As we prepare for the 11th Annual James River Writers Conference on October 19-20 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, we eagerly anticipate the arrival of hundreds of attendees and dozens of speakers, ready to exchange tips, confess struggles, and forge relationships that will fuel literary successes yet untold. We look forward to seeing those of you who have registered! To those of you still on the fence, check out what you risk missing: Chip Kidd, Christopher McDougall, Carey Albertine and other speakers on Saturday, First Pages Critiques and Pitchapalooza on Sunday, and a weekend full of inspiration and connection. Learn more and register.
Chip Kidd’s TED talk on book design has been viewed over 775,000 times and was called one of the funniest of 2012. Meet the King of Covers in person at JRWC13. He will present “Fail Better,” in which he recounts examples from his career of over a quarter-century where he failed utterly and used those circumstances as an opportunity to do something better than he did in the first place. After the usual process of drinking and crying, of course.