When: Monday, August 11, 2014
Where: The Grange Hall in West Tisbury
Admission: Free
Schedule
8:00-8:45 Morning Edition: Writing for Radio
They say radio is the most visual medium. Find out how it’s done.
Sean Corcoran, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Rob Rosenthal and Mindy Todd
9:00-9:45 Writing Children’s Books
Like Lewis Carroll’s Alice, childrens book authors and illustrators often wonder, What’s the use of a book without pictures or conversations?
Kate Feiffer, Richard Michelson, Florence Minor and Wendell Minor
10:00-10:45 Writing in a New Media World
Have digital books, video gaming and self-publishing helped or hurt writers?
Susan Branch, Tony Horwitz, Nicole Galland and Jan Pogue
11:00-11:45 Narrative Non-fiction
When truth is stranger than fiction, write the truth and let it read like fiction.
Meryl Gordon, Joshua Horwitz, Alexandra Styron and Tony Horwitz
1:00-1:45 The Recipe for Cookbook Writing
It takes more than adding a pinch of salt.
Jessica Harris, Susie Middleton, Tina Miller, Joan Nathan and Catherine Walthers
2:00-2:45 Writing Workshops
Tough love or loving support. What works?
John Hough, Nancy Slonim Aronie and Lara O’Brien
3:00-3:45 From Journalism to Fiction
When journalists turn into novelists
Geraldine Brooks and Ward Just
4:00 Closing Thoughts
Peter Oberfest
David McCullough
Islanders Write is sponsored by The MV Times and MV Arts & Ideas Magazine and co-sponsored by WCAI, The Bunch of Grapes and Edgartown Books.
Flatbread Pizza’s mobile wood-fired pizza truck will also be in attendance.
