We hold monthly panel discussions for adults who want to write for a living or simply to improve their writing. The emphasis will be on the practicalities of getting one's work published—finding agents, getting valuable feedback, developing good work habits and sticking with them—generally, all the strategies important to a writer's life.
Each month, there will be a panel discussion conducted by writers, editors and agents—all volunteering their time. Topics covered will include inspirations, self-editing, navigating the publishing world, and everything in between. No details will be spared; all pertinent secrets will be revealed.
These are three-hour seminars offered to the first 60 adults who sign up. The cost is $50. As with all of our events, all proceeds go directly to student programming at 826NYC.
Writing and Publishing the Novel
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
7:00-9:00pm
826NYC (372 Fifth Avenue)
$50
Panelists include:
Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours
Sam Lipsyte, author of Homeland
Christopher Sorrentino, author of Trance
Colin Dickerman, Editorial Director, Bloomsbury
Joy Harris, Agent, Joy Harris Literary Agency
Moderated by:
Sarah Weinman, Correspondent, Galleycat
Reservations may be made by calling 718.499.9884
Writing and Publishing Nonfiction
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Panelists include:
Larissa MacFarquhar, staff writer at The New Yorker
James Traub, author and staff writer at the New York Times Magazine
Tom Bissell, author and frequent Harper's contributor
Amy Davidson, editor at The New Yorker
Alison Brower, features editor at Redbook
Reservations may be made by calling 718.499.9884
Writing and Publishing the Graphic Novel
Thursday, September 15, 2005
6:30 to 9:30
826NYC (372 5th Ave.)
$50
Panelists include:
Art Spiegelman, creator of the Pulitzer prize-winning Maus
Kim Deitch, creator of Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Jessica Abel, creator of Artbabe and La Perdida
P.J. Mark, Collins McCormick Literary Agency
Chip Kidd, editor of Pantheon Graphic Novels
Reservations my be made by calling 718.499.9884
Writing and Publishing the Short Story
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
6:30 to 9:30
826NYC (372 5th Ave.)
$50
Panelists include:
Tom Perrotta, author of Election and Bad Haircut
Adam Haslett, author of You Are Not a Stranger Here
Shalom Auslander, author of Beware of God
Susan Kamil, Editorial Director at Dial Press
Jennifer Carlson, Dunow & Carlson Literary Agency
Charles McGrath, recent editor of The New York Times Book Review
Reservations may be made by calling 718.499.9884
Writing and Producing for the Radio
Saturday, March 05, 2005
7:00 to 9:00
Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, NYU
$35
Panelists include:
Ira Glass, Producer and Creator of This American Life
Jay Kernis, Senior Vice President of Programming, NPR
Brooke Gladstone, Producer, On The Media
Reservations may be made by calling 718.499.9884
Writing and Publishing the Novel
Thursday, February 17, 2005
6:30 to 9:30
826NYC (372 5th Ave.)
$50
Panelists include:
Dave Eggers, author of You Shall Know Our Velocity!
Jonathan Lethem, author of The Fortress of Solitude
Monique Truong, author of The Book of Salt
Hannah Tinti, author of Animal Crackers
Ann Rittenberg, literary agent
Morgan Entrekin, publisher, Grove/Atlantic
Reservations my be made by calling 718.499.9884
Writing and Publishing Children's Books
Thursday, December 16, 2004
6:30 to 9:30
826NYC (372 5th Ave.)
$50
Panelists include:
Jon Scieszka, author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Mo Willems, author of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Brett Helquist, illustrator, A Series of Unfortunate Events
Bruce Brooks, author of The Moves Make the Man
Alessandra Balzer, editor, Hyperion
Barry Goldblatt, agent, Barry Goldblatt Literary Agency
To make a reservation please call 718.499.9884
Writing and Publishing the Novel
Monday, November 08, 2004
6:30 to 9:30
826NYC (372 5th Ave.)
$100
Panelists include:
Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections
William Lychack, author of The Wasp Eater
David Gates, author of Preston Falls
Lauren Grodstein, author of Reproduction is the Flaw of Love
Heidi Pitlor, editor, Houghton Mifflin
Gail Hochman, agent, Brandt & Hochman
Reservations may be made by calling 718.499.9884
Writing and Publishing the Short Story
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
6:30 to 9:30
826NYC (372 5th Ave.)
$50
Panelists include:
Nell Freudenberger, author of Lucky Girls
Merrill Feitell, author of Here Beneath Low-Flying Planes
Rob Spillman, Tin House editor
Ira Silverberg, agent at Donadio & Olson
Carin Besser, fiction editor, The New Yorker
Sarah McGrath, editor, Scribner
Reservations may be made by calling 718.499.9884
