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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One week left to submit proposals for the 2027 BIO Conference! 🌎

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our fellowships for 2027 are now open 💙 Find more information on our website!

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

BIO has selected Bill Thomas, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at Doubleday, to receive the 2026 BIO Editorial Excellence Award. Come celebrate Bill on October 6th 6-7:30PM at the CUNY Graduate Center! The event is free, but registration is required: events.humanitix.com/bio-editoria...! 📑

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We are now accepting proposals for the 2027 BIO Conference, with the theme of "Biographical Worlds" 🌍 Deadline is September 30 📝

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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 17/02/2026

Hey, I’m moderating a craft-focused panel called Queering Biography for @biographersintl.bsky.social’s annual conference in May, super excited about it, and registration is open now

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2026 BIO Conference

Biographers International Organization (BIO) and the Leon Levy Center for Biography are pleased to present their 2026 Conference at the CUNY Graduate Center.

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Melanie R. Meadors @lookingupwithmel.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hey, are you interested in writing a #biography but maybe don't know where to start? Or do you want to discover a community full of other biographers? Want to learn craft from a monthly newsletter with articles from some of the best in the business? Then go check out @biographersintl.bsky.social!

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Susan Page @susanpagedc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A pleasure to talk with fellow biographers this afternoon at the #BioLab2026, sponsored by @biographersintl.bsky.social. What's the goal of writing a biography? And how do you get there?

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Susan Page's #1 Biography Tip: "The fundamental goal for me of writing a book is to tell people something they didn’t know, or explain something they didn’t understand." 👌 #BioLab2026 @susanpagedc.bsky.social

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The last forum of the day, “Barbara Bush, Nancy Pelosi & Barbara Walters walk into a bar…: The Badass Women of the Silent Generation” by Susan Page, is starting now! Don’t miss it! #BioLab2026 📝 @susanpagedc.bsky.social

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

“You get the fragments of the archive, don’t let the fragments get you.” 🔥 - Dr. Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social #BioLab2026

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

“An ethical practice of life-writing asks us to attend carefully to what archives can say and what it refuses to say, and how we choose to make the narrative in between.” - @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social for #BioLab2026 ‼️

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

@drashleydfarmer.bsky.social on realism vs. imagination in biography-writing: "It’s balancing the responsibility to our historical subject with the imaginative labor required to make a life fully legible, not just to us, but to our readership." 👏 #BioLab2026

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Dr. Ashley D. Farmer’s #BioLab2026 forum, “From Fragments to Story: Biographical Writing Without a Paper Trail,” starts now! 📜 @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"Who is allowed to write these biographies of the creatives? It’s you." - @brianjayjones.com #BiographyLab2026 🙌

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

@brianjayjones.com on choosing what to write about: "What was your ‘holy crap’ moment when you were in those archives?" #BiographyLab2026 😮

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"I find that when it comes to creatives, it is really nearly impossible to separate the life and the work." - Brian Jay Jones, #BiographyLab2026 🎬

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Brian Jay Jones on writing about the creative process: "Watching a project proceed from early draft onto final execution is really amazing, and it’s one of those things I think readers really like to be taken along on." 📖 #BiographyLab2026

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Tune in to #BiographyLab2026 now to hear Brian Jay Jones’s forum on “Writing Creatively about Creatives”! 🎨 @brianjayjones.com

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

“I hoped my four narrators would cast a light on one another." - David Denby on writing a group biography 💡

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

David Denby's biography advice: "Think of the reader’s needs as well as your own needs. Which means you must think of yourself as a writer first, before thinking of yourself as a biographer." 🔥

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Happening now! Tune in to hear David Denby, author of ‘Eminent Jews,’ deliver the #BiographyLab2026 keynote address: “Four Books in One: On Crafting an Unusual Group Biography”! 📝

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The fourth annual Biography Lab is finally here! The day will kick off with David Denby’s keynote, “Four Books in One: On Crafting an Unusual Group Biography,” at 9:30 a.m. EST. See you there! #BiographyLab2026 🎉

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Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Online event 💻 January 24 at 12:45pm EST: Join me and others for BIOGRAPHY LAB 2026, an annual forum put on by @biographersintl.bsky.social about the craft and controversy of biography. My session will be moderated by the great Tamara Payne. Get your tickets: events.humanitix.com/biography-la...

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Biography Lab 2026

BIO hosts Biography Lab 2026, its online forum on craft, with a keynote by David Denby and workshops led by Brian Jay Jones, Ashley D. Farmer, and Susan Page.

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

So excited to announce the Clio Fellowship for Archival Research! Applications are due March 1st, 2026 📣 More info here: biographersinternational.org/news/new-bio...

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

So excited about this upcoming event in collaboration with NYPL! 📖 Register here: www.showclix.com/event/writin...

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

New event! Join us 10/7 at NY Society Library to celebrate Kate Medina's Editorial Excellence Award! Sign up here: events.humanitix.com/bio-editoria...

