Hobart Book Village	Festival of Women Writers 2024

Hobart Book Village Festival of Women Writers 2024

Located in the Catskill region of New York, our festival celebrates women writers by presenting workshops and public readings. Since 2013.

By Hobart Festival of Women Writers

Date and time

June 7 · 11am - June 9 · 12:30pm EDT

Location

Hobart Book Village

80 Cornell Avenue Hobart, NY 13788

Refund Policy

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Agenda

Friday June 7th
Saturday June 8th
Sunday June 9th

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Intensive Workshop - Good Stories

Esther Cohen


A unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a six-hour session with the incomparable Book Doctor. A perennial favorite of Festival attendees, Esther Cohen returns with her deep dive into Good Stories...

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

2-Hour Workshop - Shifting Perspective / Point of View

Nancy Agabian


When writing memoir, personal essay, or autobiographical fiction, writers often default to a first-person narration. But writing in an alternative point of view, such as second person (you), third pe...

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

2-Hour Workshop - Writing in Response to War

Jane Schulman


Stories and poems spotlight, offer refuge, dream of reconciliation in response to conflicts and war. They offer differing perspectives, layered emotional complexity, and unimagined compassion for one...

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Public Reading

Cheryl J. Fish

Briona Jones

Natalia Molebatsi

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Conversation: History's Forgotten Women: Researching & Telling Their Stories

Breena Clarke

Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Ellen Meeropol


History reflects life from the outside in; fiction tells the stories from the inside out, giving voice to the voiceless. Three authors discuss the challenges of researching lost voices and integratin...

About this event

  • 2 days 1 hour

The Basic Registration fee of $120 covers the weekend of June 7th, 8th and 9th and includes participation in up to 4 two-hour workshops, 4 public readings / conversations, plus a buffet lunch on Saturday and public reception on Saturday evening.

Please use the ticketing "Add-ons" menu feature to select your two-hour workshops. You may choose one two-hour workshop from each time slot. Workshop descriptions and ithe schedule of events for the weekend are provided in the Agenda above. You are not required to participate in every time slot.

Participation in a single two-hour workshop can be purchased for $30 by using the "Add-ons" menu feature. These tickets only provide access to one workshop and the 4 public readings/ conversations.

A day-long Intensive Workshop will be presented on Friday, available as an "Add-on" for an additional $30. This workshop will run 11 AM to 5 PM and includes a vegetarian boxed lunch. You will also have Saturday and Sunday access to as many as 3 two-hour workshops and 3 public readings / conversations, as well as the buffet lunch and reception on Saturday. Purchase the Basic Festival Weekend Registration ticket for $120 and then select the Intensive from the "Add-ons" menu.

Maximum number of participants per workshop is 15 and registrations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.


Questions? Please email Julie Rockefeller: hobartfestivalofwomenwriters@gmail.com.

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An annual celebration of women writers held in Hobart, NY, the Book Village of the Caskills, since 2013.

$129.89