Schedule 2008
| Week 2 | July 6 Sun |
July 7 Mon |
July 8 Tue |
July 9 Wed |
July 10 Thu |
July 11 Fri |
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| 9 am to 12 noon | • Agent consultations - Lloyd, Janson-Smith and Sheinkman (11 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 4 pm) • REGISTRATION for Week 2 at Forum 104 (11 am to 4 pm) |
• Spirit of Place - Freeman • Poetry - Seshadri • Memoir - Snodgrass • The Novel (Master Class) - Texier • Fiction - Rachlin • Creative Non-Fiction (Master Class) - Jackson |
• Spirit of Place • Poetry • Memoir • The Novel (Master Class) • Fiction • Creative Non-Fiction (Master Class) |
• Spirit of Place • Poetry • Memoir • The Novel (Master Class) • Fiction • Creative Non-Fiction (Master Class) |
• Spirit of Place • Poetry • Memoir • The Novel (Master Class) • Fiction • Creative Non-Fiction (Master Class) |
• Spirit of Place • Poetry • Memoir • The Novel (Master Class) • Fiction • Creative Non-Fiction (Master Class) |
| 2 pm to 5 pm |
• REGISTRATION for Week 2 at Forum 104 (11 am to 4 pm) • Author Signings (2 pm to 4 pm) • Agent Panel (4:30 to 5:30 pm) |
• Literature by Foot - Koehler (2 to 4 pm) | • Literature by Foot (2 to 4 pm) • Literary Walk - Baxter |
• Words to Eat By - Puckette • Magic, Monsters and Mayhem - McGilligan • Romance is Not a Dirty Word - Johnson-Woods |
• Words to Eat By • Magic, Monsters and Mayhem • Romance is Not a Dirty Word |
• Words to Eat By • Magic, Monsters and Mayhem • Romance is Not a Dirty Word |
| 5 pm | Agent Panel (4:30 pm to 5:30 pm) | Café | Café/Student Reading | Café/Student Reading | ||
| 7 pm | FREE EVENING | John Freeman Vernissage | Faculty Reading (Seshadri, Rachlin, Texier) at The Village Voice | Matt Thorne in Conversation with Kevin Jackson at Shakespeare & Co | TBA | Awards Dinner |
Twentieth Annual Paris Writers Workshop
previous stop press
British novelist to judge first Paris Prize
British writer Matt Thorne has agreed to judge the first $5000 Paris prize for fiction. Born in 1974, Matt grew up in Bristol, graduated from Cambridge University, and published six novels before he turned thirty. Tourist, (1998) attacked the negative effects of tourism on a seaside town. Eight Minutes Idle (1999) drew on his experiences working in a call centre, and won an Encore Award, while his 2004 novel Cherry was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His critical study of the rock musician Prince will be published in 2010.
A regular critic for national newspapers, Matt has written screenplays and plays for radio, and several books for young adults, including the 39 Castles series, about a group of high-spirited children in medieval England.
Photo: Caroline Forbes
Another PWW success story!
Natalia Sarkissian (PWW 2007) writes: "Congratulations on your lovely new website. I would love to attend PWW this year, but as a result of last year's short-story workshop with Manette Ansay I was awarded a merit scholarship by Vermont College, where I am currently enrolled! I can safely say it is all thanks to you and your wonderful program that my life has taken a new and unexpected turn."