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Writer's Symposium by the Sea 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 7:00 PM
to Friday, February 23, 2024 - 8:30 PM
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The 29th Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea will bring another year of captivating conversations with award-winning storytellers Paulette Jiles, Judy Woodruff, Elizabeth Gilbert, Susan Orlean, and Nick Hornby. This year's theme is Writing That Inspires.
Feb 20- Interview with Paulette Jiles
Paulette Jiles is a novelist, poet, and memoirist. Her newest book, Chenneville will be published in September 2023. She is known for her books Enemy Women Stormy Weather, The Color of Lightning, Lighthouse Island, and News of the World, which was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award.
Feb 21- Interview with Judy Woodruff
Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is the Senior Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour after serving for 11 years as its Anchor and Managing Editor. She has covered politics and other news for over four decades at CNN, NBC, and PBS. In 2023 and 2024, she is undertaking a reporting project, “America at a Crossroads,” to better understand the country’s political divide.
Feb 22- A Reading and Interview with Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels City of Girls, The Signature of All Things, and Stern Men; the story collection Pilgrims; and the nonfiction books Big Magic, Eat Pray Love, Committed, and The Last American Man.
Feb 23- Interview with Susan Orlean & Nick Hornby
Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film Adaptation. Her most recent book is On Animals.
Nick Hornby is an award-winning author and Oscar-nominated screenwriter whose stories explore human connection with a catchy blend of snappily observed humor and unsentimental emotion. His books, which have sold over 5 million copies, include the bestselling novels High Fidelity, About A Boy, How to Be Good, Juliet Naked, and 2020’s Just Like You. His latest nonfiction book is Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius.
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