Provisional Program
Matera, 23-26 september 2010 Women's Fiction Festival
International Writers' Conference
Fondazione Le Monacelle - Via Riscatto n.9 - 75100 Matera

WEDNESDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2010

8.00 pm
Libreria dell'Arco
Welcome Cocktail

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Fondazione Le Monacelle - Sala Congressi
8.30
Registration and Welcome Breakfast

9.30-10.00
Official inauguration
Welcome speech, Elizabeth Jennings
Welcome speech, cultural attaché, US Consulate in Naples

10.00-10.30
Magic in Southern Italy
Dorothy Zinn, anthropologist

10.30-11.30
Life in the Fast Lane. Inside the Man Booker Prize
Simon Mawer, author

11.30 -12.30
Country Report: United Kingdom
Claire Baldwin, Headline Publishing
Genevieve Pegg, Orion Books
Meg Davis, MBA Literary Agency
Teresa Chris, Teresa Chris Literary Agency
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings

12.30-1.30
Briefings for thriller writers
Dead Man Talking
Francesco Introna, Head of Pathology, Polyclinic of Bari

AFTERNOON SESSION

3.30-5.30 pm
The book market: One on one appointments with editors and agents

5.00 pm
Meeting: English writers in Italy

6.00 pm
Literary conversations and book presentations

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 2010

9.30-10.30
Country Report: Germany and Netherlands
Kathrin Blum, Rowohlt Verlag
Wiebke Irlenkauser, Ullstein
Jacqueline Smits, Orlando Uitgever
Moderator: Maria Paola Romeo

10.30-11.00
Coffee break

11.00 -11.45
Master Class:
CSI. It’s not like on TV
Cristina Cattaneo, forensic scientist

11.45-12.30
Country Report: Italy
Ricciarda Barbieri, Sperling & Kupfer
Alessandra Bazardi, Harlequin Mondadori
Patricia Chendi, Sonzogno
Daniela De Rosa, Kowalski
Francesca Casula, Aisara
Moderator: Maria Paola Romeo

12.30-1.00
New Media, Social Networking – How to promote your book
Jess Ponce, media coach

AFTERNOON SESSION

3.30-5.30 pm
The book market: One on one appointments with editors and agents

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

9.00 – 10.00
Country Report: USA
April Eberhardt, Kimberley Cameron Literary Agency
Christine Witthohn, Book Cents Literary Agency
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings

10.00-10.30
Coffee Break

10.30-11.30
Writers’ block and motivation
Geri Krotow, author

11.30-12.15
New Opportunities. epublishing and self publishing
Charles Jones, Writer Services

12.15-1.15
Books into Films, Films into Books
Ricciarda Barbieri, Sperling & Kupfer
Meg Davis, MBA Literary Agency
Daniela De Rosa, Kowalski
Moderator: Maria Paola Romeo

AFTERNOON SESSION

3.30-5.30 pm
The book market: One on one appointments with editors and agents

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

9.30-10.15
Master Class
How to choose your historical period
Elizabeth Edmondson, author 

10.15 -11.00
Writing Fantasy
Licia Troisi, author, Baccante

11.00-12.15
E-publishing & Self Publishing
Jess Ponce, media coach

12.15-1.00
How to research your novel – from historicals to thrillers to vampires 
Eileen Dreyer, author
 

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