Welcome to the 13th Geneva Writers' Conference

November 3 – 5, 2023

Webster University, Bellevue, Switzerland

Join us for a weekend of English-language workshops and panel discussions led by authors, agents, and publishers working in a range of genres. Like the Geneva Writers' Group itself, the Conference is a place for authors to hone their craft and find support and community among fellow writers.

Registration includes:

  • Opening night apero and readings from Conference instructors

  • 8 workshops

  • Two panel discussions

  • Apero mixer on Saturday evening

  • Networking with other writers and industry professionals
  • A chance to Meet the Agents


Fee:

Regular (1 Oct  - 3 Nov):  250 CHF

Half-Conference (31 Oct - 3 Nov):  125 CHF

Youth (25 or under):        150 CHF


This terrific line up of writers and professionals with a wealth of industry experience is not to be missed!




Conference Overview

(participants choose one workshop in each session)

Friday November 3

Drinks: 18:30

Readings: 19:00 - 21:00

Welcome apero with readings

from conference instructors


PLEASE NOTE:

This event will be held

at the Library in English

in central Geneva. 


Free and open to all conference

participants and guests

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

This year, April Eberhardt and Kate Walsh are offering free one-on-one pitch sessions conference participants. You will have 10 minutes to pitch a project and receive feedback. If there is mutual interest, the agents will arrange a follow-up Zoom session to critique an excerpt of your project.

There are limited sessions available and they are first come, first served. Registration can be done through this website in the events section or through the links below.  

All the sessions were snapped up in a matter of minutes!

If you would like to join the waiting list, email genevawriters@gmail.com 



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