A Regional Guide to Writers and Writers' Groups
By Gloria Williams Tran “Make Your Story Matter” was the topic of the two-session workshop that author Ann Bauer presented at the Fayetteville Public Library on January 23 and 30. The participants ranged in age from twenty-somethings to retirees and included both genders. Bauer commented that it was unusual to have such a variety of
READ MOREThe Fayetteville Library’s seventh annual True Lit Festival 2019 got underway on Sunday, October 20 with Melanie Benjamin’s talk, “Shining a Light on the Past.” The Festival will run through Sunday, October 27. In addition to the events held at the library, school visits take workshops and talks to local students in grades 4 to
READ MOREIf you’re a fan of the cozy mystery, it may be that you’ve thought of trying your own hand at writing one. Your chance to shake out your ideas is a two-session OLLI course, Planning the Cozy Mystery, which meets from 10 to noon on Monday, May 13, and Monday, May 20 at the University
READ MOREThe Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, better known as OLLI, has several workshops for writers coming up in April, May, and June. Check out their catalog here.
READ MORE“Bring Family History to Life” Learn to use family journals, letters, anecdotes, photographs, and all those boxes of memorabilia to bring your family history to life. Weave the humor, wisdom, life-long passions, and dreams to keep relevant the interconnecting people of each generation. Include the quirky sayings, jokes, and amazing stories so they don’t fade
READ MOREThe Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arkansas has published the 2019 catalog of courses, available online here. Among the variety of courses on numerous topics are five designed especially for writers: Bring Family History to Life—April 15, 2019 By Hand: Making Your Own Greeting Cards and Envelopes—June 5, 2019 Memoir with a
READ MOREDarcy S. Pattison, author of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature, will present the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation Inc. November virtual workshop tomorrow beginning at 7 p.m. Central Standard Time The topic is Building Strong Characters. Starting with a character’s backstory and emotional arc, participants will learn to build a stronger character by considering the character’s description, dialogue, body language,
READ MOREApril is National Poetry Month and the Fayetteville Public Library is celebrating by welcoming performance artist and acclaimed slam poet Ebony Stewart on Saturday, April 7 at 1 pm. She is the only female three-time Slam Champion and is the 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion. At 2:30 pm, Stewart will teach a poetry workshop called “Get
READ MORERegistration is now open for the April 13 workshop offered by local novelist Velda Brotherton at the Fayetteville Public Library in the Ann Henry Board Room from 2 to 4 p.m. Called “Turning Life Experiences into Exciting Fiction,” the workshop draws from Brotherton’s 20-year career in the four-county Boston Mountain area interviewing residents, taking photographs,
READ MOREThirty-three years ago, in 1985, writers Dusty Richards and Velda Brotherton founded Northwest Arkansas Writers Workshop. The Workshop’s free writers’ conference got started about twelve years ago and will take place this year on March 10. Sadly, Dusty won’t be there in person, but he will be in spirit. Already scheduled before the fatal December
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