Sun Valley Writers' Conference

Summer Reading

lynne — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:28:29 +0000

In an ongoing series of interviews, SVWC associate director and nationally recognized journalist ANNE TAYLOR FLEMING asks the writers who have come to the conference about their reading habits. Each month learn about the books they love, the ones they reread, those that influenced their own writing. We hope you will follow along as we compile a living literary archive and leave you with a list of books — new and old, fiction and nonfiction, poetry and prose — you won’t want to miss.

To read Anne’s interview this month with RICK ATKINSON, click HERE. You can find this and all future and past interviews posted under Attendee Resources.

And what’s better than a suspenseful novel for your summer reading? . . .a superb mystery story by GILLIAN FLYNN, author of GONE GIRL. Or this summer you may rediscover your own life through literature as WILL SCHWALBE and his mother Mary Anne did in their two-person THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB. Then, if you think you make rational decisions you might be surprised when neuroscientist DAVID EAGLEMAN plumbs the depths of the subconscious brain, in INCOGNITO. And finally, there is only one writer who should answer the question “WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE?” – its author MARIA SEMPLE. So much to read, to experience and to enjoy. You can’t get started soon enough.

Click HERE to view the list.

2013 Program Now Available

lynne — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:20:05 +0000

This year’s theme – EPIC JOURNEYS – will engage your head and your heart in quite a ride. Can you believe that an American skateboarder tried to jump China’s Great Wall? Or that a group of intrepid British climbers reasoned they could summit Mount Everest without oxygen? From war, leadership, and the European Union to insights into the plot of Homeland, Cheyenne lore and unforgettable poems from former U. S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, you have an epic journey ahead of you at this year’s Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.

Click HERE to view the 2013 preliminary program.

2013 Conference Passes are Sold Out

lynne — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:20:25 +0000

We had an unusually early demand for Full Conference Passes this year, and we are now sold out. In order to preserve the intimacy of our breakout sessions, it is necessary to put a cap on the number of passes for sale.

But all is not lost. A limited number of Single Event Tickets will be offered for public sale to a selection of individual talks. These tickets will go on sale August 1. Please check back here this summer for information about purchasing Single Event Tickets. And be sure we have your email address to receive alerts; contact info@svwc.com.

How to Order CDs

lynne — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:35:23 +0000

SVWC is pleased to offer CDs for sale of many talks from SVWC 2012 as well as talks from past years. If you weren’t able to join us in 2012, or want to again enjoy or share the experience with family and friends, click HERE to view/download the order form.