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Mid-South Book Festival Writers Conference
Playhouse on the Square
Memphis, TN
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Writers, meet your people!  Join us for the Mid-South Book Festival's inaugural Writers Conference.  Connect with some of the Mid-South's most respected, experienced authors, poets, and screenwriters, all pledging to help you grow and succeed as a writer.  The Mid-South Book Festival Writers Conference will help you advance creatively and professionally as a writerno matter what stage of your career.

Schedule of events:

11:30am-12:00pm Registration

12:00pm-12:30pm Welcome and Introductions

12:30pm-1:45pm Breakout Sessions 1
Writing a Memoir - Neil White
Social Justice and Poetry - Becca J.R. Lachman
Under Your Thumb: Tweets, Texts, and Telephone Writings

1:45pm-3:00pm Breakout Sessions 2
Screenwriting - Chris McCoy
Writing Dreams - Jamey Hatley
Getting to the Universal with the Specific - Heather Dobbins

3:00pm-4:15pm Breakout Sessions 3
Building Imagery in Poetry - James E. Cherry
Getting Weird with a Metaphor - Caki Wilkinson
TBA - TBA

4:15pm-5:30pm Readings and Signing by Presenting Authors

All sessions will occur at Playhouse on the Square

Participants must be 18 and over to attend.  A children's writing conference will be held concurrently with this event.  Please visit midsouthbookfest.org for more information.

Scholarships available based on need.  Contact Kdean@literacymidsouth.org for more information.
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Location

Playhouse on the Square (View)
66 S Cooper Street
Memphis, TN 38104
United States

Categories

Arts > Literary

Minimum Age: 18
Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: Yes!
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes!

Contact

Owner: Literacy Mid-South
On BPT Since: Jun 24, 2011
 
Kevin Dean
www.midsouthbookfest.org


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