TEMPORARY PROGRAM
WOMEN'S FICTION FESTIVAL

MATERA, September 27th-30th 2007
 Le Monacelle, Via Riscatto n.9/10

International Writer's Conference, Master Classes & Briefings(Sala Convegni)
Editor and Agent Appointments (Sala Mostre)
Sciptwriting Course (Sala Bianca)
Theatrical Poetry Lab (Sala Alta)
Events open to the public (More places)

Wednesday, September 26                                                                            

19:30 - 21:00
Prêt à Porter Welcome Cocktail
Boutique Anna
Via del Corso 17

Thursday, September 27 INTERNATIONAL WRITER'S CONFERENCE

Le Monacelle
Sala Convegni - 9:30 – 9:45
Welcome Speeches
Elizabeth Jennings, President WFF
Amy Bliss - US Consulate Naples

9:45 – 10:30
Love in the time of Tarantella
Dorothy Zinn - anthropologist, writer

10:30 - 11:00
The Reluctant Italian - From Hollywood to Camaiore
Phil Doran - writer, scriptwriter

11:00 – 11:15
Coffee break

11:15 – 12:15
A writer's platform
Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Agency- NYC-USA

12:15 - 13:00
Master Class
Writing with the five senses
Barbara Samuel, writer

Sala Convegni
14:30 - 16:30
Briefings for Thriller Writers
The International Drug Trade
Sherrilynn Klueber, NCIS Special Agent

Spyware
Janice Reitzell, NCIS Special Agent

Sala Alta
15:00 - 18:00
Theatrical Poetry Lab
Body of Love
Cinefabrica

Sala Bianca
15:00 - 19:00
Scriptwriting Lab
Mariolina Venezia

Sala Mostre
15:00 – 17:00
One on One Appointments with editors and agents
German session: meeting with Michaela Kenklies

Sala Convegni
17:00 – 18:00
Editing the work (Italian only)
Franco Forte

Events open to the public
Piazza del Sedile
18:00 – 19:00
Happy Hour offered by AreaLiving 

Palazzo Lanfranchi - Sala Levi
19:00 - 20:00
Writing Erotic Novels
Rachelle Chase, Madeleine Oh, Kayla Perrin,
Moderator: Gabriella Saracco

Sala Levi
20:00- 21:00
Book Presentation: La vita è un cactus (Sonzogno)
Francesca Del Rosso and Alessandra Tedesco
Moderator: Maria Paola Romeo

Chiostro delle Monacelle
21:15 - 23.00
Show "Quel mistero che noi chiamiamo amore "
with Alessandra Casella, writer
Maurizio Trombini, Canale 5 speaker
Trio Milonga

Friday, September 28 INTERNATIONAL WRITER'S CONFERENCE                     

Le Monacelle
Sala Convegni
9:30 – 11:00
Building a career - The Agents Speak
Carole Blake - Blake & Friedmann- UK
Kylee Doust – Kylee Doust Agency - Italia
Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Agency – USA
Christine Witthohn, Book Cents Agency WV-USA
Moderator: Maria Paola Romeo

11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break 

Master Class
11:15 - 12:15
Beatrix Kramlovsky

O Fount of Passion, O Reason for Killing!” :
A passionate guide to ancient Greek motives and how to incorporate them into modern story telling
Rosemary Laurey

12:15 - 1:15 pm
Writing for a small press
Briefings for Thriller Writers
Crime & Cybercrime
Silvio Ciappi, Profiling Expert
Raoul Chiesa, ex hacker, Information Security Expert

Sala Alta
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Theatrical Poetry Lab

Cinefabrica
Sala Bianca

3:00 - 7:00 pm
Scriptwriting Course with Mariolina Venezia
Sala Mostre
3:00-5:00

Editor and Agent Appointments
Sala Convegni

5:00-6:00 pm
Erotic Romance
A Passing Craze or Here to Stay?
Rachelle Chase, author
Raelene Gorlinsky, Ellora’s Cave Cerridwen Press-USA
Gabriella Saracco, author
Hilary Sares, Brava and Aphrodisia, Kensington Publishing-UK
Karin Stoecker, Blaze, Spice, Xtra Sensual – Harlequin Mills & Boon-UK
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings

