Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Books and Blooms - Noon-3 p.m.
Boothbay ME
Price: $7 for MWPA Members, includes en
For the fifth consecutive year, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance is proud to co-sponsor the largest collective book sale and author signing in the state on Saturday, July 11 at the Boothbay Railway Village in Boothbay.
Fifty Maine authors will be available to meet the public and autograph copies of their books. Books will be available for sale at the event, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet your favorite local authors, explore a lush and historic location, and support MWPA's efforts to promote Maine authors and their work.
Admission is a discounted $7 for MWPA members, and the event runs from Noon-3:00 pm. The Boothbay Railway Village is open from 9:30 am until 5 pm.
Authors Attending include:
Charlotte Agell, Phyllis Austin, Edgar Allen Beem, Bob Brooks, Patricia Delois, Bill Dixon, Gail Donovan, Jean Flahive, Carolyn Gage, Gerald ("Jerry") George, Karel Hayes, Hannah Holmes, Dahlov Ipcar, Alex Irvine, Reza Jalali, Jennifer Jacobson, Fred Kaplan, Matthew Kiell, Catherine Latta, Robin MacCready, Amy MacDonald, John Manderino, Patrisha McLean, Sarah Sherman McGrail, Kathleen Mundell, Maria Padian, Dawn Potter, Rebecca Reed, Lewis Robinson, Carey Salerno, Colin Sargent, Betsy Sholl, Jenny Siler, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Caroline Sulzer, James Taliana, Don Toll, Linda Tatelbaum, Sarah L. Thomson, Debra Wainwright, Sandy Seeley Walling Terry Webb, and others!
Admission to the fair is free with admission the The Boothbay Railway Village ($9.00 adults/$5.00 children 3 to 16/under 3 free.); discounted to $7 for MWPA members. Includes train ride on a steam-driven, narrow gauge railroad and all other activities and exhibits. The Boothbay Railway Village is comprised of more than ten acres and 28 historic structures. For a detailed history of the village and its exhibits, please visit www.railwayvillage.com or call call 207-633-4727.
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Glickman Family Library
Writing Novels for Children - 6-9 pm
Portland ME
Price: $300 MWPA Members
This class is intended for those who have a young adult or middle-grade novel in mind or already started. Focus will be on the student’s creative work. We will explore the techniques and strategies of writing and producing books for children at the middlegrade and young adult level and learn to find voices and forms for their writing, and to express their ideas in styles appropriate for children’s interests. The class sessions will consist of writing exercises, critiques, and active discussion of student’s manuscripts. We will also examine the literature and history of the field. Craft elements such as characterization, theme,plot and voice will be addressed.
First three Thursdays in August
(August 6, 13, 20)
3 three-hour sessions, 6-9 PM.
Glickman Family Library, Portland
$300 MWPA members, $325 others
Minimum: 6 students, Maximum: 12
Registration material is available here: Summer Flyer
About the instructor:
Lisa Jahn-Clough is the author of young adult novels and the author/illustrator of picture books. She has taught writing for children at Emerson College and was the interim chair of Illustration at the Maine
College of Art. Currently she teaches in the Writing for Children MFA program at Hamline University. Many of her students have gone on to
have successful careers in the field of writing for children. She lives in Portland.
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
University of Southern Maine Library, Gorham Campus
So Your Life Should Be A Book? - 9am-4pm
Gorham ME
Price: $75
Have all your friends said that your life story should be a book, but you do not know where to start? If so, plan to attend this daylong intensive workshop. Participants will leave the class with a general appreciation for the prose workshop format, to include specific models for giving and receiving feedback. Participants will also gain an understanding of memoir craft and technique, the differences between memoir and other nonfiction, as well as specific publishing advice for nonfiction writing. Much of the writing will be done in class, and all levels are welcome! Bring a pen and a positive attitude!
