Seventh Annual Jubilee Jambalaya Writer’s Conference and Book Fair
Nicholls State University and the Terrebonne Parish Public Library present this annual event. The theme for 2010 is “A Gumbo for Writers.” Join fellow writers and readers in a wide-ranging discussion of the literary arts and the business of publishing, led by working authors, editors, agents and publishers. The keynote speaker is actress and writer Harley Jane Kozak, who starred in the films Parenthood and Arachnophobia and was featured in When Harry Met Sally. Her debut novel won multiple awards, and she is now a well-known mystery writer. Speakers will include writers Traci Hall, Sheila Goss, Catherine Savage Brosman, David Middleton, Mary Jane Ryals, Michael Trammel, Heather Graham, F. Paul Wilson and Cherry Adair. Also on the bill are Louisiana novelists Ronlyn Domingue and Diana Rowland, New Orleans “yat” wit Earl Higgins and authors published by Pelican Press of Gretna. Writers hoping to publish will learn from St. Martin’s Press editor Rose Hilliard; publisher and publicist Joan Schulhafer; and agent Paige Wheeler. Visit www.jubileewritersconference.org for information about the conference schedule as well as manuscript critiques and fiction and poetry contests. Deadine for advance registration and contests is March 26.
Terrebonne Parish Library, Main Branch
151 Library Dr., Houma
8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
$35 at the door, $30 in advance