Events open to the public

Piazza del Sedile
18:00 – 19:00
Happy Hour offered by AreaLiving 

Le Monacelle
Sala Convegni
19:00 - 20:00
Book Presentation:
In My Skin by Kate Holden (edizioni e/o)

20:00 – 22:00
Books into films

Josephine Hart*, writer
Francesca Longardi, film producer
Maria Daniela Raineri - writer and scriptwiter
Mariolina Venezia, writer and scriptwiter
Lina Wertmuller* – director, writer, actress
Moderator: Phil Doran, writer and scriptwiter

*TBC

Saturday, September 29 INTERNATIONAL WRITER'S CONFERENCE                   

Le Monacelle
Sala Convegni
9:30 - 11:00
Media Rights: The Experts
Carole Blake, Blake & Friedmann, London-UK
Katherine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Agency NYC- USA
Kylee Doust, Kylee Doust Agency Milan – Itay
Christine Witthohn, Bookcents Agency WV- USA
Moderator: Maria Paola Romeo

11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break

Events open to the public
Le Monacelle
Sala Convegni
11:15 - 12:00
Lectio Magistralis
Josephine Hart*
How Poetry Can Strengthen Your Prose

12:00 – 13:00
A Mother's Heart
Giulia Carcasi, writer
Lucia Corna, writer and journalist
Kay Rush, writer and journalist
Barbara Samuel, writer
Moderator: Loredana Lipperini

Writer's Conference
Sala Convegni
Briefings for Thriller Writers
Cybercrime Cop
Colonell Umberto Rapetto, Chief of technology anticrime Unit Guardia di Finanza

Sala Alta
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Theatrical Poetry Lab
Cinefabrica

Sala Bianca
3:00 - 7:00 pm
Scriptwriting Course with Mariolina Venezia

Sala Mostre
3:00-5:00
Editor and Agent Appointments
German Session: meeting with Almut Elizabeth Moench, Random House Germany

Events open to the public
Sala Levi- Palazzo Lanfranchi
17:00 - 19:00
Cybercrime
Raoul Chiesa, ex hacker, Computer Security Expert
Silvio Ciappi, Prof. of Criminology, Expert Profiler
Colonell Umberto Rapetto, Chief of technology anticrime Unit Guardia di Finanza

Libreria Mondadori
19:00 – 20:00
Federico Moccia Booksigning 

Libreria dell'Arco
19:00 - 20:00
Booksigning: Lucia Corna, Liz Fielding, Loredana Lipperini, Anna Pacifico, Kayla Perrin, Barbara Samuel, Gabriella Saracco

Piazza San Francesco d'Assisi
20:30
Awarding the Baccante Prize to Federico Moccia
Presented by: Alessandra Casella

In collaboration with Festival Duni:
First ever show of: "IL CANTO DEI SASSI"
Symphonic Poem composed by maestro DAMIANO D'AMBROSIO
Festival Duni Orchestra conducted by Vincenzo Perrone
 

In case of rain, the event will take place Auditorium Comunale di Piazza del Sedile-
Free Entrance
Sunday, September 30th INTERNATIONAL WRITER'S CONFERENCE                    

Le Monacelle
Sala Convegni
9:30 – 11:00
E-Publishing and the Web

Raelene Gorlinsky Ellora’s Cave Cerridwen Press – USA
Lucia Corna, journalist, writer
Loredana Lipperini, journalist, writer and Tv and Radio Scriptwriter
Eleonora Gandini, PR Italy Lulu.com
Chiara Ferrari , Editor Newton Compton 
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings
11:15 - 11:30
Coffee Break

11:30 – 1:00 PM
Building a career: the editors speak
Karin Stoecker - Harlequin Mills & Boon-UK
Hilary Sares – Kensington Publishing - UK
Almut Elisabeth Moench, Random House -Germany
Michaela Kenklies, Piper Verlag-Germany
Catherine Cobain, Headline Publishing-UK
Luisa Colicchio, Sonzogno-Italy
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings

Events open to the public
Palazzo Lanfranchi - Sala Levi
11.00 - 13.00
 Federico Moccia  talks to his readers
Moderator: Mariateresa Cascino

Sala Alta
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Theatrical Poetry Lab
Cinefabrica