2008 Writers at Work Conference Schedule

Date

Time

Event

Faculty

Building: Room#

Sunday 6/22/08

Arrivals all Day

         
Monday 6/23/08 7:30 -
8.45 am
Registration
  Registration Desk
  7:30 -
8.45 am
Morning Coffee
at Registration Desk
   
  8:45 a.m. General Orientation    
  9:00 a.m – 12:00 noon Short Fiction Workshop Steve Almond  
  9:00 a.m – 12:00 noon Generative Workshop Dean Bakopoulos  
  9:00 a.m – 12:00 noon Novel Workshop Victoria Redel  
  9:00 a.m – 12:00 noon Poetry Workshop Kim Addonizio  
  9:00 a.m – 12:00 noon Creative Nonfiction Workshop Abigail Thomas  
  9:00 a.m – 12:00 noon Fiction Workshop Jenn Gibbs  
  9:00 a.m – 12:00 noon Creative Nonfiction Workshop Dawn Marano  
  9:00 a.m – 12:00 noon Writing Lab Maureen Clark  
  12:00 noon– 1.15 p.m. Roundtable Box Lunch with Editor & Agents Peter Steinberg & Ladette Randolph  

 

1.30 p.m – 2:45 p.m. "The First Page" Carol Houck Smith  
  3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

"Gritty Mysticism"

Dean Bakopoulos  
  4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Open Microphone   King's English Bookstore
1511 S. 1500 East
Ph. 801-484-9100
  7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Readings: Fellowship Winners
         
Tuesday 6/24/08 7.30 a.m. - 8.45 a.m.. Morning Coffee at Registration Desk  
  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Workshops See faculty above, on day 1 of schedule

See room assignments above, on day 1 of schedule

  12:15 p.m – 1:15 p.m. Roundtable Box Lunch with Editor & Agents Kit Ward & Rick Campbell  
  1:30 p.m. - 2.45 p.m. Afternoon Session: "Making It into Print" Panel  
  3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.  Discussion: "How it Sounded in your Kitchen" Victoria Redel  
  7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Readings Ladette Randolph

Dean Bakopoulos

         
Wednesday 6/25/08 7.30 a.m. - 8.45 a.m. Morning Coffee at Registration Desk    
  9:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon Workshops See faculty above, on day 1 of schedule

See room assignments above, on day 1 of schedule

  12:15 p.m – 1:15 p.m. Roundtable Box Lunch with Editor & Agents Carol Houck Smith  
  1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.  Panel: "Memory, Imagination" Panel  
  3:0 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.  Discussion: "How to Make Prose Sing" Steve Almond  
  4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Film: "Loverboy" Victoria Redel Gore Auditorium
  7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Readings Rick Campbell

Victoria Redel

         
Thursday 6/26/08 7.30 a.m. - 8.45 a.m. Morning Coffee at Registration Desk    
  9:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon Workshops See faculty above, on day 1 of schedule

See room assignments above, on day 1 of schedule

  12:15 p.m – 1:15 p.m. Roundtable Box Lunch with Editors & Agents    
  1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.  Afternoon Session: "Crossing the Divide"    
  3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.   "Writing Real People" Panel   
  4:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Book Signing Party at The King's English Book Store


1511 S. 1500 East
Ph. 801-484-9100
  7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Readings Kim Addonizio

Walter Kirn
 
  8:15 p.m.  Film: "Thumbsucker"    
Friday 6/27/08 7.30 a.m. - 8.45 a.m. Morning Coffee at Registration Desk    
  9:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon Workshops See faculty above, on day 1 of schedule See room assignments above, on day 1 of schedule
  12:15 p.m – 12:45 p.m.  Take a New Friend to Lunch    
  1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Interview: "Life Imitates Art" Walter Kirn
Betsey Burton
 
  2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Hike
 
   7 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Readings Abigail Thomas

Steve Almond
 
   8:15 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Closing Reception    
Saturday 6/28/08 Departures all Day