Free Lawn Talks

We are pleased to invite the community to join us for our series of free 2025 Pavilion Lawn Talks.

 

 

We want our local community to enjoy all that SVWC has to offer, which is why we have opened up select Pavilion Talks for FREE seating on the lawn of the Sun Valley Pavilion. Bring a picnic, blanket, and low-back chair and join us July 19-21 to hear from some of our country’s most inspiring minds.

 

Select presentations will be broadcast live to the large jumbotron on the Pavilion lawn. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis—no ticketing or registration is required. You can browse our Bookstore Tent to purchase books by each author and join us for book signings following the talk. If you would prefer to watch from inside the Sun Valley Pavilion, we have  tickets available for select talks. We recommend signing up for our email newsletter to receive important updates and information about these events.

 

A complete schedule of available talks will be announced as we get closer to the event.

2025 Presenters

Be Inspired.

Sonia Purnell
Liz Moore
Oren Cass
Evan Osnos
Jonathan Blitzer
Dan Jones
Colum McCann
Admiral James Stavridis
Edward Luce
The Improvised Shakespeare Company
Claire Keegan
Max Boot
Yael van der Wouden
Wright Thompson
Nayantara Roy
Ocean Vuong
Griffin Dunne
Safiya Sinclair
Clara Bingham
Vivek H. Murthy, MD
Meenakshi Ahamed
Erling Kagge
Abraham Verghese
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Sloane Crosley
Ruth Reichl
Carl Hiaasen
Paola Ramos
Andre Dubus III
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Theodore H. Schwartz
Todd S. Purdum
PLEASE NOTE:

Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please no high-backed chairs. By attending any Sun Valley Writers’ Conference event, you agree to our attendance & photo policy.