Where writers with ties to the Vineyard come to talk about writing and the writing life.

For inquiries about Islanders Write – please contact Kate Feiffer at kate@mvtimes.com

Islanders Write 2024

Sunday, August 18 & Monday, August 19

Islanders Write is delighted to be back at Featherstone Center for the Arts

We welcome Edgartown Books to Islanders Write this summer. Edgartown Books will have a Pop-Up store at the event and will be hosting author signings and selling a selection of books about writing.

Want coffee? Lunch? A delicious snack? Scottish Bakehouse will be at Islanders Write. We’re delighted to welcome them back! Please note: Food at the event is cash only.

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Please pre-register to let us know you're coming to Islanders Write 2024.

Islanders Write is delighted to announce that it has received a grant from the Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, to support Islanders Write 2024 in part!

Thank you for your generous support:

Islanders Write is free to attend and open to the public.

A look back at 2023

2023 Writing Workshops

2023 Panel Discussions

WGA Strike with Doug Liman, Misan Sagay, Scott Frank (talking), and Kate Feiffer moderating.
WGA Strike with Doug Liman, Misan Sagay, Scott Frank (talking), and Kate Feiffer moderating.
Doug Liman
Doug Liman
Misan Sagay and Scott Frank
Misan Sagay and Scott Frank
Audience question
Covering Politics with Charlayne Hunter Gault, Walter Shapiro, Mara Liasson, and moderator Callie Crossley (not shown)
Nancy and Joel Aronie
Audience questions
Writing Dialogue: Geraldine Brooks
Audience question
Rose Styron and James Lapine
Audience question: Callie Crossley
Patricia J. Williams
Richard North Patterson
Jennifer Smith Turner
Emma Brodie, Adriana Stimola, and Susan Golomb
Audience question
Mick Stevens and Paul Karasik
Pitch panel with Gretchen Young, Rosemary Stimola, John Hough, Jr., and Torrey Oberfest
Rosemary Stimola
Debb Dunn pitching to the pitch panel
audience question
Hanna Halperin
Katherine Sherbrooke
Plot and character with Hanna Halperin, Peter Kramer, Katherine Sherbrooke, and Nicole Galland

IW 2023 SPEAKERS:

Nancy Slonim Aronie
T. Elizabeth Bell
Emma Brodie
Geraldine Brooks Photo by Randi Baird
Callie Crossley
Scott Frank
Nicole Galland
Susan Golomb
Hanna Halperin
Judith Hannan
John Hough, Jr.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Paul Karasik
Peter Kramer
James Lapine
Mara Liasson
Doug Liman
Bella Morais
Photo by Shannon Rynd-Ray
Mathea Morais Photo by Shannon Rynd-Ray
Torrey Oberfest
Torrey Oberfest
Richard North Patterson
Misan Sagay
Katherine Sherbrooke
Walter Shapiro
Sherry Sidoti
Mick Stevens
Adriana Stimola
Rosemary Stimola
Rose Styron
Jennifer Smith Turner Photo by David Welsh Photography
Gretchen Young
Patricia J. Williams

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Please carpool. First come, first seated. Please be Covid Safe!

Islanders Write is sponsored by the MV Times and MV Arts & Ideas Magazine

 

For questions, contact event producer Kate Feiffer at kate@mvtimes.com.

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