Berkshire Wordfest at The Mount
Amanda on Jul 01 2010 at 4:54 pm | Filed under: Writing and Literature Festival
Join some of the nation’s finest writers and Berkshire’s own literary luminaries for a weekend of readings, discussions, and celebration at The Mount in Lenox.
A list of some of the guests:
Kurt Andersen
Roy Blount Jr.
Elizabeth Brundage
Frank Delaney
Tad Friend
John Hockenberry
Katy Lederer
Elinor Lipman
Martha McPhee
Laura Miller
Susan Orlean
Francine Prose
Ruth Reichl
Katie Roiphe
Elizabeth Samet
Dani Shapiro
Jim Shepard
Judith Thurman
Simon Winchester
Events include a Discussion Series, such as Writers in Wartime and “Well-Behaved Women,” an In Conversation series which will include several interviews of authors by radio interviewers Joe Donahue and Susan Arbetter, Social Events–have breakfast with Elizabeth Brundage or Elinor Lipman; share a cocktail with Francine Prose–and Poetry on the Terrace with several Berkshire poets.
From July 23-25 you can attend single event or buy a day pass or a weekend pass (although this does not include the evening social events). And if the prices are too steep (I mean, we are writers afterall), The Mount is seeking volunteers to help with various aspects of festival organization in exchange for discounted tickets. This could give you a chance meet and chat with some of these renowned writers.
For complete information visit: http://berkshirewordfest.org/about/what-is
Hi–Thanks for the post! We’ve added Berkshire Women Write! to our WordFest blogroll. Best, Audrey