"Now is our festival; now we are together. " Virginia Woolf, The Waves  

 

8:00 – 8:55 a.m.      Registration, Continental Breakfast, and On-site Bookstore, Books Inc. in

   Main Theatre Lobby

8:55 - 9:15 a.m.         Welcome: Georgia Gero, WOW! Coordinator and Connie Beringer, Dean of Language Arts, Skyline College

9:15 - 10:10 a.m.       Keynote Address: Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.. “Becoming a Blessing: Remembering the Way We Change the World”

10:10 - 10:30 a.m.     Break – Book Signing on Stage – Please purchase your book before the program begins.

10:30 a.m. – Noon     Morning Workshops – see below

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.    Lunch (included in the registration fee) in the Cafeteria.

                                Open Readings – Participants are invited to bring their own work to read. 

12:40 – 1:00 p.m.      Book Signing – Workshop Authors

1:00 - 2:10 p.m.        Book Talk:     

• Samina Ali, Madras on Rainy Days
• Tess Uriza Holthe, When The Elephants Dance, The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes
• Carol Lem, Shadow of the Plum

2:10 - 2:30 p.m.        Break – Book Signing on Stage – Please purchase your book before program begins.

2:30 - 4:00 p.m.        Afternoon Workshops – see below

4:00 p.m.                 Refreshments and Art Exhibit in Gallery Theatre – Featuring the Women’s Art Caucus, Peninsula Chapter

WOW! WORKSHOPS 2008

Morning Workshops  10:30 a.m. – Noon

• Finding the Poetry in Your Story” – Carol Lem

• “Passionate Attention: The Art and Practice of Writing from Our Every Day” – Katharine Harer

• “The Writer Center Stage” – Nancy Shelby

• “Your Life as Story” – Tristine Rainer

• “Setting and Sense of Place in Mysteries” – Cara Black

• “From Script to Screen: Writing the Movie of Your Dreams” – Laurel Minter

• “The Art of Travel Writing: Turning Miles into Smiles” - Wild Writing Women: Lisa Alpine, Jacqueline Harmon Butler,  Cathleen Miller, Carla King, Suzanne LaFetra

• “Brainstorming Good Story Ideas” – Ellen Lee

• “The Making of a Graphic Novel” – Ali Liebegott

Afternoon Workshops  2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

• “Writing Fantastic Fiction” – Kathleen de Azevedo

• “Have I Got a Story for You: A Conversation on Writing for Children and Young Adults” Panelists: Malin Alegria, Jane Wattenberg, Kathleen von Raesfeld, and Julie Downing. Beverly Vaughn Hock, Moderator

• “A Primer on Publishing” – Amy Rennert and Pat Walsh

• “Women in Transition: The Power of Writing” – Marcy Alancraig

• “The ‘I’ in Theatre: The Art of Writing Monologues” – Suze Allen

• “First Person Writing that Sells” – Adair Lara

• “Storytelling as Medicine” – Olive Hackett-Shaughnessy

• WOW! Open Poetry Slam – Meliza Bañales

Questions?  Contact Marijane Datson, WOW! Program Director, 650.726.1411, mjdat@pacbell.net