Schedule

View our lineup of panelists and speakers for the 2023 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference! Schedule subject to change.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 - ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE

1005 Botham Jean Blvd, Dallas, TX 75215

6:00 - 6:30 p.m.    -    Registration

6:15 - 6:30 p.m.    -    Welcome

Dean Andrea Miller, Brittany McElroy, Thorne Anderson

6:30 - 9:00 p.m.    -    Bad Press: Documentary Film Screening & Q&A

Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler, Angel Ellis

Moderated by Brittany McElroy

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 - FOUR CORNERS BREWERY

1311 S Ervay St, Dallas, TX 75215

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.    -    Check In & Registration

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.    -    Welcome

Dean Andrea Miller, Brittany McElroy, Thorne Anderson

9:15 - 10:30 a.m.   -   The eyes of Texas: Texan writers examine identity, personality, and power

Cecilia Balli, Casey Gerald, Kathy Wise

Moderated by JK Nickell

10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.    -    Solving the story puzzle

Lane DeGregory, Leonora LaPeter Anton

Moderated by Tom Huang

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.    -    Lunch on site at Four Corners Brewery

2:00 - 3:15 p.m.    -    Can you hear us now? Storytelling in podcasting

Rodney Carmichael, Brittney Martin, Naomi Reed

Moderated by Stella Chavez

3:30 - 4:45 p.m.    -    How far we'll go: Extreme reporting and books that make it mean something

Andrea Pitzer, Rosanna Xia

Moderated by Mike Merschel

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.    -    Leaving the cocoon: The metamorphosis of publishing

Will Evans, David Hale Smith, Ashtin Ballard

Panelist/Moderator: Monte Reel

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.    -    Book Signing / Sales / Reception

Interabang Books

7:00 - 8:30 p.m.    -    Dinner & Keynote

Beth Macy

Hosted by Kristin Diaz