Each summer, some of the world’s best writers and thinkers—including fiction and nonfiction writers, journalists, playwrights, poets, historians, and filmmakers—descend upon the small town of Sun Valley, Idaho, for a week-long literary celebration. During the event, SVWC hosts mind-expanding talks and performances, intimate dinners, book signings, lawn talks, and dazzling exhibitions—as well as free community events in partnership with local bookstores, libraries, and schools. Sun Valley Resort, the venue for SVWC, is nestled almost 6,000 feet high, in a stunning snow-capped valley of the Rocky Mountains.

Past presenters have included Pulitzer Prize winners such as Anthony Doerr, Colson Whitehead, and Frank McCourt; National Book Award winners such as Imani Perry and Congressman John Lewis; U.S. Poet Laureates such as Rita Dove and Billy Collins; and winners of the elite Booker Prize such as Margaret Atwood.