Saturday, August 29
9 AM - 4 PM
University of Southern Maine Library,Gorham
$75 MWPA members, $85 others
Minimum: 7 students, Maximum: 12
Registration material is available here: Summer Flyer
About the instructor:
Shonna Milliken Humphrey is the Executive Director of Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. She holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing and Literature from Bennington College, and she has taught many writing workshops throughout the state. She provides coaching serives to writers, and her own creative work has appeared in both national anthologies and local publications.
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Fall Writing Retreat
Fall Writing Retreat -
Join us for the Fall Writing Retreat at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts on Deer Isle. Download registration here:
Fall Writing Retreat 2009
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Glickman Family Library
Book Reviewing Workshop - 1:00-4:00 pm
Portland ME
Price: $75 MWPA Members
Book reviewing is a marketable niche for freelance writers, providing fun, steady work, and income to those who know and understand its simple rules. It is also a great place to start for novice writers who want to break into freelance writing. This two-session, six hour workshop will provide the beginning reviewer with the fundamentals for effective review writing, the business of reviewing, the markets, rights and copyright, as well as tips on how to find review work in magazines, newspapers, and the Internet. After the first session students will prepare two book reviews for submission to a publication, and the reviews will be critiqued during the second session.
Saturday, September 26 and
Saturday, October 24
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Glickman Family Library, Portland
$75 MWPA members, $85 others
Minimum: 4 students, Maximum: 8
Registration materials are available here: Summer Flyer
About the Instructor
William Bushnell is a professional book reviewer with more than 1700 book reviews published in 35 magazines and newspapers, including Maine
Times, Civil War News, and the Sun newspapers. He currently writes regular book review columns for the Kennebec Journal, Brunswick Times Record,
Publishers Weekly, and Military Officer Magazine.
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Glickman Family Library
Pen2Page: Fiction Workshop - 10:30 am-5:30 pm
Portland ME
Price: $75 MWPA Members
Are you ready to write? This day long writing intensive is for you! This high energy workshop is a great way to jump start your writing or dive into that elusive what happens next in your work. We will begin by listening and reading published work aloud. Then, we will launch into word games, impromptu tellings, imagining a story place with characters and objects and telling the story with coaching from the instructor. Everyone writes and what’s written in class is read aloud for class feedback. Point of view, present moment storytelling, gesture,
audience, the writing process, and elements of scene will be emphasized.
Saturday, September 26 (Portland)
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Glickman Family Library, Portland
$75 MWPA members, $85 others
Minimum: 7 students, Maximum: 14
Registration materials are available here: Summer Flyer
About the instructor:
Josephina Gasca hails from Chicago where she graduated from Columbia College with an MFA in creative writing. She taught fiction, poetry and
screenwriting workshops at Columbia, the Chicago Academy for the Arts, Mayor Daley’s Gallery 37 Program & the Write Now! Conference at Park University. Her work has appeared in numerous publications.
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Patten Free Library
Pen2Page: Fiction Workshop - 10:30 am-5:30 pm
Bath ME
Price: $75 MWPA Members
Are you ready to write? This day long writing intensive is for you! This high energy workshop is a great way to jump start your writing or dive into that elusive what happens next in your work. We will begin by listening and reading published work aloud. Then, we will launch into word games, impromptu tellings, imagining a story place with characters and objects and telling the story with coaching from the instructor. Everyone writes and what’s written in class is read aloud for class feedback. Point of view, present moment storytelling, gesture,
audience, the writing process, and elements of scene will be emphasized.
Saturday, October 17
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Patten Free Library, Bath
$75 MWPA members, $85 others
Minimum: 7 students, Maximum: 14
Registration materials are available here: Summer Flyer
About the instructor:
Josephina Gasca hails from Chicago where she graduated from Columbia College with an MFA in creative writing. She taught fiction, poetry and
screenwriting workshops at Columbia, the Chicago Academy for the Arts, Mayor Daley’s Gallery 37 Program & the Write Now! Conference at Park University. Her work has appeared in numerous publications.