Thank you for a great SVWC 2025!
See you next year . . . Saturday, July 18 to Monday, July 20, 2026. Did you miss a talk or have one you want to share? Our 2025 livestreaming videos have already aired, but you can head over to our digital media library for select video and audio recordings from the 2025 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. While you’re there, check out our expansive library of digital media, including our very own Beyond the Page podcast!
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It is one of SVWC’s foremost goals to make the Conference and its content as accessible as possible, especially to students, teachers, and our local community. We have opened our doors each year, both virtually and in-person, with free Pavilion lawn talks, free livestreaming, free talks at The Community Library, as well as free online audio and video recordings (including our very own podcast) in our digital media library. This year, we are also offering Special Series Pavilion Passes and a Live Watch Party in downtown Ketchum. We invite you to join in and get inspired. For all the ways you can get involved for free, visit svwc.com/free.
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Thank you to all who joined in for our free Community Speaker Series talks! It was a packed house 🙂 And a big thanks to our partners, The Community Library, and to our speakers Ruth Reichl and Sonia Purnell! If you missed the talks, you can watch the recordings at svwc.com/media/video. @thecommunitylibraryketchum
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Our 2025 livestreaming videos have already aired, but you can head over to our digital media library for select video and audio recordings from the 2025 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference! Find a talk you missed, listen again (cause it was that good), or share with a friend. While you’re there, check out our expansive library of digital media, including our very own Beyond the Page podcast. Visit svwc.com/media and happy bingeing!
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“SVWC is unquestionably the best writers conference I have ever attended.”
– Rebecca Donner, SVWC 2022 Presenter
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Vivek H. Murthy, MD

Jonathan Blitzer

Dan Jones

Ruth Reichl

Carl Hiaasen

Liz Moore

Erling Kagge

Sonia Purnell

Max Boot

Safiya Sinclair

Oren Cass

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Edward Luce

Todd S. Purdum

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Clara Bingham

Theodore H. Schwartz

Yael van der Wouden

Griffin Dunne

Paola Ramos

The Improvised Shakespeare Company

Ocean Vuong

Salman Rushdie

Sloane Crosley

Colum McCann

Andre Dubus III

Meenakshi Ahamed

Evan Osnos

Nayantara Roy

Abraham Verghese

Wright Thompson
