# This Week in Google Alerts: conference, sketch

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 30 Jun 2014*

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### Gwern Branwen
*30 Jun 2014, 16:47*

- Via http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jenniferfitz/2014/06/should-you-be-writing-right-now-and-what-about-the-kids-and-what-about-a-conference-this-summer/
, http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/9005474225.html "Prominent
Catholic Writers to Speak at Catholic Writers Conference in Chicago
Area":

> Several prominent Catholic writers will speak at the sixth
> annual Catholic Writers' Conference LIVE taking place July 30-August
> 1, 2014, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel in
> Schaumburg, IL. Sponsored by the Catholic Writer's Guild and the
> Catholic Marketing Network (CMN), and held in conjunction with CMN's
> annual retailer trade show, the Catholic Writers Conference LIVE
> provides Catholic writers with a prime opportunity to meet and share
> their faith with editors, publishers, fellow writers, and bookstore
> owners from across the globe. The theme of this year's conference is
> "Perseverance."
> 
> Speakers at this year's conference include authors Lisa Hendey
> (BOOK OF SAINTS FOR CATHOLIC MOMS), award-winning science
> fiction/fantasy author Gene Wolfe (THE NEW BOOK OF THE SUN),
> Inspirational Speaker Lizzie Velasquez, Gary Zimak (FROM FEAR TO
> FAITH), Claudia Volkman (Editor, Servant Books), Donna-Marie Cooper
> O'Boyle (EWTN, CATHOLIC PRAYER BOOK FOR MOTHERS), Ellen Gable Hrkach
> (STEALING JENNY), blogger Rebecca Hamilton (PUBLIC CATHOLIC-PATHEOS)

and many others.

> ...Registration costs $80 for CWG members, $85 for non-members
> and $45 for students. There's also a discounted combined membership.

To register or for more information, go to
www.catholicwritersconference.com.
- review of _The Wizard-Knight_:
http://www.ignitumtoday.com/2014/06/24/book-review-gene-wolfes-wizard-knight/
- a B/W pencil sketch of Gene Wolfe, apparently from Tor.com:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/90564642481529515/

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