March 19 – 20, 2026
Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall
Smith Warehouse Bay 4
Duke University
March 19, 2026
Keynote Speaker
6:00 pm
Dan Sinykin
“Author of Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature”
March 20, 2026
Arrival/Coffees
9:30 am
Editors/Publishers
10:00-11:30 am
Moderator
Lynn York – Blair Publishing
Panelists
Will Evans- Deep Vellum
Meg Reid- Hub City Press
Kathy Pories – Algonquin Books
Critics
11:45 am-1:00 pm
Moderator
Mesha Maren
Panelists
Joanna Biggs
Ross Barkan
Becca Rothfeld
Lunch
1:15-2:15 pm
Breakout Sessions
2:15-3:15 pm
Scholars
3:30-5:00 pm
Moderator
Aarthi Vadde
Panelists
Dan Sinykin
Laura McGrath
Richard So
Creative Writers- Reading Q&A
5:30-7:00 pm
Moderator
Joanna Pearson
Panelists
Tom Comitta
Camille Bordas
Anne Garréta