The Women’s Fiction Festival is the only international writers’ conference in the world, the only writers’ conference that places you squarely in the middle of the international marketplace. Now, more than ever, it is important to believe in yourself and in the power of your writing.  The Chinese word for ‘crisis’ also means ‘opportunity’. This year of crisis is the moment to invest in yourself. The Women’s Fiction Festival offers an unusually broad and rich list of  American, English, German and Italian editors and agents, taking appointments and providing a detailed understanding of today’s international marketplace. 

We are pleased to announce our lineup of top editors and agents. Joining us at the 2009 Matera Writers’ Conference will be: From the UK - Kate Burke, editor, Penguin Books, Karolina Sutton of Curtis Brown. From the US -  Deb Werkman, editor, Sourcebooks,  Michael Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada, agents, Larsen & Pomada Literary Agency, Christine Witthohn, agent, Book Cents Literary Agency. From Germany  - Kathrin Wolf, editor, Droemer-Knaur Verlag.  Italian editors: Sergio Altieri of Mondadori, Alessandra Bazardi of Harlequin Mondadori, Marcella Meciani of Mondolibri and Rossella Postorino of Einaudi. Italian agents: Maria Paola Romeo of Grandi e Associati and Claire Sabatié-Garat of Marco Vigevani Agency.

This year there will be a special focus on The Coming Tsunami: The Digital Revolution. Digital rights managers, editors, agents, a representative of Amazon will all be focusing on the vast technological changes sweeping the book world. Major changes are underway and the better you understand them, the more you will thrive as a professional writer. Ebooks, the Kindle II, the Google Settlement , group blogs, digital rights, social networking, Twitter…it’s a whole new world out there and the professional writer must master it.

For writers of mysteries, thrillers and suspense, the Women’s Fiction Festival organizes a truly unique series of seminars, our incredible “BRIEFINGS FOR THRILLER WRITERS ”, by now a WFF tradition.

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