Writers have more ways than ever before to publish their work. But which one should you choose? We’re bringing together a panel of professionals with expertise in diverse publishing options, from literary journals and big New York book publishers to small local presses and hybrid self-publishing. They’ll discuss the pros and cons of the many options for writers ready to send their words out into the world. Questions welcome!
Free event

Tina Bennett is a literary agent who specializes in narrative nonfiction, literary journalism, idea books, politics, history, current affairs, memoir, and academic crossover titles. Her clients include Atul Gawande, Malcolm Gladwell, Lev Grossman, Laura Hillenbrand, Hope Jahren, Patrick Radden Keefe, Jill Lepore, Dahlia Lithwick, Alex Ross, and Eric Schlosser. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.

Winner of the Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award, Joan Dempsey is the author of the novel, This Is How It Begins, which won the bronze Independent Publisher Book Award for literary fiction and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award, and Sarton Women's Book Award. This Is How It Begins was also selected by the American Library Association for the 2018 Over the Rainbow List of Literature Titles. Her writing has been published in The Adirondack Review, Alligator Juniper, Obsidian: Literature of the African Diaspora, and Plenitude Magazine, and aired on National Public Radio. She lives in Maine with her partner.

Daniel Mahoney is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in journals all over the world. He is the author of Sunblind Almost Motorcrash, a book and cassette project out from Spork Press in 2015 and Quantum Entanglement, a chapbook published by Hard to Swallow in 2017. He is the editor in chief of Bateau Press.

Maya Stein is the Editorial Director of Toad Hall Editions, a small press located in midcoast Maine. She is also the author of two collections of creative nonfiction, two books of poetry, several writing prompt booklets, and two recent works—Grief Becomes You (2019), a collection of writings on grief with more than 60 contributors, and The Poser: 38 Portraits Reimagined (2021), featuring contemporary art recreations and essays.