Photos by Shirin McArthur
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Julie Iromuanya reads from her novel, Mr. and Mrs. Doctor.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Peter Riva talks about the status of the publishing industry.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
The Tranquil Buzz is a hub for animated discussion on the written word.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Steven Havill talks about his life as a fiction writer.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Author and cartoonist Adrienne Celt responds to a question from Tom Hester.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Science fiction novelist Jane Lindskold signs her book on writing for a fan.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Matt Bell talks about the importance of place in fiction writing.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Matt Bell talks about the importance of place in fiction writing.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
(Left to Right) Elise Stuart moderates a panel on the writer’s life with wise women Stella Pope Duarte, Sharman Apt Russell and Maricela Duarte.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
(Left to Right) Nathaniel Siquieiros moderates a panel on the writer’s life with wise men Paul Andrew Hutton, Dick Gerdes and Mark Medoff.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Andrea Cote-Botero reads her poetry.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Jesús Barquet reads from his poetry.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Tim Hernandez talks about the 1940s crash of a plane filled with deportees that led him to write his book, All They Will Call Them.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
JJ Wilson (standing) introduces writer roundtable members (L to R) Steven Havill, Jane Lindskold, Matt Bell, Tim Hernandez, Andrea Cote-Botero and Algernon D’Ammassa.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Jane Janson reads her poem at the Open Mic session.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word: Saturday Highlights 093017
Sam Castello reads his poem at the Open Mic session.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word continued with more than 15 sessions on Saturday, including readings, talks, wisdom on the writer’s life from panels of both women and men, and an opportunity for participants to share their own poetry and flash fiction.