About the event: BookTok, or the subsection of TikTok to discuss books and all things literary, is growing everyday. There are billions of views on #BookTok, and book sales are soaring with corresponding viral videos. In this WLT Off the Beaten Craft presentation, a self-described TikTok addict and Zoomer, will discuss the basics of the … Continue reading WLT Off the Beaten Craft: “Not Just for Dancing: How to Use TikTok to Connect with Readers” with Alexandria Juarez

A few times a year, the WLT hosts WLT Off the Beaten Craft, a free presentation from an author who knows their stuff, focused on a genre, form, or topic that we don’t often get to talk about. These “Off the Beaten Craft” presentations are free and open to all. About the event: In this … Continue reading WLT Off the Beaten Craft: “The Ins & Outs of Sensitivity Reading” with Shenwei Chang

About the event: A great literary translator combines a passion for foreign literature, deep knowledge of a foreign language, and writing versatility. After all, literary translators are writers called upon to recreate another writer's ideas and style in a different language. What does it take to translate literature well, and what is different about publishing … Continue reading WLT Off the Beaten Craft: “Literature in Translation”

About the event: In recent years, many of the most widely read and critically acclaimed comic books have been memoirs, from Alison Bechdel's Fun Home to Art Spielgman's Maus. Comics are a powerful storytelling medium which can often achieve things with words and images together which would be hard to achieve with either alone. During this presentation Maia Kobabe, … Continue reading WLT Off the Beaten Craft: “Writing and Drawing Memoir: Telling Your Story with More than Words”