The WriterHouse Yard Sale has been cancelled, but check out these other events coming up in the next few days:

WRITERHOUSE PUBLIC EVENTS

»NEW—Just added to the calendar—Getting Published: How to Stand Out from the Crowd—Wednesday, June 24, 7pm -Susan Gregg Gilmore, author of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen, returns to WriterHouse to discuss the importance of a planned approach to pitching your work and suggestions to help you get noticed. Her book, new in paperback, will be available for sale and signing.

»Summer Session Open House and Instructor reading, Sunday, June 28, 7 pm—Instructors for the summer session will read from their work. Afterward, prospective students will have a chance to ask questions, tour the house, and meet instructors and other writers.

WRITERHOUSE PUBLIC EVENTS

»TOMORROW NIGHT: Unveiling Iranian Women Writers in America with UVA Professor Farzaneh Milani, Friday June 5, 7:00 pm. UVA Professor Farzaneh Milani discusses the recent flowering of Iranian women’s memoirs in English in the context of modern Iranian literature and society, and the rich complexity of Iranian women’s experience.Farzaneh Milani is the author of “Veils and Words: The Emerging Voice of Iranian Women Writers.” She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, Ms. Magazine, USA Today, and N.P.R.’s “All Things Considered.”

»An Evening of Student Readings, Monday, June 15, 7:30 pm. WriterHouse Spring Session students from all classes will present brief samples of their work. So far, readers include Gary Johnson, Polly Lazaron, Heather Michon, Laurel Moore, Mary Patricia Moynihan, and Jean Sampson.

»Getting Published in the Children’s and YA Markets: A Cinderella Story, An Overview, and Specific Suggestions, with WriterHouse member Fran Cannon Slayton, author of the forthcoming YA novel, When the Whistle Blows. Tuesday, June 16th, 7:30pm, WriterHouse. Free and open to the public. Copies of Fran’s book will be available for purchase and signing.

WriterHouse Presents a Poetry and Story Double-Header, Friday, May 1, 8pm at WriterHouse

Join award-winning Washington DC poet Brandel France de Bravo and local poet, singer and monodramatist Browning Porter for a double-header of poetry and story. Brandel France de Bravo’s poetry has appeared in Fugue, The Kenyon Review, Black Warrior Review, and The American Voice, and she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry. Browning Porter is a WriterHouse member known for writing and performing monologues in many local venues. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

The Saturday Fiction workshop starts Saturday, May 2nd. There are still spaces, so sign up now. Kristen-Paige Madonia, instructor for this popular workshop, will just be back from a month of working on her novel at a writer’s colony. Details and registration.

If you’ve been thinking of becoming a WriterHouse member, NOW is the time to do it. Our members-only anniversary party (featuring member readings) is coming up in two weeks. Join before May 10 and guarantee yourself an invitation to the festivities.