HippoCamp 2019 Speaker & Session Preview: Teresa Wong

Teresa Wong is a Calgary writer and a debut author and panelist at HippoCamp this year. She will be reading from her first book at “A Night of Nonfiction: Debut Author Readings and Q&A.” We asked Teresa a few questions about what she is looking forward to at her first HippoCamp creative writing conference.   […]

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HippoCamp 2019 Speaker & Session Preview: Lisa Ellison

Lisa Ellison is a familiar face at HippoCamp, and for good reason! She is an editor, writing coach, and a wealth of information about mental health that is relevant to creative nonfiction writers. Her break-out session “Writing about Trauma Without Retraumatizing Yourself” will show writers the importance of balancing writing difficult stories with practicing self-care. […]

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judith hannan

HippoCamp 2019 Speaker & Session Preview: Judith Hannan

Judith Hannan is an essayist, author, and leader of workshops for those affected by illness, trauma, and social neglect. She will join us this years at HippoCamp as a speaker. Her special topic session “Writing the Body” will teach attendees how to get in touch with the stories contained in our physical being. We asked […]

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Allison K Williams

HippoCamp 2019 Speaker & Session Preview: Allison K. Williams

Allison K Williams is a writer, blogger for Brevity, and she has coached authors to deals with Big Five publishers. Her work has appeared on NPR and the New York Times, just to name a few. Writers will feel inspired at this year’s creative nonfiction writing conference after her pre-conference workshop “Writing the Memoir Proposal” […]

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HippoCamp 2019 Speaker & Session Preview: Brendan O’Meara

Brendan O’Meara is the host of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast. He is joining us at HippoCamp this year to share his podcasting expertise in a session called Power Up Your Network with Podcasting! He is also the author of Six Weeks in Saratoga: How Three-Year-Old Filly Rachel Alexandra Beat the Boys and Became Horse of […]

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HippoCamp 2019 Speaker & Session Preview: Lara Lillibridge

This will be my fourth year attending, and every year I get more out of it.

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HippoCamp 2019 Speaker & Session Preview: Lisa Romeo

My breakout session on reading like a writer is dear to my heart.

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HippoCamp 2019 Speaker & Session Preview: Amanda Page

Attendees can expect to walk away from my short presentation with reassurance that not every idea has to become an essay...

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HippoCamp 2019 Speaker & Session Preview: Steph Auteri

Steph Auteri is a writer, editor, and familiar face at HippoCamp.

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Nick Flynn

Keynote Announcement: HippoCamp 2019’s Saturday Evening Speaker Will Be….

The HippoCamp conference team is thrilled to announce the headlining evening keynote for 2019...

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