After attended the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference writer, Kami Kanetsuka, wrote an article for the Bowen Island Undercurrent, a local British Columbia Newspaper. She was nice enough to let us share it with you. Canada at the Forefront of San Miguel Literary Event Greetings once more from San Miguel, a heritage town in the … Continue reading
We’ve had so many people purchase tickets for Naomi Wolf’s speech “Writing Riskily: Taking a Stand Within Your Prose,” that we’ve decided to have a second Wolf event right after the San Miguel Writers’ Conference. “Naomi Wolf: Protest 101” will take place on Monday, February 20, 2012 in the Real de Minas Hotel Ballroom. This … Continue reading
December 1, 2011 is right around the corner and the days left to receive the “Early Bard Special” when registering for the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference are counting down. With the amount of things offered at this year’s conference and this significant discount you’d be crazy not to attend. Don’t believe me? Let me … Continue reading
Naomi Wolf, author of the international bestseller The Beauty Myth and The End of America which won the 2008 Silver Freedom Fighter Award was arrested a little after 9 PM on October 18, 2011 while standing in front of a venue on Hudson Street in New York City where she had just attended an event … Continue reading
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is pleased to announce that we have a new website devoted entirely to the 2012 event: www. sanmiguelwritersconference2012.org All the information about the conference is up and ready for your perusal. You can register online for the entire conference or for individual tickets to see bestselling authors such as Margret … Continue reading
With all these great writers coming to town in February 2012 we thought it might be a good idea to come up with a reading list. Luckily, San Miguel resident and writer, Mary Katherine Wainwright, was nice enough to give us a detailed list of some of the writers and their books. If you are … Continue reading
Since its inception, the founders of the San Miguel Writers’ Conference have been devoted to putting on an event that is both in English and Spanish. We feel that bringing great authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Barbara Kingsolver, and Margret Atwood to San Miguel to speak should be an event that can be shared by … Continue reading
Author and political activist, Naomi Wolf will be one of the guest speakers at the seventh annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference. Wolf is the author of seven books, including The End of America, The Treehouse, Promiscuities, Fire with Fire, Misconceptions, Give Me Liberty, and The Beauty Myth. Of the seven, three have been on The … Continue reading