Workshops, Readings, Gatherings
The Cabin hosts the Drop-In Writing Workshop, specialty workshops, author readings, and other activities and events. Most events are held at our historic log home on Capitol Boulevard.
the cabin's monthly Drop-In workshop
The Cabin is pleased to announce a new Drop-In Workshop available free to writers in the community who want to hone their skills, overcome writer’s block, discover new ideas for character development, and realize new approaches to the creative process.
Writers will work with Adrian Kien, who holds an MFA in creative writing from Boise State University and teaches poetry and composition at BSU. Mr. Kien also is a Writer-in-Residence with The Cabin’s popular Writers in the Schools (WITS) program, and teaches at Les Bois Junior High and Rose Hill Montessori. His writing can be found at Hoboeye Online Arts Journal, Action Yes, 1913 Journal, Cycling’s Greatest Misadventures, and he has an eBook published with BlazeVOX.
“Imaginations, like grizzly bears, have a tendency to atrophy and grow cranky if left in their snowy caves too long,” says Mr. Kien. “The workshop offers your creativity some salmon and a gentle prod with a Bic pen. There is life inside us when we write.”
Classes have been held the first Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at The Cabin. Starting in February 2012, they will be held on the first Monday of every month, same time and place. Reservations are not required. Call 208-331-8000 or visit VirtualCabinIdaho.com for more information and lesson plans.
new publication opportunity for idaho writers
The Cabin is now accepting submissions for the first edition of Writers in the Attic, a new digital anthology that will showcase work from local authors. We're accepting fiction or nonfiction stories, 1,ooo words or less, on the subject of a room. Entries will be accepted through January 31, 2012.
No entry fee is required. Manuscripts must be free of personal information to allow for blind judging. Entries will be carefully read and considered by a team of professional writers and editors. A submission from along with the full list of guidlines is available by clicking on WITA Guidlines and WITA Submission Form.
Nancy Pearl Reads
Book Groups are an incredible way to share ideas, meet interesting people, and read books that you might have otherwise missed. Rediscovered Books, The Cabin, and Nancy Pearl have joined together to create an open book club for passionate readers. Nancy Pearl, the inventor of “If Everyone Read the Same Book,” NPR book reviewer and author of Book Lust, inspires people around the world to read more and to make the written word a more integral part of their life. "Nancy Pearl Reads" focuses on books that Nancy recommends via radio, print or web. Most exciting of all, members of the group get to have a live conversation with Nancy as she is often able to join us live via Skype for the book discussion.
The group meets at Rediscovered Books at noon on the third Thursday of each month. Lunch can be delivered from The Basque Market, The Brick Oven Bistro or Caruso’s Deli.
180 N. 8th St.
Boise, ID 83702
208.376.4229
The book list for 2011 is:
January 20 - The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
February 17 - Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
March 17 - In the Lake in the Woods by Patrick O’Brien
April 21 - The City and the City by China Mielville
May 19 - Country Driving by Peter Hessler
June 16 - Miss Hargreaves by Frank Baker
July 21 - Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
August 18 – Dark Horse by Craig Johnson
September 15 – East of Eden by John Steinbeck
October 20 – The Passage by Justin Cronin
November 17 – Claiming Ground by Laura Bell
December 15 – TBA (Holiday Gathering)
