Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20.

Missoula writers! Can't make it to BinderCon LA? Come meet fellow women and gender non-conforming writers in your community, at a free livestream of BinderCon generously sponsored by the Harnisch Foundation. PLUS a live reading and Q&A with NYT-bestselling author Laura Munson.

Refreshments will be provided; please bring sack lunches.

This event is free, but RSVP is required. RSVP through Eventbrite HERE.

Schedule:

Saturday March 19

10:30–11am: Welcome, coffee & intros
11am–noon: Jillian Lauren and Rebecca Walker keynote
12:15–1:30pm: Women who pitch: freelancing in digital age
1:45–2:45: Lunchtime keynote with writer/producers Lisa Kudrow & Robin Schiff
3–4:15pm: How to Build a Writing Community
4:30–5.45pm: Writing without Pity: Disability, Illness, & our Bodies
5:45–6pm: BinderCon Themed Flash Fiction Activity

Sunday March 20

10:30–11am: Welcome, coffee & intros
11–12:15pm: Space Invaders: Writing Genre for Screen
12:30–1:45pm: Writing cultural identity panel
2–3pm: Laura Munson Q&A, book signing
3:15–4:30pm: Being a writer while having a life
4:45–6pm: End of day keynote TBD
6:45–8pm: After party at the Iron Horse.

Laura Munson’s New York Times and international best-selling memoir This Is Not The Story You Think It Is (Amy Einhorn: Putnam) was published in nine countries and named Book of the Month Club’s top books of 2010. It was also featured in Vanity Fair, Elle, Redbook, Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, Publisher’s Weekly and many other newspapers, magazines, and online venues across the globe. Her essays and short stories have been published in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, O. Magazine, Time, Newsweek, The Week, Redbook, and more.

Event sponsored by:
The Harnisch Foundation
Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore
HALA
Montana Book Festival
Carrot Ranch Communications
Haven Retreats