boldface / a conference for emerging writers

June 22-27, 2009
University of Houston
Houston, Texas

Program

Monday, June 22 Tuesday, June 23
9:00-10:30

**Registration, Breakfast, Orientation

 10:00-10:30 Continental Breakfast
10:30 - 11:00 Workshop
Breakout Sessions		 10:30 - 11:00 Craft Talk: Darin Ciccotelli
11:00 - 11:30 Craft Talk: Aaron Reynolds 11:00 - 11: 15 Coffee
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch 11:15 - 12:45 Workshop
12:30 - 1:00 Reading: David MacLean 12:45 - 1:15 Reading: Jessica Wilbanks
1:00 - 1:30 Craft Talk: Anna Journey 1:15 - 2:15 Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 Reading: Laurie Cedilnik 2:15 - 2:45 Craft Talk: Mari Jorgensen
2:30 - 3:00 Craft Talk: Adrienne Fisher 2:45 - 3:00 Coffee (Special Collections)
3:00 - 3:30 Reading: Darin Ciccotelli 3:00 - 4:30 Workshop
    4:30 - 5:00 Reading: Craig Beaven
       
**Registration fee will be collected at this time (cash or check only)
       
Wednesday, June 24 Thursday, June 25
10:00 - 10:30 Continental Breakfast 10:00 - 10:30 Continental Breakfast
10:30 - 11:00 Craft Talk: Laurie Cedilnik 10:30 - 11:00 Craft Talk: Jessica Wilbanks
11:00 - 11: 15 Coffee 11:00 - 11: 15 Coffee
11:15 - 12:45 Workshop 11:15 - 12:45 Workshop
12:45 - 1:15 Reading: Anna Journey 12:45 - 1:15 Reading: Adrienne Fisher
1:15 - 2:15 Lunch 1:15 - 2:15 Lunch
2:15 - 2:45 Craft Talk: Lauren Berry 2:15 - 2:45 Craft Talk: Craig Beaven
2:45 - 3:00 Coffee 2:45 - 3:00 Coffee
3:00 - 4:30 Workshop 3:00 - 4:30 Workshop
4:30 - 5:00 Reading: Mari Jorgensen 4:30 - 5:00 Reading: Aaron Reynolds
       
Friday, June 26 Saturday, June 27
10:00 - 10:30 Continental Breakfast 5:00 Dinner and awards at the home of J Kastely and Lynn Voskuil, 3404 Yupon St.
10:30 - 11:00 Reading: Lauren Berry  
11:00 - 12:00 “Applying to Grad School,” j. Kastely, Director of UH Creative Writing Program    
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch    
1:00 - 2:00 “Living a Writer’s Life,” Mat Johnson, novelist and UH Creative Writing faculty    
2:00 - 2:30 Craft Talk: David MacLean    
2:30 - 3:30 “Getting Published,” Laurie Cedilnik and Sean Bishop, co-editors of Gulf Coast    

Room Assignments

All workshops will be held on the second floor of M.D. Anderson Library, in the following locations:

All craft talks will be held in Rockwell Pavilion, second floor of M.D. Anderson Library. On Monday, readings will be held in Rockwell Pavilion. On Tuesday-Thursday, first readings of the day will be held in Rockwell, and the last readings of the day will be held in the Honors College Commons, second floor of M.D. Anderson Library (across from Rockwell Pavilion).

Coffee breaks will be held in the Rockwell Foyer, except for the afternoon coffee break on Tuesday.

Fridays’s sessions will all be held in Roy Cullen, Room 104. Lunch and coffee on Friday will be held on the second floor of Roy Cullen.

Evening Events

Monday, June 22
Opening Reception, 7:00
Kaboom Books, 3116 Houston Avenue (in Houston Heights)

Wednesday, June 24
Open Mic, 8:00
Antidote Coffee, 729 Studewood (in Houston Heights)

Thursday, June 25
Reading, 8:30
Poison Girl Bar, 1641B Westheimer (in the Montrose Area, age 21+)

Meet-and-Greet, 8:30
Brasil Coffee House, 2606 Dunlavy (in the Montrose Area)

Saturday, June 27
Dinner and Awards, 5:00
Home of j Kastely and Lynn Voskuil
3404 Yupon Street (in the Montrose Area)

Yupon Street is two streets east of Mandell and about three streets west of Montrose Blvd. 3404 Yupon is about a block south of Westheimer, between Hawthorne and Harold, next to the AIDS Advocacy Center (a low white building). Look for a two-story green stucco home with terracotta trim and two large palm trees in the front yard. Please park on the street and not in the parking lot of the AIDS Advocacy Center. We will be partying in the backyard.

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