TAKE ME TO THE SOURCE! A RESEARCH BOOTCAMP FOR ALL WRITERS

10 – 11:15 AM—Literary Discussion

TAKE ME TO THE SOURCE! A RESEARCH BOOTCAMP FOR ALL WRITERS

A writer’s work has many wellsprings; archives and news sites, museums and YouTube, used bookstores and gossip mills can all be fonts of fact and inspiration. But how do you know where to start digging? And, once you’ve found yourself in a research rabbit hole, how do you get out? A multi-genre panel of writers will discuss where to find the facts you’re looking for and how to weave them into your work. Journalist and historian Daniel Brook researched his new book, The Einstein of Sex, while in Berlin on an Ina Caro Research/Travel Fellowship. He will be joined by Ethan Brown, who uses his investigative skills both as a journalist and a death row mitigation specialist; his most recent book is Murder on the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? Miles Harvey, prize-winning author of both fiction and non-fiction, has turned to the short form in The Registry of Forgotten Objects, and Delaney Nolan, a journalist, essayist, and poet, has just published her speculative debut novel Happy Bad. Robert W. Fieseler, journalist and author of American Scare and Tinderbox, will moderate.

Hotel Monteleone, Queen Anne Ballroom. $10 or LitPass or VIP Pass.