WriteCon 2019: Notes from the field
“Writing is a solitary calling, alone in endeavour, accompanied only by words and ideas. Depending on where you live, finding a creative community can be hard.” Alnaaze Nathoo found some remedies and a community when she attended this year’s WriteCon in Zürich.
Making Tracks
Making Tracks: Our usual selection of literary goings on in Zürich and beyond this Autumn, September to December.
Making Tracks
A selection of writerly goings on in Zürich and beyond this Summer. Compiled by Jim Rushing.
Making Tracks
And our usual selection of literary goings on in Zürich and beyond this Winter, compiled by Jim Rushing.
In the Right Place: Meet November’s WriteCon Tutors
On Saturday 10 November, two exceptional women visit Zürich to lead workshops at WriteCon 2018. Say hello to Alison Baverstock and Louise O’Neill and learn how they found where they belong.
Making Tracks
A round-up of literary events in Zürich and beyond this Summer. Compiled by The Woolf Team ONGOING EVENTS Zürich | Bürkliplatz boat station Next meet-ups: 24 June, 22 July, 19 August, 23 September | 13:15 Writers on Board meets one Sunday a month to take the 13:30 round-trip ferry to Rapperswil (return into Zürich: 17:25). For more information about the program, contact [email protected] Zümikon ZH | location TBD Dates to be...
Making Tracks
A round-up of literary events in Zürich and beyond this Spring. Compiled by Liam Klenk ONGOING EVENTS Zürich | Bürkliplatz boat station Next meet-ups: 18 March, 22 April, 27 May, 24 June | 13:15 Writers on Board meets one Sunday a month to take the 13:30 round-trip ferry to Rapperswil (return into Zürich: 17:25). For more information about the program, contact [email protected] Zürich | Zümikon New dates TBD Writing from the...
Making Tracks
Liam Klenk compiles a calendar of literary goings-on in Zürich and beyond this Winter.
Making Tracks
Liam Klenk compiles a calendar of literary goings-on in Zürich and beyond this Autumn.
Making Tracks
Liam Klenk compiles a calendar of literary goings-on in Zürich and beyond this Summer.
Making Tracks
Liam Klenk compiles a calendar of literary goings-on in Zürich and beyond this Spring.
Autumn WriteCon: A round-up
“Have you thought about how suspense is created in a book? Or why you become engaged and care about the characters? These are things an author controls and creates quite intentionally.” Catherine Szentkuti and Meredith Wadley-Suter give a round-up of the Fiction and Memoir/Non-Fiction workshops from this Autumn’s WriteCon.
Making Tracks
Liam Klenk compiles a calendar of literary goings-on in Zürich and beyond this Winter.
Geneva Writers’ Conference
Short stories, snagging agents, indie publishing and marshmallows … novelist Olivia Wildenstein shares her learnings from this year’s Geneva Writers Conference.
Making Tracks
Goings on this Spring in the city of Zürich and beyond, including details about our 21/22 May writers’ workshop, WriteCon16.
Making Tracks
Goings-on in the city of Zürich and beyond … Literary and cultural events around the city this autumn are abundant, so stock up and prepare for the winter by feeding your imagination.
Making Tracks
Finally, squirrel away some autumnal dates with our regular page of goings-on for those in Zürich: Making Tracks.
Making Tracks
Plus all the regular goings-on in Zürich and beyond in Making Tracks, with springlike shenanigans to inspire you to shed your winter coat.
Making Tracks
And, as always, all upcoming events, for Zürich and beyond this season, in Making Tracks.
Snapshot of a writing life: Tao Lin
Chris Corbett’s take on Tao Lin, a writer who raids and re-uses his life.
Making Tracks
Goings-on in the city of Zürich and beyond. Competitions Screenplay: Zürich Film Festival Competition Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) and Telepool Zürich collaborate with Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) to present the second Treatment Award. In doing so, these long-term partners highlight the importance of screenwriting in Switzerland. Authors are invited to submit a feature-film treatment with a strong link to Switzerland on the theme...
A Fiction Workshop Experience
Meredith Suter-Wadley gives an overview of the Zurich Writers Workshop, held in May at the Volkshaus in Zurich. Meredith attended the fiction workshop run by Anne Korkeakivi. The weekend kicked off with a Friday evening reading at Orell Füssli’s English Book Store in Zurich. Anne Korkeakivi read from her novel An Unexpected Guest, and Chantal Panozzo, the non-fiction instructor, read from her collection of essays, Swiss Life: 30...
Writing 4 Young People
What happens when 35 writers for young people, a children’s agent, and an editor gather in the centre of Zurich? You get a room that’s buzzing with hope, aspiration and imagination. HS Norup and Sherida Deeprose give a round-up from February’s workshop. On Saturday 25 January, Nuance Words presented Writing 4 Young People, a workshop featuring literary agent Julia Churchill (A. M. Heath) and editor Sara O’Connor (Hot Key Books)....
Strategic Engagement: Finding the best workshop for you
Chantal Panozzo and Kelly Jarosz talk about how the Zurich Writers’ Workshop got started, and how to choose a workshop to suit your writing needs.
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