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Sylvia Plath, Mental Health, & Writing Fiction with Lee Kravetz

Sylvia Plath, Mental Health, & Writing Fiction with Lee Kravetz

January 28, 2022 By San Francisco Writers Conference 1 Comment

* Lee Kravetz is author of the acclaimed nonfiction, Strange Contagion and SuperSurvivors. He has written for print and television, including The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Psychology Today, The Daily Beast, The San Francisco Chronicle, and PBS. Lee’s new book is a work of fiction, his novel The Last Confessions of

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Storytelling with "Story Power" Author Kate Farrell

Storytelling with “Story Power” Author Kate Farrell

January 14, 2022 By San Francisco Writers Conference Leave a Comment

* A graduate of the School of Library and Information Studies, UC Berkeley, Kate Farrell has been a language arts classroom teacher, an author, a librarian, a university lecturer, and a storyteller since 1966. She founded the Word Weaving Storytelling Project, and she has published numerous educational materials on the art of storytelling. Kate edited

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Travel, Travel Writing, & 108 Beloved Objects with Jeff Greenwald

Travel, Travel Writing, & 108 Beloved Objects with Jeff Greenwald

November 25, 2021 By San Francisco Writers Conference Leave a Comment

* Jeff Greenwald is a photojournalist, author, and stage performer whose experiences in Asia have framed his style of travel writing. His six books include the best-selling Shopping for Buddhas (recently republished in a 25th anniversary edition), The Size of the World (for which he created the first international travel blog), and Snake Lake, a

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The Tarot, Creativity, & Kickstarter with Elisabeth Kauffman

The Tarot, Creativity, & Kickstarter with Elisabeth Kauffman

October 28, 2021 By San Francisco Writers Conference Leave a Comment

* Elisabeth Kauffman is the Marketing Director for the San Francisco Writers Conference, as well as an independent editor, an author, and an artist. She edits fiction and memoir for independent clients as well as for publishing companies, and she coaches writers on finding their voices and connecting to the magic in their creative lives.

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Writing to Survive & Building Worlds with Charlie Jane Anders

October 14, 2021 By San Francisco Writers Conference Leave a Comment

* Charlie Jane Anders is the author of The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. Her fiction and journalism have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, McSweeney’s, Mother Jones, Tor.com, Wired, and elsewhere. Her TED Talk, “Go Ahead, Dream About the Future” got 700,000

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litquake interview with san francisco writers conference

Litquake! with co-founder Jack Boulware and Home Baked’s Alia Volz

September 30, 2021 By San Francisco Writers Conference Leave a Comment

* Litquake is an annual literary festival started in 1999 in San Francisco that has since spread to cities throughout the country and abroad. The festival consists of readings, discussions, and themed events. Since its inception more than 10,000 authors and 250,000 attendees have participated in the festival. * Event co-founder Jack Boulware shared the origins

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The San Francisco Writers Conference (“SFWC”) enjoys a rich literary culture. Over the course of four days, over 500 attendees and renowned keynote authors, presenters, editors, and agents, attend SFWC, combining the best of both the traditional publishing industry with the latest technology to empower authors to publish anywhere. Situated just north of Silicon Valley, the SFWC is truly a one-of-a-kind celebration of craft, commerce, and community.

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