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Schedule—Saturday, June 4
7:00–8:00am
CO Core C Craft I Issues in Biography W Workshop
Registration
7:30am
Breakfast Serving Begins
SALONS 4–5
8:00–8:15am
Welcome by BIO President Brian Jay Jones
SALONS 4–5
8:15–9:15am
Breakfast Plenary Session:
Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Annette Gordon-Reed and T. J. Stiles in conversation
about balancing historical research and literary craft.
SALONS 4–5
9:30–10:30am
Trial by Fire: Lessons
from Publishing a
First Biography CO
DOMINION/
COMMONWEALTH
Bringing Characters
to Life C
SALONS 6-7-8
The Future of
Research I
MADISON/
JEFFERSON
Advanced Social
Media W
MONROE
10:45–11:45am
Choosing a Subject CO
SHENANDOAH
Narrative Strategies C
SALONS 6–7–8
Reviewing Biography
I
MONROE
Do’s and Don’ts of
Writing a Proposal W
MADISON/
JEFFERSON
12:00–1:30pm
Lunch and Keynote Address by Claire Tomalin, the winner of the 2016 BIO Award
SALONS 4–5
1:45–2:45pm
Independent Presses
for Biography CO
MONROE
Family Biographies—
American and British
Royalty (and Everyone
Else) C
DOMINION/
COMMONWEALTH
Biographical Fiction
and Biography I
SALONS 6–7–8
Launching Your
Book: Marketing and
Promotion W
MADISON/
JEFFERSON
3:00–4:00pm
The Agents’ Panel CO
SHENANDOAH
Dual Biographies C
DOMINION/
COMMONWEALTH
Three Ways of
Looking at a Subject:
Richard Nixon I
MADISON/
JEFFERSON
Ask a Lawyer: Fair
Use, Copyright,
Privacy, and Other
Legal Issues W
MONROE
4:15–5:15pm
Round-Table Discussions
SEE PAGE 14 FOR LOCATIONS
5:30–7:00pm
Networking Reception and Announcement of the 2015 Plutarch Award Winner
SALONS 4–5
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