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Mixing Journalism with Memoir: A Literary Salon with Fran Hawthorne

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Sunday, September 19, 7pm, Fran Hawthorne, award-winning author of The Overloaded Liberal: Shopping, Investing, Parenting and Other Daily Dilemmas in an Age of Political Activism (Beacon Press, 2010), will talk about making the political personal. How do you mix research and expert opinion with your own perceptions? How do you tackle a serious topic (like saving the earth) and make it intimate enough to be an enjoyable read? What happens when you insert yourself as a character in a nonfiction book?

Hawthorne is a freelance reporter for the New York Times, Newsday, and The Scientist, with 20 years of journalism experience and four books to her credit.

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Coming to WriterHouse in November — and beyond!

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WriterHouse Public Events

»Nanowrimo Kickoff, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2-5pm—Hosted by the Charlottesville official Municipal Liasons, Rachel and Sophia. Get to know the other area Wrimos, get stoked, and then get writing! We’ll probably meet and greet for an hour or so and then settle in for some serious writing. If you have leftover Halloween candy, bring it along and swap candies you hate for candies you love. We’ll also have soda and a bag or two of chips — if you feel like contributing, please do! Drop Sophia a note so she can keep track. If you haven’t already signed up, make it official!

»Literary Journals from Both Sides of the Transom, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2:30-4:30pm—Editors and writers enjoy a symbiotic relationship. How do they find each other? What can writers do to facilitate a “good match”? Linda Fritz, editor of The Delmarva Review, Thom Didato, Publisher and Founding Editor of Failbetter.com and Barbara Esstman, an accomplished writer/teacher and a contributor to The Delmarva Review in 2008, will compare and contrast their experiences in literary publishing, share their insights, and answer questions about how to get your work published. More info…

»Save the date:

  • 01-05-2010, 7:00 Launch Party for member Laura Bynum’s book Veracity

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Half-Day Seminars (Registration Required)

If you’ve wanted to take a class, but can’t commit to an eight-week schedule, our Saturday Seminar Series is for you.

Jennifer Burns and Stephen Elliott in the news

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Looking for a sneak preview of next week’s author events with Jennifer Burns and Stephen Elliott? Jennifer Burns will be talking about her book Goddess of the Market on America’s favorite faux-news show, The Daily Show with John Stewart, this Thursday, October 15. If you can’t catch the show on Comedy Central, the episode will be posted Friday at the web site. Goddess also received an incisive review in The New Republic.

As for Elliott’s The Adderall Diaries, it’s popping up all over the place. He was most recently interviewed on Gawker by none other than James Frey — very meta, as we say in the writing business (scroll down to the comments). The Rumpus is keeping a running list of Stephen’s appearances and reviews.

Both books are now available for purchase at WriterHouse and will also be available for signing at the events. We’ve had some awesome author events — if you haven’t already, go to our web site and sign up for email announcements so you don’t miss a thing.

Coming soon to WriterHouse: Readings, classes, Josh Weil

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Coming soon to WriterHouse:

»Sign up for fall classes and seminars now for an early registration discount. Full details…

»An Evening of Student Readings, Monday, Aug. 31, 7-9pm. WriterHouse Summer Session students from all classes will present brief samples of their work.

»Fall Open House and Instructor Reading, Sunday, Sept. 13, 7-9pm. Meet the instructors for the fall session, meet other writers, and listen to readings by the fall instructors.

»The Renegade Form: The Case for the Novella in Contemporary Fiction with Josh Weil, Thursday, Sept. 24, 7-9pm. This award-winning young author’s debut collection of novellas entitled The New Valley is set in the hill country between West Virginia and Virginia and “written in strong, masterful language laced with tenderness.” It received a rave review in The New York Times Sunday Book Review. We have copies of the book for sale–get yours now during open hours.

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WriterHouse announcements: public and community events

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WriterHouse Public Events

»The Online Writer: a Two-Part Workshop on Web site Design, Blogging, and Web-based Work for Writers—Our most requested seminar has just been scheduled, this time in a two-part format. This is a soup-to-nuts picture of what it means to be a writer in the digital world, led by copywriter and communications consultant Kristen King. The first part is an introduction and the second part is a hands-on follow up. Part 1: Saturday, August 15, 9am – 4:30 pm, Part 2: Saturday September 12, 9am-4:30pm. More info…

Community Events

»WordSmith’s 6th Poetry Jam, Wednesday, August 26, 7-10pm, IS Venue, 709 W. Main St.—Expect a wide variety of artistic voices including poets, spoken word performers, open mic enthusiasts, musicians and singers. Proclaim your right to be heard through performance. $5 admission, IS and Si Tapas menu available for purchase. Open mic sign up starts at 7pm.

Latest announcements from WriterHouse

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1. The Online Writer (part 1 and 2) is a follow-up to Kristen King’s popular offering from January. The new format offers much more time for content and more hands-on and individual attention. Sign up for just part one or both parts one and two. In Part 1 of the two-part Online Writer series, copywriter and communications consultant Kristen King will give seminar attendees a soup-to-nuts picture of what it means to be a writer in the digital world. In Part 2, Kristen will work with seminar attendees to create and or revamp their blogs and social media presence. Complete description of both classes and online registration here.

2. We still need volunteers to work at “Fridays After Five” at the downtown Pavilion on Friday, July 31. We need people to dispense beverages. WriterHouse earns a donation from the Pavilion for your participation. Anyone over the age of 18 welcome. Sign up on our website.

3. The fall class schedule will be available mid-August. In addition to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, we’re planning a class on mystery writing and a general class on creative writing for those who are just getting their feet wet. There will also be a number of one-day seminars on elements of fiction writing, food writing, and more. Watch these emails and our website for details and registration information.

WriterHouse events coming up June 24 and 28

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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 Events June 27-28

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»WriterHouse Yard Sale, Saturday, June 27, 7am-2pm, WH parking lot—Please bring your donation items to WriterHouse between June 7 and June 25, during open hours. We’re also looking for volunteers for Friday the 26th and Saturday the 27th to help with pricing, set up, sales and tear down. To volunteer, please contact Catherine at catcoicrit@earthlink.net.

»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 Events: June 5-16

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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.