Larry Doyle, a one-time writer and producer for The Simpsons and author of the novel I Love You, Beth Cooper, will deliver the keynote speech at the 2008 Baltimore Writers? Conference, scheduled for November 8 at TU?s University Union, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Entering its 17th year, the one-day conference will bring together aspiring writers from around the mid-Atlantic to talk about writing with published authors, agents and editors. Panel sessions will cover a variety of topics including screenplays, poetry, creative nonfiction, blogging, children?s books, thrillers and travel writing.
The conference is sponsored by TU?s Graduate Program in Professional Writing, TU?s College of Liberal Arts, Johns Hopkins Master of Arts in Writing, and the City Lit Project. Registration of $95 for the general public and $50 for students includes all panels, a continental breakfast, lunch and the closing wine-and-cheese reception.
Walk-up registrations are welcome. For more information, visit the Baltimore Writer?s Conference Web site or email {prwr@towson.edu}.
