Focusing on the business and career of writing, the conference, now in its third year, has built up a considerable reputation for quality instruction from knowledgeable publishing insiders. The Conference features programming on a variety of literary and publishing topics, including workshops in online publishing, marketing, public relations, query letters, book proposals, the writing process, memoirs, and independent publishing, as well as providing opportunities to meet top-notch editors and literary agents.

Last year's Writers' Conference was a vibrant and informative event that featured such authors, agents, editors and publishers as Jonathan Ames, Greg Godek, Nuala O'Faolain, Sigrid Nunez, Andy Greenwald, Denise Oswald (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Jennifer Robinson (Simon Spotlight Entertainment), Paul Slovak (Viking), Laurel Touby (MediaBistro), Rachel Vater (Lowenstein-Yost), Sean Wilsey, and Lou Young (WCBS-TV).

This year's Conference will again feature a host of authors, editors, publishers and literary agents who will be on hand not only to discuss publishing opportunities, but also the craft and process of writing. The Conference will also include a gala reception featuring an interview with the keynote speaker, Richard Ford, on Saturday, April 14. Richard Ford is best known for his critically acclaimed works The Sportswriter and its Pulitzer Prize-winning sequel Independence Day. His latest novel in this trilogy, The Lay of the Land, was recently released. Other keynote speakers will be announced as planning progresses.

Registration for the conference begins on February 1, 2007. The cost is $250 for one day and $350 for both days. There will be an early-bird discount until March 15: $225 for one day and $325 for both days.

The Small Press Center: The New York Center for Independent Publishing was established in 1984 to help independent publishers reach a wider audience for their books and to provide information and draw public awareness to the offerings of these presses. The Center encourages excellence and free expression in publishing through workshops, lectures, book fairs, exhibits, and its Reference Center on Writing and Publishing.

The New York Round Table Writers' Conference is registered trademark of the Small Press Center, an educational program of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen.

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