The 2025 Schedule & Program will be announced in May.
2025 Writers & Presenters
Be Inspired.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Sonia Purnell

Paola Ramos

Claire Keegan

Sloane Crosley

Admiral James Stavridis

Griffin Dunne

Todd S. Purdum

Clara Bingham

Max Boot

Abraham Verghese

Erling Kagge

Vivek H. Murthy, MD

Evan Osnos

Yael van der Wouden

Jonathan Blitzer

Oren Cass

Andre Dubus III

Liz Moore

The Improvised Shakespeare Company

Ocean Vuong

Edward Luce

Nayantara Roy

Colum McCann

Theodore H. Schwartz

Wright Thompson

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Ruth Reichl

Safiya Sinclair

Carl Hiaasen

Dan Jones

Meenakshi Ahamed
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“Expertly programmed and executed with precision, expertise, and great love of literature, of community, of writers and readers… it continues to get even better—however implausible that might be!”
– Nicole K., SVWC Attendee
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