Iris Jamahl Dunkle

Tahoe Literary Festival: Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Melinda Palacio, Moira Magneson, more

11 OCTOBER 2025 — saturday

Second day of the second annual 2025 Tahoe Literary Festival presents talks, workshops, panels with poets, fiction writers, publishers, and writing mentors; 9:00 am: "100-word stories for Fine Tuning Your Scene," with Kim Culbertson, Young Adult author, Boatworks Mall: Upstairs Back (Lakeview) Atrium; :Getting Started in Indie Publishing," with Lisa Diane Kastner, SNOW Sports Museum; "The Magic of Memoir: The Courage to Write Fearlessly," with Brooke Warner, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Writing as an act of resistance, giving back to the Wild," with Sue Norman and Dillon Osleger, Gatekeeper's Museum; "What's Missing: How Absence Creates a Powerful Story," Laurie Ann Doyle, Boatworks Mall: Upstairs Front Atrium; "Echoes of the Sierra: A Poet Laureate Conversation," with Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Melinda Palacio, Lara Gularte, Jesse James Ziegler, Moira Magneson, and Karen Terrey, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; 10:00 am: "Speak Your Truth: Poetry Workshop for Teens, Youth and Young at Heart," with Karen Terrey, Tahoe City Library; "Bringing Emotion to the Page." Nanda Reddy, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Technology and Disruption in the Face of AI," Catherine Bramkamp, Boatworks Mall: Ground Floor Front Atrium; "Wonder of the Woodlands: Ekphrastic Writing," Lara Gularte, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Pathways to Publishing: Navigating the Literary Landscape," a panel with Julia Drake, Brooke Warner, Heyday publisher Steve Wasserman, JoAnne Banducci, Lisa Michelle, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; 11:00 am: "From Manuscript to Marketplace: Indie Author Strategies That Work," with Julia Drake, Jared Drake, David Wogahn, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; "Writing to Heal: How Writing Is a Transformative Act," with Heidi Yewman, Bridey Thelen-Heidel, Jude Berman; "Spoken Word Poetry: Catharsis and Rhythmic Release," Jesse James Ziegler, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Ugly Ducklings and Glass Mountains: Using Archetypes to Empower Writing," Kim Bateman, SNOW Sports Museum; "Writing Western Landscapes," with Michael Branch, Eve Quesnel, Laura Newman, Gatekeeper's Museum; 1:00 pm: "Beat Poetry and the Grateful Dead," J. Macon King, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Beyond the Frontier: Fiction Writers of the Contemporary West," panel with Michael Dennis Cassity, Caddie Defurrena, AnnElise Hatjakes, Ben Rogers, Curtis Bradley Vickers, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; "Ink & Identity: Telling Our Stories, Our Way," CJ Spears, Miriam Dorsett, Dr. Nicholas Louis Baham III, Damien Hunter, SNOW Sports Museum; "Women, Words & Wisdom: She Writes the Story," panel with Brooke Warner, Sue Norman, Bridey Thelen-Heidel, Elizabeth A. Tucker, Priya Hutner, Gatekeeper's Museum; 2:00 pm: "Elements of a Successful Scene," Brooke French, Gatekeeper's Museum Basket Room; "Honoring the Women Who Have Shaped Us," Melinda Palacio, Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Jillian Makoutz, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Landscape as Character: How Place Shapes Story," with Bruce Rettig, Danny Nielsen, K. A. Merson, Kayla Anderson, Lisa Michelle, SNOW Sports Museum; "The Inspiration of Fiction," Katy Hays and Jill Shalvis, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; 3:00 pm: Books, Bubbles & Banter: Book fair, author signings, and literary social, Boatworks Mall; 6:30 to 8:00 pm: Singer Songwriter Showcase with Will Richardson, Tahoe Wine Collective; Enjoy libations from Tahoe Wine Collective while shopping the book fair and socializing with fellow writers. Tahoe City Library will host a Right to Read postcard writing campaign and the Friends of the Tahoe City Library will hold a used book sale; see website for various near-by locations in Tahoe City, free, day runs from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm (www.tahoelitfest.com)