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The Roanoke Regional Writers Conference III is scheduled for January 22 -
23 at Hollins University and features NPR essayist Janis Jaquith of
Charlottesville as its keynote speaker. Among those teaching classes
will be John Anderson, whose new book on working through cancer with
his wife, Stand by Her: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men, which has become something of a national sensation.
Full information on the conference and schedule and biographies
of the presenters is on this site. You can register now,
however.
The conference, which opens Friday evening with a wine reception at
Hollins, features 24 classes and two round-table discussions on
Saturday. The conference is aimed at vocational and avocational writers
who want to become better at their craft and to network with other
writers from the region. Cost — which includes the reception, coffee
all day Saturday and lunch — is $50.
Among the other presenters will be Blue Ridge Country editor Cara
Modisett, Leisure Publishing Editor in Chief Kurt Rheinheimer, two-time
Pulitzer Prize nominee Rex Bowman, local historian and columnist
Darrell Laurant of Lynchburg, writer-educators Roland Lazenby and
Jeanne Larsen, former Omni Magazine editor Keith Ferrell (who has
written 18 books), poet Melanie Almeder, author and educator Doug
Cumming (The Southern Press: Literary Legacies and the Challenge of Modernity), and filmmaker Sara Elizabeth Timmins of Smith Mountain Lake, among others.
For more details, get in touch with conference organizer Dan Smith at 540-556-8510 or e-mail at editrdan@msn.com.
