Martha Conway

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News & Appearances

RECENT & UPCOMING APPEARANCES

 I’ve met with over 50 book clubs in the U.S. and internationally, both in person and via Zoom or FaceTime. To enquire about a book club event, please email me at mmconway@gmail.com. 

Thursday, March 27, 2025. Panel: “Finding Today in the Past: Writing Relevant Historical Fiction,” AWP Conference. Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 402AB, 10:30am.

Thursday, January 23, 2025. Guest lecturer: “The Powerful Beginning.” Stanford Continuing Studies.

Tuesday, December 3, 2024. “The Hook: How to Write Powerful Story Openings,” Master Class instructor, The History Quill.

Wednesday, August 7, 2024. Toledo Public Library Local History Book Club, Guest Speaker.

Television

Author interview, “Lit with Lloyd” television and podcast interview.
   YouTube: http://lloyd.show/martha-conway
   Podcast: http://lloyd.show/martha-conway-pod
Author interview, Why the Story of The Underground River is Relevant Today on “Bay Sunday,” CBS KPIX.
Author interview,  Author Martha Conway on her book “The Underground River” on “Bay Area Focus,” CBS SF Bay Area.

 

IN THE NEWS

• The Physician’s Daughter is Fine Historical Drama, USA Today, October 9, 2022.
• One Author’s Journey, Television interview on “Lit with Lloyd,” Los Gatos, California.
• Why the Story of The Underground River is Relevant Today
Television interview on “Bay Sunday,” CBS KPIX.
• Author Martha Conway on her book “The Underground River”
Television interview on “Bay Area Focus,” CBS SF Bay Area.
• “10 New Books We Recommend This Week,” New York Times, Sunday, July 20, 2017.
• “Bay Area author Martha Conway goes home (again) for Underground River,” San Jose Mercury News, Thursday, July 17.
• “New Novels Depict Valiant Women of Old America,” New York Times Book Review, Sunday, July 14, 2017.
• “The Underground Railroad Inspires a Wave of Books, Plays, TV, and More,” Los Angeles Times, Sunday, March 19, 2017.

 

 

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