESSANDRA BAZARDI HARLEQUIN MONDADORI
ELISABETTA MIGLIVADA (GARZANTI)
Viktoria von Schirach, scout
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings
*11:00 am – 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
What is a scout?
vIKTORIA VON sCHIRAC
EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*11:45 am – 1:00 am
The Mafia and Organized Crime – past, present and future
Leo Taddeo, FBI Legat, Rome Embassy
Gianrico Carofiglio, author and anti-mafia judge
Dorothy Zinn, anthropologist,
dONATELLA dIAMANTI, WRITER OF tv cRIME sHOW ‘LA SQUADRA’
BRIEFINGS FOR THRILLER WRITERS
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*2 pm – 4 pm
FBI Legat offices in the world and how they work
Leo Taddeo, Rome FBI Legat
Naval Intelligence
Geri Krotov
"PLOTTING HOUR"
Palazzo Lanfranchi – Sala delle arcate
*4:00 PM - 5.00 PM
ONE ON ONE
APPOINTMENTS WITH EDITORS AND AGENTS
Palazzo Lanfranchi - Bookshop
*4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
*7:030 - 9.00 pm
piazza vittorio veneto
AWARDING THE ‘LA BACCANTE’ LITERARY PRIZE
Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett
ethnos concert
gala party
