Event

How to turn your big idea into a book!

A conversation on writer / editor collaboration.

November 14, 2024

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
7th Floor Commons
20 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003

Acclaimed science writer Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. His work has also appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper’s, and elsewhere. Becoming Earth is his first book.

Hilary Redmon is vice president and editorial director of nonfiction at Random House. Her many authors also include Tara Westover (Educated), Ed Yong (An Immense World), and Merlin Sheldrake (Entangled Life). 

The conversation will be moderated by Anna Rothschild, visiting scholar at NYU Journalism.

Please pre-register for in-person attendance: https://journalism.nyu.edu/bigbookidea

Food and drink at 6:00; discussion starts at 6:30. This event will also be livestreamed and archived on this page.

Big book idea poster. Information on page

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