Public lectures & readings

Outdoor reading at the Napa Valley Writers' ConferenceThe conference offers book-lovers and writers in the Napa Valley and North San Francisco Bay Area a wonderful opportunity to hear readings and lectures by world-class authors of poetry and fiction.

Admission for members of the public to evening readings costs $10. Admission to the daytime lectures is $25 apiece, $90 for the four-lecture series in either poetry or fiction, or $175 for all eight lectures. Tickets for all public events may be purchased at the door by cash or check. Students with valid student IDs will be admitted free of charge to all lectures and evening readings.

Reading Schedule

Sunday, 28 July 2013
Napa Valley College Upper Valley Campus, 1088 College Ave., St. Helena | Map
Reading at 7:30 p.m.

  • Major Jackson
  • Peter Ho Davies

Monday, 29 July 2013
Beringer Vineyards, 2000 Main St., St. Helena| Map
Wine reception at 7:o0 p.m., reading at 7:30

  • Linda Gregerson
  • Lan Samantha Chang

Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Robert Mondavi Winery, 7801 St. Helena Highway (Highway 29), Oakville | Map
Wine reception at 7:00 p.m., reading at 7:30

  • David St. John
  • Christopher Tilghman

Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Educational Center for the Performing Arts, Napa Valley College Main Campus, Napa| Map and Campus Map
Wine reception at 6:30 p.m., reading at 7

  • Jane Hirshfield
  • Yiyun Li

 

Lecture Schedule

Lecture titles will be added as they are received. All lectures take place at the Napa Valley College Upper Valley Campus, 1088 College Ave., St. Helena. | Map

Monday, 29 July 2013

  • Poetry — 9–10 a.m.: David St. John
  • Fiction — 1:30–2:30 p.m.: Christopher Tilghman

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

  • Poetry — 9–10 a.m.: Jane Hirshfield
  • Fiction — 1:30–2:30 p.m.: Yiyun Li

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

  • Poetry — 9–10 a.m.: Major Jackson
  • Fiction — 1:30–2:30 p.m. — Peter Ho Davies

Thursday, 1 August 2013

  • Poetry — 9–10 a.m.: Linda Gregerson
  • Fiction — 1:30–2:30 p.m.: Lan Samantha Chang
  • Participant Reading — 2:45-4:15 p.m. (Free and open to the public)

 

Past readings and lectures

2012
Eavan Boland, Forrest Gander, Brenda Hillman, Arthur Sze, Kevin Brockmeier, Ron Carlson, Lan Samantha Chang, Tayari Jones

2011
Jane Hirshfield, Major Jackson, D. A. Powell, David St. John, Daniel Alarcón, Lan Samantha Chang, Adam Haslett, Michelle Huneven

2010
Michael Byers, Ron Carlson, Lan Samantha Chang, Curtis Sittenfeld, Brenda Hillman, Major Jackson, Arthur Sze, C.D. Wright

2009
Elizabeth Alexander, Carl Dennis, Jane Hirshfield, David St. John, Robert Boswell, Peter Ho Davies, Antonya Nelson, ZZ Packer

2008
Ron Carlson, Lan Samantha Chang, Ehud Havazalet, Ann Packer, Mark Doty, Nick Flynn, Brenda Hillman, Claudia Rankine, Paul Lisicky

2007
Dan Chaon, Laura Kasischke, Antonya Nelson, Christopher Tilghman, Elizabeth Alexander, Stephen Dunn, Jane Hirshfield, David St. John, Robert Boswell