Sunday, Aug 17th 7:30 pm
Politics and the Press, Censorship and Coverage
Mara Liasson
E.J. Dionne
Patricia J. Williams
Richard North Patterson
Charles Sennott – moderator
Monday, Aug 18
8:45 Welcome to Islanders Write
Charles Sennott
9:00 – 9:50 am
Truth and Lies: The Unreliable Narrator
James W. Jennings
E. Lockhart
Kate Feiffer – moderator
10:00 – 10:55 am
Turning History into Narrative
Meryl Gordon
Richard Michelson
Misan Sagay
Dawn Tripp
11:00 – 12:00 am
What is a Cookbook?
Jessica B. Harris
Julia Blanter
Adriana Stimola – moderator
12:15 am- 1:10 pm
Novel to Graphic Novel: The Art of Adaptation
Paul Karasik
1:15 – 2:45 pm
Pitch Panel on Publishing
Gretchen Young (publisher/editor)
Nancy Star (author)
Rosemary Stimola (agent)
Torrey Oberfest – moderator
3:00 – 3:55 pm
Historical Fiction
Geraldine Brooks
Nicole Galland
Martha Hall Kelly
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Songwriting
John Forté
Jemima James
Willy Mason
Kate Taylor
Polly Simpkins – moderator
Looking forward to the discussions on many of these topics