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2009 Program

MATERA-SEPTEMBER 24-27, 2009
SIXTH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FICTION FESTIVAL PROGRAM
INTERNATIONAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE, MASTER CLASSES, BOOK MARKET


BRIEFINGS FOR THRILLER WRITERS

(With simultaneous interpretation and registration fee)
Conference venue: Hotel Le Monacelle - Via Riscatto n. 9 - 75100 Matera

MEETINGS WITH AUTHORS, ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS, INTERVIEWS, DEBATES AND BOOK PRESENTATIONS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
8pm
Libreria Mondadori- Via del Corso, 12
L'abbondanza Lucana - Welcome Cocktail

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

INTERNATIONAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE
Hotel Le Monacelle - Via Riscatto n. 9 - 75100 Matera -Sala Convegni

9am
Welcome Breakfast

9:45-10:00 
Welcome speech
Elizabeth Jennings, President WFF
Amy Bliss, Consul-General, US Consulate in Naples

10:00-10:30
Literacy in an illiterate society
Dorothy Louise Zinn, anthropologist

10:30-11:30
How to survive the recession as a working writer without losing your mind

Kate Burke, editor Penguin Books, UK
Marcella Meciani, editor, Mondolibri, Italy
Deb Werkmann, editor Sourcebooks, USA
Kathrin Wolf, editor Droemer-Knaur, Germany
Moderator. Elizabeth Jennings

11:30-12:30
Understanding royalties
Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada, Larsen & Pomada Literary Agency, USA
Claire Sabatié-Garat, Marco Vigevani Agenzia Letteraria, Italy 
Karolina Sutton, Curtis Brown Literary Agency, UK
Christine Witthohn, Book Cents Literary Agency, USA
Moderator: Maria Paola Romeo

12:30-1:30 pm
Master Class
Fact and Fiction: Researching and Writing the Historical Novel
Elizabeth Edmondson aka Elizabeth Aston

3:00-5:00 pm
Book Marketplace
One on one appointments with editors and agents

3:00 -6:00 pm
CREATIVE WRITING COURSE (in italian)

3:00 -6:00 pm
BRIEFINGS FOR THRILLER WRITERS


PUBLIC EVENTS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009


INTERNATIONAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE
9:30-10:30
Master Class
13 Ways to make yourself irresistible to agents and editors 

Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada, Larsen & Pomada Literary Agency, USA

10:30-11:30
Master Class
Making the Mundane Erotic-sensual details in everyday life
Rachelle Chase

11:30-12:00
Coffee break

12:00-1pm
New Horizons in Women’s Fiction
Alan D. Altieri, editorial consultant Mondadori, Italy
Alessandra Bazardi, editorial director Harlequin Mondadori, Italy
Kate Burke, editor Penguin Books, UK
Rossella Postorino, editor Einaudi, Italy
Deb Werkmann, editor Sourcebooks, USA
Kathrin Wolf, editor Droemer-Knaur, Germany
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings

3:00 -6:00 pm
CREATIVE WRITING COURSE (in italian)

3:00 -6:00 pm
BRIEFINGS FOR THRILLER WRITERS

4:00-6:00 pm
Book Marketplace
One on one appointments with editors and agents

PUBLIC EVENTS


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

INTERNATIONAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE

9:30-10.30
Masterclass
Language and writing
How to keep your creativity alive

Annamaria Testa, expert in creativity

The Digital Revolution
10:30-11:30

The Future is Amazon:
How to build a community of readers

Meet the Kindle ereaders
Anne Stirnweis- Amazon.de, Germany

11:30-11:45  
Coffee break

11:45-12:30 pm
The Google Settlement
Claire Sabtié-Garat, Marco Vigevani Literary Agency, Italy
Michael Larsen, Larsen & Pomada Literary Agency, US
Karolina Sutton, Curtis Brown Literary Agency, UK
Christine Witthohn, Book Cents Literary Agency, US
Moderator: Maria Paola Romeo, Grandi & Associati Literary Agency, Italy

12:30-1:30pm
Master Class
Writing historical romance
Maria Angela Camocardi

3:00-5:00 pm
Book Marketplace
One on one appointments with editors and agents 


3:00 -6:00 pm
CREATIVE WRITING COURSE (in italian)

3:00 -6:00 pm
BRIEFINGS FOR THRILLER WRITERS


6:00 pm
Sassi Guided Tour
Happy Hour at Comignolo Gallery
Exhibition of " Mythologies 2009"  di Rea Zoe Stavropoulos


PUBLIC EVENTS


9.30 pm
Gala Party

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
INTERNATIONAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE

9:30-10:30
New media and 21st century marketing:
Book trailers, youtube, group blogs, self-publishing.

Rachelle Chase, writer
Nancy Citro, Associazione Culturale Tiaso
Rosaria Kimble, Juneross Blogger
Moderator: Giovanni Moliterni

10:30-11:00
Non-fiction Market
Michael Larsen, Larsen & Pomada Literary Agency, USA

11:00-12:00 pm
An amazing journey through the world of publishing
Meeting with Brunonia Barry

12.00 - 1pm
Meeting with Erica Jong
"Writing for my life
"

1:30
Goodbye Brunch (for registered participants only)

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