Registration now open! Walking on Water: The Madeleine L’Engle Conference
I’m delighted to introduce myself as co-director of the first ever Madeleine L’Engle Conference “Walking on Water” this Nov 15-16, 2019. As host of The Madeleine Podcast & author of A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle, I’m pretty sure this is the event I’ve longed for all my life. And from the conference buzz so far, it’s clear I’m not alone!
Host venue and co-sponsor All Angels’ Church, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was Madeleine’s local congregation in the neighborhood she called home. They can’t wait to welcome you for both the pre-conference retreat on Friday Nov 15 & the daylong conference on Sat Nov 16.
Our headline speaker for the daylong conference is acclaimed children’s author Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins), with award-winning singer-songwriter Audrey Assad as Musician-in-Residence. Yes, you read all that correctly (eep!).
Other featured presenters include Newbery-Honor winner Veera Hiranandani (The Night Diary), Sayantani DasGupta (Serpent’s Secret, Game of Stars), film producer Catherine Hand (A Wrinkle in Time), and screenwriter/producer David Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins), L’Engle biographer Abigail Santamaria (Joy: Poet, Seeker, & the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis), and many more.
They’re joined by an exciting roster of artists, writers, novelists, musicians, biographers, filmmakers, playwrights, several of Madeleine’s former writing students, and a fun team of authors from We Need Diverse Books. Yep, it’s a party! We’ll be rolling out more info about all these talented people, as well as our partner organizations, in the upcoming weeks and months, so stay tuned.
Registration is now open with our co-sponsor Writing For Your Life — and spots are limited, so be sure to secure yours soon.
As Madeleine herself would’ve said, “How marvelous!”
Sarah Arthur
Co-Director, The Madeleine L'Engle Conference
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Charlotte Jones Voiklis is Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter and executor of her estate. She is a lead producer of the musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time. She is also the co-author with Jennifer Adams of A Book, Too, Can Be a Star (October 2022), a picture book biography illustrated by Adelina Lirius; and, with her sister, Léna Roy, of Becoming Madeleine (2018), a biography for middle grade readers.
She wrote the afterword to the 50th Anniversary edition of A Wrinkle in Time, and the introduction to The Moment of Tenderness (2020), a collection of short stories. Charlotte has also written and spoken extensively about her grandmother’s work to a variety of audiences.
With a PhD in Comparative Literature, Charlotte’s professional experience spans teaching, fundraising, communications, and grant making. She has also volunteered as a mediator in the New York City court system, and coached police officers on mediation skills. Charlotte lives in New York and Connecticut with her husband and has two grown children.