New workshops and events of interest to writers are being added to our calendar as they are booked. Please bookmark this page and check back often for up-to-date listings.SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 9am-3pm | OFFSITE YOUNG ADULT WRITING CONFERENCE | Eleven authors of young adult fiction, including several
New York Times bestsellers, share strategies, tips, and tricks for writing engaging work for tween and teen readers. You can choose three of four informative sessions to fill your three-session schedule, including "Unforgettable Characters," "Heroes and Villains," "Realistic Dialogue," and "Edgy Fiction." Please select your three sessions before calling to register by viewing
class descriptions here » 4-6pm | OFFSITE TWEEN & TEEN EVENT | YALLAPALOOZA 2012 | Changing Hands Bookstore presents
YAllapalooza 2012, a literary extravaganza for tween and teen readers featuring workshops, lunch and a chance to mix and mingle with your favorite YA Authors! Please note: This is an offsite event at the Burton Barr Central Phoenix Library.
More » COMING IN FEBRUARY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13
7pm | POETRY ROUNDTABLE | Workshop one of your original poems once a month with a group of peers. More info:
jedesign2004@yahoo.com.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 7pm | FRIDAY POETRY | Poet Jack Evans, longtime Valley resident and co-director of the Caffeine Corridor Poetry Series in downtown Phoenix, reads from
The Ghost of Sunlight Held in Chains. Open reading follows.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
6pm | WRITERS ROUNDTABLE | Share, discuss and critique two to four pages of writing once a month with a group of peers.
RSVP (required) and more info: shariannegaylee@juno.com.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
9am-7pm | OFFSITE | INDIE AUTHOR PUBLISHING CONFERENCE AND PITCHAPALOOZA! | The publishing world is changing. Whether you choose self-publishing or the traditional route, the
Indie Author Publishing Conference will help you get started, get inspired, and learn what you need to know to publish successfully. Please note: This is an offsite conference at South Mountain Community Library, 7050 S 24th St, Phoenix, AZ 85042.
Cost: $100 early registration (until 1/31). Registration Feb 1-25: $115.
Register and pre-pay at 480.730.0205. More »COMING IN MARCH THURSDAY, MARCH 1 6:30-8:30pm | WRITING WORKSHOP | MARY SOJOURNER | SPRING JUMPSTART: A WRITING CIRCLE | NPR commentator and novelist Mary Sojourner hosts a writing workshop called Jump Start Circle “for those,” she says, “who have always wanted to write and haven't; for blocked writers; and for writers who want to move to the next level of their work.” The Jump Start Circle is not a lecture format—participants write most of the session. Each Jump Start circle is different from any other Jump Start.
Cost: $25. Registration and pre-payment at 480.730.0205.
FRIDAY, MARCH 2 7pm | FIRST FRIDAY POETRY | Featuring poet Lynda Mae. Evening includes train poem with Michael McBeath on harmonica. Open reading follows.
MONDAY, MARCH 12
7pm | POETRY ROUNDTABLE | Workshop one of your original poems once a month with a group of peers. More info:
jedesign2004@yahoo.com.
THURSDAY, MARCH 22
6pm | WRITERS ROUNDTABLE | Share, discuss and critique two to four pages of writing once a month with a group of peers.
RSVP (required) and more info: shariannegaylee@juno.com.
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