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&ResidenciesSEPT OCT 2019 182CONFERENCES & RESIDENCIESBrooklyn Book Festival
The 14th annual Brooklyn Book Festival
will be held from September 16 to
September 23 at various venues in New
York City. The festival features readings,
panels, and a book fair. Participants in-
clude poets Jericho Brown, Tina Chang,
Rigoberto González, Ilya Kaminsky,
and Sally Wen Mao; fiction writers Ted
Chiang, Susan Choi, Edwidge Danticat,
Jonathan Safran Foer, Amitav Ghosh,
Aleksandar Hemon, Marlon James, N. K.
Jemisin, Laila Lalami, Courtney Maum,
Maaza Mengiste, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa
Obreht, and Nell Zink; and nonfiction
writers Christopher Bonanos, Dave
Cullen, Benjamin Dreyer, Bill McKib-
ben, Mary Norris, Rebecca Traister, and
Damon Young. All events are free and
open to the public. Visit the website for
more information.
Brooklyn Book Festival, 249 Smith Street,
PMB #106, Brooklyn, NY 11231.
(570) 362-6657. Liz Koch, Contact.
http://www.brooklynbookfestival.orgTwichell, and Phillip B. Williams; fiction
writers Mona Awad, Russell Banks, Ann
Dávila Cardinal, Christopher Castellani,
Susan Conley, Matthew Dicks, Joshua
Furst, Miciah Bay Gault, Juliet Grames,
Siri Hustvedt, Catherine Lacey, Court-
ney Maum, Madeline Miller, Sandra
Newman, E. C. Osondu, Dave Patterson,
Roxana Robinson, Steven Rowley, Ka-
mila Shamsie, Sharma Shields, Pitchaya
Sudbanthad, Daniel Torday, and Charles
Wheelan; and creative nonfiction writers
Will Aitken, Jabari Asim, Christopher
Benfey, Emily Bernard, Casey Cep, Mi-
chael Datcher, Andrew Delbanco, Joseph
Ellis, Mark Griffin, Brent Kendrick, Elly
Lonon, T Kira Madden, Matt McCarthy,
Tatiana Schlossberg, Dani Shapiro,
Katharine Smyth, Paige Williams,
Brenda Wineapple, and Xu Xi. All events
are free and open to the public. Visit the
website for more information.
Brattleboro Literary Festival, P.O. Box
1116, Brattleboro, VT 05302.
(802) 365-7673. Sandy Rouse, Contact.
[email protected]
http://www.brattleboroliteraryfestival.orgpreconference manuscript edit, is $620.
Writers who are not members of the
Atlanta Writers Club must purchase a
yearlong membership for an additional
$50 in order to register. The deadline
to register for a manuscript critique is
September 24. Space is limited; regis-
tration is first come, first served. The
general registration deadline is October- Lodging is available at the conference
hotel for a discounted rate of $119 per
night until October 4. Visit the website
for more information.
Atlanta Writers Conference, 1285 Willeo
Creek Drive, Roswell, GA 30075. George
Weinstein, Conference Director.
http://www.atlantawritersconference.com
Brattleboro Literary Festival
The 18th annual Brattleboro Liter-
ary Festival will be held from October
17 to October 20 at various venues in
downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. The
festival features readings, panels, and
special events. Participants include poets
Richard Blanco, Charles Coe, Patrick
Donnelly, Sarah Gambito, Jody Glad-
ding, Edgar Kunz, Dorothea Lasky, Syd-
ney Lea, Sam Ross, Mary Ruefle, Brenda
Shaughnessy, Evie Shockley, Chase