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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Kate Medina wins BIO’s Editorial Excellence Award! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @biographersintl.bsky.social #booksky

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Winning Writers @winningwriters.com · 03/10/2025

Deadline Mar 1: The Hazel Rowley Prize will award $5,000 and agent review to a first-time biographer. Submit proposal, writing sample, and resume. Fee: $25. biographersinternational.org/award/… via @biographersintl.bsky.social

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Friday Podcast: BIO Member Alison Owings (NYT Notable Book author) discusses her new biography with Jenny Skoog. A story of transformation from homelessness to advocacy. This interview explores writing about resilience and social justice. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Winner Announced — Inaugural Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship Valerie Waterhouse has been named the recipient of the inaugural $25,000 Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship for her research on Malachi Whitaker (1895–1976), a British working-class writer known for her short stories and memoir.

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

ARCHIVIST INTERVIEW — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center The “Hidden Archive” series continues in The Biographer’s Craft and recently Elizabeth Schott interviewed Sheridan Sayles, the archivist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City. #lifewriting

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Podcast #223 – A’Lelia Bundles JOY GODDESS: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance is the latest book by this award-winning journalist and author. Published by Scribner this June, it is the first major biography of Bundles’ great-grandmother. #biography #biographer #lifewriting #writinglife

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

FROM THE JUNE INSIDER - Is biography the “impossible genre?” Critic Parul Sehgal of NYT Magazine thinks it is and writes about biographies in glowing, reverent terms. Let us know your thoughts in the comments after finding the full article in your inbox inside the June issue of the BIO Insider!

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Podcast #222 – Marc Leepson This journalist, historian, and Vietnam War veteran is the author of eleven books. His most recent book, THE UNLIKELY WAR HERO: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton, was published by Stackpole Press in December 2024. #biographer

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

In the May edition of The Biographer’s Craft, Michael Vinson continues his in-depth discussion of the merits and pitfalls of academic vs popular biography, elaborating on how to build a “new philosophical basis for writing bestsellers." #biography #lifewriting

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Podcast #221 – Charlotte Jacobs 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey, published by Potomac Books this month, is this author’s biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow—a passionate Japanese individual whose lifelong endeavors helped safeguard mankind. #biography #lifewriting

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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

In honor of Cynthia Carr's CANDY DARLING being named a co-winner of BIO's Plutarch Award for the Best Biography of 2024, here's a look back at our review! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/c... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @biographersintl.bsky.social @roserankin.bsky.social #Booksky

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

On June 5-7, in Washington, D.C., BIO hosted its 15th annual BIO Conference, co-sponsored with the Leon Levy Center for Biography. With writers participating in a wide and compelling slate of events, the conference brought the art and practice of biography to life. #bioconference2025 #lifewriting

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Countess of Monte Fisto @slstalter.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Wonderful panel on unreliable narrative sources for biographies at @biographersintl.bsky.social conference. People lie about their age on marriage certificates (age of consent, pregnancies), fabricate racial background (passing, hiding history of internment), tell stories (overstatement, pillow talk

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Amanda Demmer @amandademmer.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Had a terrific two days at my first ever @biographersintl.bsky.social conference. So many wonderful people, so many incredible projects!

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Eric K. Washington @ekwashington.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

@peterbakernyt.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social in conversation with Susan Page at James Atlas Plenary of 2025 @biographersintl.bsky.social (BIO) conference in Washington DC.

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Eric K. Washington @ekwashington.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

It was wonderful to interview @prithik.bsky.social about her book, “Brooklynites.” To check out our conversation on @biographersintl.bsky.social Podcast #220, go to: biographersinternational.org/news/podcast...

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Podcast #220 – Prathibha Kanakamedala BROOKLYNITES: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough is this author’s first full-length book. It was published by New York University Press in September 2024. #biography #lifewriting #Brooklynites #BIOPodcast

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

BIO Announces Two Winners for 2025 Plutarch Award for Best Biography of 2024 -- The winners are CANDY DARLING: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and SCAPEGOAT: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Harper). #PlutarchAward2025

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

CONFERENCE PREVIEW — Liz Schott Reflects on Her First BIO Conference With the 2025 annual BIO Conference only a day away, Liz Schott reflects on her first experience in 2024, providing newcomers with plenty of material about what to expect. Read the full story in your inbox! #BIOConference2025

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Podcast #219 – Alex Beam In Alex Beam's WALLACE STEGNER: Dean of Western Writers, published by Signature Books in February 2025, this longtime Boston Globe columnist and author takes readers on a brisk and riveting journey through Stegner’s life and complicated legacy. #biographer #lifewriting

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The 2025 Annual BIO Conference Is One Week Away — Registration Still Open! The clock is ticking for registration to the 2025 BIO Conference! Join more than 125 biographers at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6. #BIOConference2025 #biography

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Biographers International Organization @biographersintl.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Podcast #218 – Adam Plunkett LOVE AND NEED: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry is literary critic Adam Plunkett’s first biography. His exploration of the life *& creativity of one of USA's favorite 20th-century poets was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in February 2025. #biography

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