SCHEDULE 2013

By Barbara Chai

In BALI we'll be staying at La Villa Mathis a four-star villa in the village of Umalas, a suburb of Seminyak. We'll be holding our conference in a quiet location that's surrounded by rice fields, minutes away from the beach. Dan Chaon and Alex Shoumatoff will be teaching writing workshop

Join ALEX SHOUMATOFF and anthropologist DR. GERRELL DRAWHORN on our 10 day writing adventure. We'll be visiting wildlife centers and national parks. Intensive writing program with daily assignments.

Winter Writers' Conference at LISMORE CASTLE. This 12 century castle that was built by King HENRY II of England, will be the site of our December event. AUTHORS teaching workshops are--ROBERT OLEN BUTLER--Pulitzer Prize winner, KAREN JOY FOWLER--PEN/Faulkner finalist, SARAH GRISTWOOD--Bestselling Historical Novelist, EDWARD HUMES--Pulitzer Prize winner, JACQUELYN MITCHARD--Bestselling Author & Editor-in-Chief of Merit Books, ANNE PERRY--Bestselling Mystery Writer, MICHELE ROBERTS--BOOKER finalist, ETHEL ROHAN, ALEX SHOUMATOFF--Contributing Editor for Vanity Fair, PATRICIA SMITH--National Book Award finalist, JANE SMILEY--Pulitzer Prize winner, LILY TUCK--National Book Award winner WORKSHOPS IN: Fiction, Fantasy, Flash Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery Creative Non-Fiction--Biography, Memoir, Health Poetry