Writers and their Agents: Three Writers Tell All
Thursday, November 15 at 6:30 PM
Boston Public Library
Mezzanine Level
700 Boylston St.
Boston, MA
What do agents really do, and not do? How involved is the writer? How do agents and writers work together, or not? Prominent authors Steve Almond, Helen Elaine Lee, and John Sedgwick share insight and information. The panel and Q&A are a "joint-production" of PEN/New England and the National Writers Union/Boston Local. Charles Coe of the NWU, a clever man with a question, will moderate.
Ann Harleman Reads at Hotel Marlowe
Wednesday November 7, 2007
6:15 PM to 7:00 PM
During the Hotel Marlowe's Wine Hour, which begins at 5:00 PM
Ann Harleman is the author of two short story collections—Happiness, and Thoreau’s Laundry—and two novels, Bitter Lake and The Year She Disappeared. Her awards include Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships, three Rhode Island State Arts Council fellowships, the Berlin Prize in Literature, the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, the O. Henry Award, and a Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award. The first woman to receive a Ph.D. in linguistics from Princeton, Ann spent some years living and working behind the "Iron Curtain," and now serves on the faculties of Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Her website is www.annharleman.com.
Porter Square Books will be selling books at this reading.
The Hotel Marlowe is located at 25 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge. Inexpensive parking is available in the Cambridgeside Galleria garage with direct entry into the hotel from Levels A and C. The hotel is closest to the Lechmere T-stop, and is within walking distance of Charles and Kendall Square.
For more information call 617-824-8820 or e-mail pen_ne@lesley.edu
Children's Book Caucus Panel: "To Agent or Not to Agent: That is the Question!"
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.
Lesley University
Marran Theater (Building #31)
A panel of agents and authors will discuss whether children's book writers need agents to sell manuscripts and negotiate contracts, what are the less tangible but equally important roles that agents play, and how the agentless author navigates the publishing process.
The panel will be moderated by Author/Illustrator Pat Lowery Collins, and panelists include Susan E. Goodman, author of The Truth about Poop, Skyscraper, and others; Ginger Knowlton, literary agent, Curtis Brown, Ltd.; Wendy Schmalz, literary agent, Wendy Schmalz Agency; and Ellen Wittlinger, YA author of Hard Love, Blind Faith, Sandpiper, and others.
For directions visit the Lesley University Web site.
Please Note: Do not bring manuscripts. This is an informational panel discussion only.