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

Dan Jones

Vivek H. Murthy, MD

Erling Kagge

Safiya Sinclair

Wright Thompson

Liz Moore

Theodore H. Schwartz

Abraham Verghese

Sonia Purnell

Andre Dubus III

Yael van der Wouden

Paola Ramos

Ocean Vuong

Todd S. Purdum

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Clara Bingham

Edward Luce

Admiral James Stavridis

Nayantara Roy

The Improvised Shakespeare Company

Meenakshi Ahamed

Max Boot

Carl Hiaasen

Griffin Dunne

Evan Osnos

Colum McCann

Jonathan Blitzer

Claire Keegan

Ruth Reichl

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Oren Cass

Sloane Crosley
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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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