Schedule:

September 20, 2024
doors: 6 pm; talk: 7 pm
Roxane Gay in Conversation with Oliver Radclyffe

Acclaimed author, essayist, and editor Roxane Gay visits the Library for this special book launch with memoirist and essayist Oliver Radclyffe.
Plus, the opening reception for the StoryFest 2024 art exhibit

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September 21, 2024

Storytime: Children’s Book Readings
Children's Library
10 am - 12 pm
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
With Diana Sussman, Isi Hendrix, Hal Johnson, Karen L. Swanson, and Lisa Korsten Price.

Panel: WestportWRITES Presents: It Takes a Village
Brooks forum
10 - 11 am
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
Published authors discuss how being a member of a writing community was critical to their success and perseverance — before and after publication.
With T.M. Dunn (moderator), Marcia Bradley, Kathy Curto, Melissa Rivero, and Jimin Han.

Panel: Dangerous Visions: Dreams Across Universes
Trefz Forum
10 - 11 am
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
Imaginary worlds, magical elements, supernatural beings… writers create stories where anything is possible.
With Christopher Golden, Sarah Beth Durst, GennaRose Nethercott, Jedidiah Berry, Peng Shepherd, and P. Djèlí Clark.

Panel: Thriller
Trefz Forum
11 am - 12 pm
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
Masters of suspense share the tricks of the thriller trade and how to write a story that a reader can’t put down
With Gabino Iglesias, May Cobb, Joe R. Lansdale, Caroline Wolff, K’wan, and Julia Bartz.

Fearmongers Podcast – Live
Brooks Place
11:30 am - 1 pm
Clay McLeod Chapman will stage a live recording of his popular Fearmongers podcast.

Panel: Incorporating History: Past, Present, Future
Trefz Forum
12 - 1 pm
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
With Galia Gichon (moderator), Claire Messud, Hugh Ryan, Chris Knapp, Elise Hart Kipness, and Anna Noyes.

Sybil Steinberg Dedication Ceremony
Trefz Forum
1 pm
Westport book community’s opportunity to honor one of its most beloved members.

Panel: Book Club Fiction: Behind the Stories
Brooks place
2 - 3 pm
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
With Lynda Cohen Loigman (moderator), Jamie Brenner, Nicola Harrison, and Susie Orman Schnall.

PANEL: Cartoons
Sheffer Gallery
2 - 3 pm
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
With Brian Walker

Live Podcast Recording: Minorities in Publishing with Jennifer Baker
2 - 3 pm
The multi-talented Jennifer Baker joins StoryFest for a live filming of her monthly podcast, where she discusses the everyday expectations and concerns of underrepresented professionals working in and associated with publishing.
With host and moderator Jennifer Baker and guests Shannon C.F. Rogers and Don P. Hooper.
Trefz Forum

Panel: Connecticut Writing Project
Brooks Place
3 - 4 pm
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
With Bryan Crandall (moderator), Patricia Park, Torrey Maldonado, and Don P. Hooper.

Panel: Words are Bricks: Building Community Through Writing
Trefz Forum
3 - 4 pm
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
Though writing itself is a solitary act, building community as a creative is an integral part of the process.
With Charnaie Gordon (moderator), Kirsten Bakis, Cody Daigle-Orians, Courtney Preiss, Ainissa Ramirez, and Ryan La Sala.

Panel: Ellen Datlow Presents: Fears
Trefz Forum
4 - 5 pm
Entry is free With a Festival a day pass.
Horror’s preeminent editor sits down with today’s masters of horror to talk about their greatest fears.
With Ellen Datlow (moderator), Christopher Golden, Bracken MacLeod, Joe R. Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, and Eric LaRocca.

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September 22, 2024

PitchFest 2024

Trefz Forum
9 am - 5 pm

Want to pitch your book or book proposal to three literary agents who are looking for your type of book Come and learn insider tips and secrets to getting published. Among those attending are Atria Books Vice President and Editor-in-Chief Peter Borland and top literary agent Cynthia Manson. Brought to you by Bloom Writers' Studio.

Date: September 20-22, 2024

Location:
The Westport Library,
20 Jesup Rd,
Westport, CT 06880.

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