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AWP Conference 2025


  • Los Angeles Convention Center 1201 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA, 90015 United States (map)

Join us in Los Angeles for this year’s AWP conference! Come say hi at the bookfair (booth 1245) where we’ll be slinging slinging books and temporary tattoos. Don’t forget to get your books signed by some of our authors while you’re there! If you’re a true DV reader, be sure to check out our authors, editors, and translators at their respective panels and offsite events.


SIGNINGS

Ghost of Marguerite Young, Angel in the Forest
Thursday, 11:00-11:30am

Dashiel Carrera, The Deer
Thursday, 12:00-12:30pm

KB Brookins, Freedom House
Thursday, 1:00-1:30pm

Stallina Villareal, Watcha
Thursday, 4:00-4:30pm

Ethan Rutherford, North Sun
Friday, 12:00-1:00pm

Sophia Terazawa, Tetra Nova
Friday, 12:30-2:00pm

Dorothy Chan, Return of the Chinese Femme
Friday, 2:30-3:30pm

Dalia Azim, Country of Origin
Friday, 4:00-4:30pm

Dan O'Brien, True Story: A Trilogy
Saturday, 12:00-12:30pm


PANELS

KB Thors
Debunking Myths Around Getting Started in Translation
With Amanda L. Andrei, Diana Arterian, Elisa Wouk Almino, Sawako Nakayasu
Room 405, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level 2
Thursday, March 27, 2025
10:35am

Dalia Azim
Meet Me Halfway: On Writing Other Cultures and Avoiding Self-Exoticization
With Suchitra Gururaj, Chaitali Sen, Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Megan Kakimoto
Room Room 403A, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level 2
Friday, March 28, 2025
1:45pm

Sophia Terazawa
On the Line: Ethical Approaches to Writing from the U.S.-Mexico Border
With Jo Blair Cipriano, Logan Phillips, Raquel Gutierrez
Room 404AB, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level 2
Friday, March 28, 2025
3:20pm

Nadine Santoro
Shaking Up the 3 Percent: Publishing Transnational Genre Lit
With Neela Banerjee, Rakesh Khanna, Jee Koh
Room 410, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level 2
Saturday, March 29, 2025
10:35am

Dashiel Carrera
Making a Literary Future with Artificial Intelligence
With Amy Catanzano, Christian Bök, Katy Gero, Nick Montfort
Concourse Hall 151, Los Angeles Convention Center, Level 1
Saturday, March 29, 2025
1:45pm


Offsite Events

KB Brookins
Existence as Resistance: Queer and Trans Memoir
Liberation Coffee House
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
7:00pm

Holding Court: A Salon Celebrating BIPOC Poets & Writers
Studious Coworking Space
Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:00pm

Sophia Terazawa
Growing from Our Roots: An Asian Debut Showcase
Art Share L.A.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:00pm

Dashiel Carrera
Neon Night Mic: An AWP Offsite Reading
Kulak's Woodshed
Thursday, March 27, 2025
8:00pm


See you there!