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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?
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
January 24, 2026 at 8:42 PM
"Watch what they do, not what they say." - @susanpagedc.bsky.social on her subjects #BioLab2026 👀
January 24, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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
January 24, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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
January 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
“You get the fragments of the archive, don’t let the fragments get you.” 🔥 - Dr. Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social #BioLab2026
January 24, 2026 at 6:20 PM
“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 ‼️
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
@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
January 24, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Dr. Ashley D. Farmer’s #BioLab2026 forum, “From Fragments to Story: Biographical Writing Without a Paper Trail,” starts now! 📜 @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM
"Who is allowed to write these biographies of the creatives? It’s you." - @brianjayjones.com #BiographyLab2026 🙌
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
@brianjayjones.com on choosing what to write about: "What was your ‘holy crap’ moment when you were in those archives?" #BiographyLab2026 😮
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
"I find that when it comes to creatives, it is really nearly impossible to separate the life and the work." - Brian Jay Jones, #BiographyLab2026 🎬
January 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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
January 24, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Tune in to #BiographyLab2026 now to hear Brian Jay Jones’s forum on “Writing Creatively about Creatives”! 🎨 @brianjayjones.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:31 PM
“I hoped my four narrators would cast a light on one another." - David Denby on writing a group biography 💡
January 24, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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." 🔥
January 24, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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”! 📝
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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 🎉
January 24, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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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...
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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January 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
So excited to announce the Clio Fellowship for Archival Research! Applications are due March 1st, 2026 📣 More info here: biographersinternational.org/news/new-bio...
October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So excited about this upcoming event in collaboration with NYPL! 📖 Register here: www.showclix.com/event/writin...
October 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Tonight! See you there :)
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...
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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...
October 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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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.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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.
October 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM