Ann Dávila Cardinal is giving the keynote for the 2023 Derry Author’s Fest in New Hampshire, Saturday, April 8th.

Writing from the In Between: Navigating Identity as a Writer Between Worlds

So much of our identity as people bleeds through to our identity as writers. We’re told, “write what you know,” and we want to honor the own voices movement, but what if you don’t feel you belong to any particular group? Ann will examine her own experiences of identity and writing as someone of mixed ethnicity. She’ll explore how these issues appear in her work as well as examine a selection of other writers’ books, including Randy Ribay’s Patron Saint of Nothing, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s When We Were Birds, and Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime.

Derry Author Fest is a day of writing workshops, panels and networking for aspiring authors, dreamers and dabblers alike. We bring in reputable speakers to teach in areas of their expertise. As an attendee, you can stay all day, half day, or just drop in for a session. Book sales and signings are interspersed in between our workshops so you will have time to buy books, support local artists and get some face time with our teachers. Check out the schedule and our amazing speakers for more information.

The Derry Author Fest is a free event hosted by The Derry Public Library.