Compiled by Liam Klenk
DECEMBER
Workshop
Geneva | 10 December 2016 | 10:00
Geneva Writers Group: Pursuing Your Images – Stars and Stones, with Susan Tiberghien
http://www.genevawritersgroup.org/events
ONGOING EVENTS in 2017
Zürich | Throughout the year, Writers on Board meet one Sunday a month at 13:15 at Bürkliplatz boat station next to the landing stage, departing 13:30 to Rapperswil and back in Zurich at 17:25. For more information: [email protected] This season’s writing sessions: 22 January, 26 February, 19 March.
Zürich | Kaufleuten has a selection of cultural events and readings planned for the coming months. www.kaufleuten.ch/events/kultur
On Mslexia find literary competitions with closing dates throughout the year. mslexia.co.uk/writing-competitions Good luck!
JANUARY
Workshop
Geneva | 21 January 2017 | 10:00
Geneva Writers Group: Theater Topic with Shaun McCarthy
http://www.genevawritersgroup.org/Programs-Workshops
Reading
Zürich | 30 January 2017 | 20:00
Jonathan Safran Foer
http://www.kaufleuten.ch/event/jonathan-safran-foer
FEBRUARY
Reading
Zürich | 23 February 2017 | 20:00
T.C. Boyle
http://www.kaufleuten.ch/event/tc-boyle/
Workshop
Geneva | 18-19 February 2017 | see website for details
Geneva Writers Group: Meet Agents and Editors
http://www.genevawritersgroup.org/Programs-Workshops
Competition
W&A Short Story Competition | Deadline: 13 February 2017 https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions
MARCH
Workshop
Geneva | 18-19 March 2017 | see website for details
Geneva Writers Group: Fiction Topic with Petina Gappah
http://www.genevawritersgroup.org/Programs-Workshops
APRIL
Workshop
Geneva | 15 April 2017 | see website for details
Geneva Writers Group: Lyrical Prose and Prose Poetry with Susan Tiberghien
http://www.genevawritersgroup.org/Programs-Workshops
MAY
Conference
Brussels (Belgium) | 12-14 May 2017
SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) Europolitan Conference
https://switzerland.scbwi.org/
Workshops
Zürich | 13-14 May 2017
Zürich Writers Workshop: Fiction with Jill Alexander Essbaum (Hausfrau) and Non-fiction with Susan Jane Gilman (The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street)
http://www.zurichwritersworkshop.com/ (registration opens in January)
Geneva | 20-21 May 2017
Geneva Writers Group: Memoir (Saturday) and Master Class (Sunday) with Wallis Wilde Menozzi http://www.genevawritersgroup.org/Programs-Workshops
Solothurn | 26-28 May 2017
Solothurn Literature Days: more information available in April http://www.literatur.ch/
