Brianna Schofield, Mike Wolfe, and Lila Bailey consider an audience question during their panel on authors’ rights at the AWP conference in Los Angeles.

Authors Alliance has been invited by California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA) to reprise our well-received panel discussion from the recent Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference. “On Your Terms: Managing Your RIghts to Keep Your Work Available” will be presented on Wednesday, April 27 in Berkeley.

The event is open to CLA members and the general public. Registration is required on the CLA event page.  (For those unable to attend, we have posted the slide deck from the presentation.)

Authors of all kinds are routinely asked to sign contracts that carve up their copyrights and determine where, how, and by whom their works can be published. This panel examines some of the ways authors can ensure that these agreements don’t stand between their work and their audience. Join Authors Alliance Executive Director Mike Wolfe and fellow copyright attorneys Lila Bailey and Brianna Schofield to work on demystifying embargoes, licenses, negotiations, rights reversions, and terminations of transfers. Be empowered to shape your own contracts!