The 13th Geneva Writers' Conference

November 3 – 5, 2023

Webster University, Bellevue, Switzerland

The 13th Geneva Writers' Conference was a success! Please join us for the 14th edition in November 2025.



Conference Overview

(participants chose one workshop in each session)

Friday November 3

Drinks: 18:30

Readings: 19:00 - 21:00

Welcome apero with readings

from conference instructors

at the Library in English

in central Geneva.

Saturday November 4


8:45 – 9:15

Check in, coffee, welcome


9:30 – 11:00

Session A

  • Fleshing Out The Flash: The Novella in Flash, Slawka Scarso, LLC1
  • Deepening Your Voice Through Journaling,    Susan Tiberghien, LLC 2
  • The Changing Face of Publishing,                    April Eberhardt, LLC 3
  • Writing Ya Fantasy: A Focus on Worldbuilding,  Bronwyn Eley, Jura 13

11:15 – 12:45

Session B

  • Where Historians Fear to Tread, Writers Must Go  Tim Leach, LLC 1
  • A Funny Way - Comedy Scriptwriting For TV  Emmy Abrahamson, LLC 2
  • Getting Magazine-Published in the Modern World  Zoë Wells, LLC 3
  • Taking Your Non-Fiction Project to the Next Level  Clare O'Dea, Jura 13

12:45 – 13:45

Lunch


13:45 – 15:15

Session C

  • Harnessing Artefacts’ Narrative Potential      Valeria Vescina, LLC 1
  • What Can You Discover About Voice In 90 Minutes? Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, LLC 2
  • Fragmentation & White Space                        Alycia Pirmohamed, LLC 3
  • Myth and Magical Realism in Short Stories        Sarah Tinsley, Jura 13


15:30 – 17:00

Session D

  • Making Private Stories Public                                Colin Grant, LLC 1
  • Wanderlust: Distance and Intimacy in Poetry          Yun Wei, LLC 2
  • Story Making: An Insight into Creating a Drama Jonathan Myerson, LLC 3
  • Rules and Tools for Collaborative Writing              Olivia Wildenstein & Katie Hayoz, Jura 13


17:15 – 18:15

Panel discussion

Understanding the Changing Landscape of Publishing w/ April Eberhardt, Julie Myerson, Michelle Baillat-Jones, and Kate Walsh


18:15 – 20:00

Apéro

Sunday November 5

8:45 – 9:15
Coffee, welcome


  9:30 – 11:00
  Session A

  • Where Historians Fear to Tread, Writers Must Go  Tim Leach, LLC 1
  • Myth and Magical Realism in Short Stories          Sarah Tinsley, LLC 2
  • Wanderlust: Distance and Intimacy in Poetry,    Yun Wei, LLC 3
  • Writing YA Fantasy: a Focus on Worldbuilding Bronwyn Eley, Jura 13

 

11:15 – 12:45
Session B

  • Harnessing Artefacts’ Narrative Potential      Valeria Vescina, LLC 1
  • The Changing Face of Publishing                      April Eberhardt, LLC 2
  • Story Making: an Insight into Creating a Drama Jonathan Myerson, LLC 3
  • What Can You Discover About Voice in 90 Minutes? Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Jura 13

12:45 – 13:45  
Lunch


13:45 – 15:15
Session C

  • Deepening Your Voice Through Journaling          Susan Tiberghien, LLC 1
  • Indie Publishing and Marketing Roundtable          Olivia Wildenstein & Katie Hayoz, LLC 2
  • Fragmentation & White Space                              Alycia Pirmohamed, LLC 3
  • Making Private Stories Public                        
     Colin Grant, Jura 13


15:30 – 17:00
Session D

  • Fleshing Out the Flash: The Novella in Flash Slawka Scarso, LLC 1
  • A Funny Way - Comedy Scriptwriting for TV Emmy Abrahamson, LLC 2
  • Getting Magazine-Published in the Modern World Zoë Wells, LLC 3
  • Taking Your Non-Fiction Project to the Next Level Clare O'Dea, Jura 13

17:15 – 18:15
Panel discussion & Apero

When is it Appropriate, and When is it Appropriation? w/ Colin Grant, Susan Tiberghien, Valeria Vescina, and Wallis Wilde-Menozzi


18:15

Conference closing


Meet the Agents

In 2023, April Eberhardt and Kate Walsh offered free one-on-one pitch sessions to conference participants who had 10 minutes to pitch a project and receive feedback. If there was mutual interest, the agents arranged a follow-up Zoom session to critique an excerpt of the project.



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