Speaking Engagements
From theatres like the Paramount in Boston to cruise ships like Crystal's, Diane's presentations about film, screenwriting and art history continue to entertain and enlighten a wide variety of audiences.
Her talks have taken her half way round the world... from the U.S. to Europe to Asia to the Middle East to the South Pacific to Australia and South America. Diane particularly loves meeting people and sharing thoughts, exchanging ideas.
Here's a list of current and past speaking engagements on Sea Dream yachts and on ships operated by Crystal, Regent Seven Seas, Cunard, Windstar, and Azamara.
2025-2026
Jan. 7-23—Miami/Panama Canal/Caribbean/Colombia/Peru on Azamara
Feb. 3-19—New Zealand/Australia on Azamara
Feb. 19-Mar. 4—Australia/Bali/Singapore on Azamara
Mar. 9-23—Singapore/Vietnam/Hong Kong/Japan on Azamara
Nov. 2 - 15—Malaga, Spain to San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sea Dream I
Dec. 30, 2025-Jan. 7, 2026—Costa Rica/Mexico/Los Angeles on Crystal
2024
Feb. 3-21—San Diego/Hawaii/Bora Bora/Moorea/Tahiti on Crystal
April 13-25—Athens/Turkey/the Greek Islands on Crystal
Aug. 12-24—Denmark/Norway/Edinburgh on Windstar
Oct. 14-28—Spain/France/Malta/Italy on Crystal
Nov. 3-17—Barcelona/Malaga/Bermuda/Miami on Regent Seven Seas
Dec. 14-21—Southampton/NYC on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2
2023
May 14-25—France/Amsterdam on Windstar
Nov. 26-Dec. 9—Lisbon/Madeira/St. Martin on Sea Dream II
Her previous speaking engagements have included:
33rd Annual American Studies Conference, Istanbul, Turkey[by invitation of the American Embassy] Opening Keynote Speaker: Adapting America, America Adapted
Aloha Writer's Conference, Maui, Hawaii
Keynote Speaker on Screenwriting
American Library in Paris, Evenings with an Author series, Paris, France
The Art of Screenwriting
AWP Conference, Boston, MA
The Place of Screenwriting in the Literary World
BFI [British Film Institute] Literature on Screen Conference, London, UK
Adapting the Unadaptable: The Screenwriter's Process
Boston Aetheaneum Civic Discourse Series, Boston, MA
The Candidate and Political Consulting in Today's World
California Arts Festival, Fresno, CA
Featured Presenter on Screenwriting
Cape Cod Writers Conference, Nantucket Sound
Writer-in-Residence - Screenwriting
Emerson Public Talk, Los Angeles Campus
Writing a Killer First 10 Pages
European Jamesian Society Conference, Paris, France
Speech on American Naïvité versus European Sophistication in Daisy Miller
General Motors/Women in Film, Boston, MA
Endowed Speaker on Screenwriting Today
Griffon International Film Festival, St. Joseph, MO
Keynote Speaker on Screenwriting
Hawaii Writers' Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
Featured Speaker on Adapting Unfilmable Books/Unfilmable Lives
Hawaii Writers' Retreat, Honolulu, Hawaii
Featured Speaker, Five Things You Should Know About Hollywood
Maui Writers' Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
Featured Speaker on True Stories: Adapting a Life to the Screen
Featured Speaker on Getting to the Heart of Your Characters
National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian Latino Center, Boston, MA
FRIDA and the Mexican Revolution
PCA/ACA Conference, Boston, MA
The Icon in Film Adaptation
PCA/ACA Conference, San Francisco, CA
Adaptation Theory in Practice - a roundtable devoted to Diane's work
PCA/ACA Conference, Washington, D.C.
Violet Strange: Bringing Anna Katharine Green's Heroine to a UK Radio Audience
SAMLA Conference, Raleigh, NC
American Naïvité vs. European Sophistication in Daisy Miller: From Novella to Play to Film
Stonecoast Writer's Residency, University of Maine
Featured Presenter - Screenwriting
Tmol-Shilshom, Jerusalem, Israel
Screenwriting in the Modern World
We Care Charity Event, Chatham, MA
Panel Chair, Speaker on Adapting Women's Stories to the Screen
Writers on Writing, Bay Path College, Sturbridge, MA
Screenwriting for Today
University of California, , Fullerton, CA
Guest Speaker on Creating Idiosyncratic Dialogue
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Frida - From Canvas to Screen
University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales UK
Keynote Speaker, Screenwriting in America: Major Themes in US Drama and Culture
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Guest Speaker on The Business of Screenwriting