Items tagged with conferences.

Conferences, Festivals Taking a Hit

by Kevin Nance

News and Trends

May/June 2009

Although the current recession is hammering all sectors of the literary economy, including publishers of books and magazines, booksellers, and service organizations—not to mention writers themselves—one of the community's smallest but most important components is proving particularly vulnerable.

Shakespeare Has Left the Building: Postcard From Philadelphia

by Jen A. Miller

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On April 14 hundreds of scholars gathered in the Millennium Hall of the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia for the second day of the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America, a nonprofit, academic organization devoted to the study of William Shakespeare and his plays and poems.

Sharon Olds at the Workshop: Postcard From Paris

by Ethan Gilsdorf

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The 16th annual Paris Writers Workshop wrapped up on July 5 after a week-long schedule of workshops, lectures, readings, and walking tours.

Creative Bliss Among the Swiss: Postcard From Geneva

by Linda Lappin

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On February 2, over 170 writers, editors, agents, and publishers from five continents attended a two-day writers conference in Geneva, Switzerland—an intensive weekend of workshops, readings, panel discussions, and networking.