WELCOME TO THE HVWC CALENDAR: home of all our upcoming readings, events and workshops. You can view by list or calendar (see right menu to choose). Click the colored tabs below to show only specific options. Our workshops run as multi-session series or one-day “intensives.” Note, we list the multi-session courses on the first day they meet only. The full dates of the session are described in the course descriptions. You would need to scroll back to the start date if you needed to enroll for something already underway. But do let us know if you want to join something in midstream since we need the blessing of the instructor. Questions? Email us.
Workshops – This category encompasses all one-day and multi-week classes, whether in person or via Zoom.
Readings – Our readings are in many different genres and take place in person, on Zoom, or both!
HVWC Recurring Events – This category encompasses such regular favorites as Open Mic, Open Write, and Submission Sunday.
Special Events – These other creative experiences are sure to interest our creative community!
The Role of an Agent with Jackie Ko (via Zoom)
July 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$125.00
Unlock the Secrets of Book Publishing: A Hudson Valley Writers Center Exclusive Virtual Master Class Series, session 4/4. Learn from the pros! For anyone interested in the inner workings of the book publishing world, once a week starting Tuesday evening, July 9 through July 30, top executives at Simon & Schuster, Abrams, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and the Wiley Agency reveal their insider’s knowledge of the industry during this exciting virtual series. Sign up for all 4 sessions to receive a special discount or select individual sessions.
July 9: Jenny Xu, Senior Editor, poetry and prose at Atria/Simon & Schuster
July 16: Taryn Roeder, Executive director of Publicity, Abrams
July 23: Matt Schweitzer, Director of Content Marketing Strategy, Disney Publishing Worldwide
Tuesday, July 30, 7 PM ET via Zoom: Jacqueline Ko, literary agent at The Wylie Agency, representing poetry and prose writers: The Role of an Agent
This course will cover how to understand the role a literary agent plays in book publishing.
Jackie Ko is a literary agent at The Wylie Agency, a privately owned literary agency with offices in New York and London, which has been in business for over 40 years. The Wylie Agency seeks to represent the best writers in every form, in both fiction and nonfiction, for the life of their careers, and to work internationally without the use of subagents. The agency represents, among many others, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Paul Beatty, Alexander Chee, Rachel Cusk, Dave Eggers, Elizabeth Gilbert, Miranda July, Colum McCann, Orhan Pamuk, Sally Rooney, and Salman Rushdie, as well as literary estates. She has worked at the Wylie Agency since 2007, and represents authors including Kaveh Akbar, Jokha Alharthi, Camille Bordas, Victoria Chang, Akwaeke Emezi, Cristina Rivera Garza, Chris Knapp, and Christina Sharpe, among those with recently published or forthcoming books.