Changing the World, One Book at a Time

SAN FRANCISCO WRITING FOR CHANGE CONFERENCE
Changing the World, One Book at a Time

Presented by the San Francisco Writers Conference
1029 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

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For more information, contact:
Elizabeth Pomada, 415-673-0939 or Barbara Santos 925-560-1403

WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

THE 2008 San Francisco WRITING FOR CHANGE CONFERENCE CAN HELP

San Francisco, CA—7/11/08—Mike Farrell, author/activist/actor (M.A.S.H.) and Gay Hendricks, coauthor of You’ve Got to Red This Book!, will be keynoters at the second San Francisco Writing for Change Conference. The weekend conference—August 16th—17th at the Hotel Kabuki—will include presentations by Chris Carlsson (Nowtopia), Susan Griffin (Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy), Allan Hamilton, M.D. (The Scalpel and The Soul) and Marisa Handler (Loyal To the Sky). Registration is $395 until August 1st, which includes two breakfasts and two lunches. For information and on-line registration, visit www.SFWritingforChange.org or tickets can be purchased at several San Francisco bookstores including Booksmith and BookShop West Portal.

The SFW4C is the first conference devoted to nonfiction books about any kind of change from the personal to the planetary, including the environment, politics, health, business, culture and spirituality. New and published writers will learn from bestselling authors, editors and agents and get feedback on their work.

The conference is helping writers change the world in positive ways through their writing. Attendees of the Writing for Change event will exchange ideas with best-selling authors of influential books (see a partial list below), top editors from publishing houses respected for their support of these vital books, and accomplished literary agents who work with new and established authors. In addition to learning about traditional publishing, attendees will hear about the benefits of self-publishing and innovative ways to use receive state-of-the-art learn about using technology to write, sell and promote their books.

The newly renovated Hotel Kabuki is offering a special conference rate of $129 a night. The event is limited to 150 attendees to allow optimal networking and pitching of books to agents and editors from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. Early registration is $395 until August 1, and $495 until the start of the event. The fee includes all workshops, keynotes, social events, continental breakfasts, luncheons and more.

Authors appearing at the 2008 San Francisco Writing for Change Conference include: radio personality Wes ‘Scoop’ Nisker, author of Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again; Marissa Handler, whose book, Loyal to the Sky, is a call to enlightened, non-violent activism. Also on the faculty are Allan Hamilton, MD, The Scalpel & the Soul; Chris Carlsson, Nowtopia; Matthew Frederick, 101 Things I learned in Architecture School; China Galland, Love Cemetary; Susan Griffin, Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her; Rosemary Daniell, founder of Zona Rosa; Jacob Needleman, Why Can’t We Be Good? and Kevin Smokler, Bookmark Now.

Editors include Alan Rinzler (Jossey-Bass), Peter Wiley (Wiley & Sons), David Moldawer (St. Martin’s Press), David Patterson (Henry Holt), Katie McHugh (Perseus Books) and Jeevan Sivasubramaniam (Berrett-Koehler). Agents—including Sorche Fairbank, Michael Larsen, Elizabeth Pomada, Rita Rosenkranz, Paul Levine and Andy Ross—will be looking for talented writers to take on as clients.

According to co-founders and literary agents Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen of Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents, “The event is based on our vision and professional experience that the right book will change the world. Now is the best time ever to be a writer. The conference will give writers the knowledge they need to write, sell, and promote their books.”

Sponsors for the event include Grace Cathedral, Saybrook Graduate School, and John Wiley & Sons. The conference is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization. Proceeds from the event help support Bay Area organizations such as the Children’s Book Project and the Women’s National Book Association.