EDITORS CONFERENCE

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Editors Conference brings together international groups of book and magazine editors, and independent publishers. Participants discuss the state of publishing in their respective countries and share information about new authors they wish to highlight. These moderated discussions canvas the successes and challenges of publishing in the current literary landscape.

PAST PARTICIPANTS

June 2025

Youmna Chamieh, editor, Guernica Magazine, USA

Barbara Epler, editor, New Directions Press, USA

CJ Evans, editor, Two Lines Press, USA

Daniela Guglielmino, editor, Bollati Boringhieri, Italy

Dan Gunn, editor and publisher, Cahiers Series, France

Sofiane Hadjadj, editor and publisher, Barzakh, Algeria

Lefteris Kalospyros, editor, Dardanos, Greece

Elizabeth Kostova, founder, EKFoundation, director Sozopol Literary Festival, Bulgaria/USA

Jean Mattern, editor, Christian Bourgois, France

Thomas Meaney, editor, Granta Magazine, UK

Ramona Naddaff, editor, Zone Books, USA

Olivia Sears, publisher, Two Lines Press, USA

Kostas Spatharakis, editor, Antipodes, Greece

Joan Tarrida, editor and publishers, Galaxia Gutenberg, Spain

Monika Zgustova, editor, Galaxia Gutenberg, Spain


October 2025

Rasha Al-Ameer, author, editor and publisher, Dar Al-Jadeed, Lebanon

Laila Chaouni, editor and publisher, El Fennec, Morocco

Adam Freudenheim, editor and publisher, Pushkin Press, UK

Marie-Pierre Gracedieu, editor and publisher, Le Bruit du Monde, France

Dan Gunn, editor and publisher, Cahiers Series, France

Judith Gurewich, editor and publisher, Other Press, USA

Scott Laughlin, founder/director, Disquiet Literary Festival, Portugal/USA

Safaa Ouali, editor, El Fennec, Morocco

Vanessa Pécastaings, editor, Elyzad, Tunisia and France

Carmen Serrano, editor, ASA Editions, Portugal