Sunday, Sept. 1
18:00 – 20:00: Welcome picnic near the Medici Fountain in the Luxembourg Garden.
Monday, Sept. 2
09:00 – 10:00 Welcome coffee and introductions in Cocoon Space, 7 Rue de Louvois, 75002.
10:00 – 12:00: Memoir craft class and journal free writing in Cocoon Space.
13:00 – 15:00: Julie’s writing exercises with Cohort B; depart from Cocoon Space at 13:00.
13:00-13:30: Rolf one-on-one with Joe, Cocoon Space.
13:30-14:00: Rolf one-on-one with Xylia, Cocoon Space.
14:00-14:30: Rolf one-on-one with Karen, Cocoon Space.
14:30-15:00: Rolf one-on-one with Dereesa, Cocoon Space.
15:00-15:30: Rolf one-on-one with Sean, Cocoon Space.
15:30-16:00: Rolf one-on-one with Daniel, Cocoon Space.
16:00–17:00: Optional Zoom with memoirist and Pulitzer Finalist Chloe Cooper-Jones.
17:30 –18:30 : Optional meetup with author Eddy L. Harris, Jardin du Palais Royal fountain.
Tuesday, Sept. 3
09:00 – 10:00 Optional free-writing in Cocoon Space.
10:00 – 12:00: Travel writing and workshop craft class in Cocoon Space.
13:00 – 15:00: Julie’s writing exercises with Cohort A; depart from Cocoon Space at 13:00.
13:00-13:30: Rolf one-on-one with Matt, Cocoon Space.
13:30-14:00: Rolf one-on-one with Erin, Cocoon Space.
14:00-14:30: Rolf one-on-one with Stephen, Cocoon Space.
14:30-15:00: Rolf one-on-one with Renee, Cocoon Space.
15:00-15:30: Rolf one-on-one with Rebecca, Cocoon Space.
16:00 – 17:00: Optional Zoom with journalist and memoirist Sophfronia Scott
17:00 till late: Optional Marais-n-Falafel social excursion, led by Adrielle.
Wednesday, Sept. 4
9:00 – 12:00: Pod A student stories get workshopped, Cocoon Space.
13:00 – 16:00: Pod B student stories get workshopped, Cocoon Space.
16:00 – 17:00: Optional Zoom with travel writer and filmmaker Ash Bhardwaj
Thursday, Sept. 5
10:00 – 12:00: Julie’s in-city writing exercises for afternoon workshoppers
10:00 – 12:00: Mixed workshop: Stephen, Rebecca, Dareesa, Matt, Cocoon Space.
13:00 – 15:00: Julie’s in-city writing exercises for morning workshoppers
13:00 – 15:00: Mixed workshop: Karen, Erin, Sean, Xylia, Cocoon Space.
16:00-17:00: Optional Zoom with book publicist (and former Paris student) James Faccinto
Friday, Sept. 6
9:00 – 11:00: Book-publishing experience roundtable with Matt and Sean, Cocoon Space
11:00 – 12:00: In-person chat with Paris Lost & Found author Scott Dominic Carpenter.
14:00 – 16:00: “Infraordinary” free-write and open-topic roundtable
18:00 – 19:00: Bateaux Mouche cruise on the Seine.
19:00 – late: Farewell riverside soiree, near Quai Saint-Bernard, on the Seine