Community Listings
“Writing the Songs of the West”
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
The Cabin – 801 S. Capitol, Boise
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., $50
Includes writing workshop, time for readings from participants, lunch, materials, and foot-stomping musical performances.
Ernie Sites combines traditional and original western singing, songwriting, storytelling and cowboy poetry with his own brand of country humor to enlighten, educate and motivate audiences of all ages. Ernie is a hit at corporate functions, guest ranches, schools, Cowboy Poet gatherings, and festivals throughout the country. Don’t miss this opportunity to lasso your inner cowboy (or cowgirl) poet! Ernie’s books and CDs will be available for purchase. Registration forms available on www.MillParkPublishing.com.
January is Idaho Reader's and Writer's Month at Ada Community Library
Tuesday, January 24, 6:00pm: Pixie Chicks Writer's Share stories, writing & cookies with two "Eclectic Collage" volumes in print. All available in the library catalog.
Free to the public at 10664 W. Victory Rd. (Corner of Five Mile & Victory Rd.) Call 362-0181 for details or check www.adalib.org.
Tenacious Writer Studio Series
Amanda Turner, a current Artist-in-Residence at the 8th Street Marketplace, is a writer and the host and producer of “The Writers’ Block” on KRBX 89.9FM. She’s co-hosting a series of workshops with guest authors Dave Lakhani, Elaine Ambrose, Gretchen Anderson, Greg Likins, Alan Heathcock and J. Reuben Appelman. All workshops are free, open to the public and will take place from 7-8pm at the Cole-Marr Coffeehouse in BoDo. For more information, email Amanda at amanda.writer@yahoo.com.
February 2, 2012 - CROSS-MEDIA: Promoting your career with radio, television and the internet
Guest Author: Alan Heathcock
Exploring other forms of media is essential for the success of the writer in today’s publishing industry. Use multi-media to gain more readers for your published work and to create a platform that will lead to more published work. This workshop includes identifying other sources of media and how to approach them for the greatest chances of success.
March 8, 2012 - PITCH PERFECT: Selling your book and what agents won’t tell you
Guest Author: J. Reuben Appelman
Writing your book is half the battle. This workshop walks through crafting and delivering a pitch both in person and in print. From elevator pitches to query letters, learn the secrets behind the perfect pitch and the pitfalls that result in unanswered queries.
Read Me Treasure Valley
Join the Treasure Valley community as we all read the same book during the month of February. This year we're getting hooked on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain. Dozens of exciting events, interactive projects and programs begin February 1, 2012. See the website, www.readmetv.com, for more details and a full calendar of events.
Literature for Lunch: Spring 2012
Book discussions are held at the Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., from 12:10 to 1:00 PM, and are free and open to the public. No reservations required. For more information, contact Boise State English Professors Cheryl Hindrichs, cherylhindrichs@boisestate.edu, or Carol Martin, cmartin@boisestate.edu.
Friday, January 27. Arto Paasilinna, The Year of the Hare. A Finnish journalist hits a young hare with his car while out on assignment, a life-altering moment that leads him on a cross-country journey of adventures…with the hare.
Friday, February 24. Brady Udall, The Lonely Polygamist. With great humor and sympathy, Udall’s novel charts the “mother of all mid-life crises” of Golden Richard, husband of four wives and father to twenty-eight children.
Friday, March 23. Peter Carey, Bliss. A darkly comic narrative of Harry Joy, an Australian ad man who suffers a heart attack and wakes to realize that he lives in Hell, a realm he decides to explore.
Friday, April 27. Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending. In comfortable middle age, Tony Webster has thought little of the past. However, confronted by his closest childhood friends, one returning from the grave, he begins to reassess.
THE WRITER'S BLOCK
Listen to "The Writers' Block" LIVE on Thursdays at noon at 89.9fm or online at www.RadioBoise.org. Past author interviews are available for download at www.RadioWritersBlock.com. For more information, email Amanda Turner at amanda.writer@yahoo.com.
January 26th - Julie Strand Julie Strand is in the MFA in Creative Writing program at Boise State University and is the Education Coordinator at The Cabin, a literary center in Boise. Julie is the author of the chapbook The Mae West Defense, (Dancing Girl Press, 2009). Her poetry has appeared in Caffeine Destiny, FOURSQUARE, Boo: A Journal of Terrific Things, Weave Magazine, Delirious Hem's 2010 Advent Calendar, O Sweet Flowery Roses, and others.
Writing Vivid Prose: Craft Work for Fiction and Nonfiction Storytellers
Friday Feb. 10, 6:30-8:30pm & Saturday Feb. 11, 10:00am-1:00pm Alpine Village Complex, McCall, Idaho -- 600 N. 3rd St., Club House Condo 301. Cost is $50 per person.
Writers -- don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your craft under the guidance of Jeffrey Jones from the University of Idaho. How do you best engage a reader's interest in your story? In this class, students will discuss and practice techniques that enhance prose writing. Whether you work with fiction or nonfiction, of central concern is giving the reader fresh experiences -- to reveal something new. To that end, students will work on avoiding clichés and sentimentality and achieving, in their place, fresh images and authentic sentiment. Students are invited to bring some of their own writing (five pages or less, double-spaced) to class on Friday evening. Writers of fiction and nonfiction are welcome (we would even make room for a poet or two) to come find inspiration for your writing practice in this informal, hands-on workshop!
Registration Required -- contact the McCall Arts and Humanities Council at 634-7136 or mccallartshumanities@gmail.com. Directions to site will be provided.
Boise Novel Orchard
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 6:30pm
Critique Night @ Rediscovered Bookshop
Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Come out and share yours! Bring your current project (check out the guidelines here) and a red pen!
Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators News
Do you write for children or young adults? Are you interested in a critique group or critique partner? Sarah Tregay is the Utah/Southern Idaho Society for Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators new critique group coordinator. If you are interested, please e-mail Sarah at sarahtregay@yahoo.com and introduce yourself and your writing.
