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CAMP 2018 Writing Wild AM at Foothills Learning Center Grades 3-9
June 4th- June 8th. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9 am - 12 pm each day. This camp is for kids going into 3rd through 9th grades. Campers will be sorted into groups of up to 12 students based on grade. Creative writing makes science come alive at The Foothills Learning Center Register Now Explore Boise’s foothills with a pencil and notebook in hand. Together with a Cabin teaching-writer and a naturalist from the Foothills Learning Center, you’ll observe our…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM Urban Ink at The Cabin Grades 7-9
Meets daily June 4th-8th. This camp is for kids going into 7th - 9th grade. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 1pm - 4pm each day. Downtown adventures in fiction & poetry. Register Now Explore cityscapes, coffee shops, public art, and urban life in Boise’s downtown. A professional teaching-writer from The Cabin will be your guide as you find inspiration to write original short stories with unique characters and settings, and create super-alive poems rooted in observation.During the last half-hour of camp…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM Base Camp at The Cabin Grades 3-6
June 4th-8th. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 1pm-4pm each day. This camp is for kids going into 3rd through 6th grades. Campers will be sorted into groups of up to 12 students based on grade. Get the tools you need to launch your next poem or story adventure! Register Now Learn to write short stories and poems that express your vision of the world with The Cabin as your starting point. With an experienced teaching-writer as your guide, you’ll find inspiration in…
Find out more »FREE First Tuesday Drop-In Writing Workshop
DROP-IN WORKSHOP is The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30-8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. Drop-in is hosted by by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers. No RSVP required. Lesson is designed for full hour-and-a-half attendance so come early (or a little late) and snag a seat! Danny Stewart leads every other workshop starting in January, and Heidi Kraay leads every…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Urban Ink at The Cabin Grades 7-9
Meets daily each day the week of June 11th-15th. This camp is for kids going into 7th - 9th grade. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12pm each day. Downtown adventures in fiction & poetry. Register Now Explore cityscapes, coffee shops, public art, and urban life in Boise’s downtown. A professional teaching-writer from The Cabin will be your guide as you find inspiration to write original short stories with unique characters and settings, and create super-alive poems rooted in observation.During the last…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM Picture This at The Cabin Grades 3-6
Meets June 11-15. This week-long camp is for kids going into 3rd- 6th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 1pm - 4pm each day. Campers will be sorted into groups of up to 12 students based on grade. Create the illustrated stories & comics you’ve always wanted to read. Register Now Investigate the powerful potential of connecting words and images as you work to create graphic texts alive with full characters, a riveting plot, and meaningful design. Explore art excursions to galleries and installations, and…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM Graphic Narrative Grades 7-9
Meets daily June 11-15. This camp is for kids going into 7th - 9th grade. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 1pm-4pm each day. Create the comics you’ve always wanted to read. Register Now Investigate the powerful potential of connecting words and images as you work to create a graphic novel alive with full characters, a riveting plot, and meaningful design. Explore art excursions to galleries and installations, and read graphic texts with peers and your Cabin teaching-writer to discover how to produce…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Wildlife Words at World Center for Birds of Prey Grades 3-6
Meets daily Tuesday June 12th- through Saturday June 16th. Camp meets Tuesday through Saturday. From Tuesday through Friday, the camp will meet from 9 am - 12 pm. On Saturday camp will meet from 10am-1pm. This camp is intended for kids entering 3rd - 6th grades. Get up close and personal with winged friends and let your writing soar. Science and the humanities share the goal of helping humans understand our place in the natural world. At the World Center for Birds of…
Find out more »Poetry Workshop with Kerri Webster Summer 2018
This workshop will meet Wednesday evenings from 6:30 – 8:30 PM on June 13th, 20th, 27th, July 11th, 18th, and 25th $215, $180 for members. Need to become a member and save on workshops all year long? Find out more HERE. Register Now This workshop is open to experienced poets, those new to poetry, and everyone in between. We’ll read contemporary poems, do writing exercises designed to catalyze the creative process, and workshop each other’s poems in a supportive environment.…
Find out more »Fiction Writing With Christian Winn Summer 2018
This workshop will meet Thursday evenings from 6:30 – 8:30 PM on June 14th, 21st, 28th, July 12th, 19th, and 26th $215, $180 for members. Need to become a member and save on workshops all year long? Find out more HERE. Register Now Come join us for this all-levels six-week fiction writing workshop. We will be creating new, original stories focusing on character building, vivid scene setting, compelling plot arc, effective dialogue, use of sensory detail, and imbuing your work with heart.…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Base Camp at The Cabin Grades 3-6
June 18th- June 22nd Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am-12pm each day. This camp is for kids going into 3rd through 6th grades. Campers will be sorted into groups of up to 12 students based on grade. Get the tools you need to launch your next poem or story adventure! Register Now Learn to write short stories and poems that express your vision of the world with The Cabin as your starting point. With an experienced teaching-writer as your guide, you’ll find…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Urban Ink at The Cabin Grades 7-9
Meets daily each day the week of June 18th-22nd. This camp is for kids going into 7th - 9th grade. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12pm each day. Downtown adventures in fiction & poetry. Register Now Explore cityscapes, coffee shops, public art, and urban life in Boise’s downtown. A professional teaching-writer from The Cabin will be your guide as you find inspiration to write original short stories with unique characters and settings, and create super-alive poems rooted in observation.During the last…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Nature Writer at Idaho Botanical Garden Grades 3-6
Meets daily June 18-22. This weeklong camp is intended for kids entering 3rd - 6th grades. Camp meets Monday-Friday from 9 am - 12 pm each day at Idaho Botanical Garden. Writing blooms in the inspiring gardens. Register Now Cultivate your relationship to nature by writing in Boise’s best garden. In this living museum, go on botany walks with Idaho Botanical Garden staff, sharpen your observation skills, and extend your understanding of the natural world while practicing essential tools of poetry and…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM One Acts Grades 5 and Up
Meets daily June 18-22 This camp is for kids entering 5th grade and up. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 1pm-4pm each day. In collaboration with a local professional playwright, you’ll use the essential tools of playwriting (like plot, action, character and dialogue) to build a one act play from the ground up. Visit a local theater and participate in actor’s exercises to experience the collaborative alchemy that can make writing for theater feel like magic. Build a play you can take from the…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Strange Lands Grades 3-6
Meets daily June 25-29 This camp is for kids going into 3rd-6th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12pm each day. Campers are sorted into groups of no more than 12 based on grade. Build a (strange) new world in this sci-fi/fantasy camp. Register Now Zombies, dragons, robots, oh my! On the first day of camp, you’ll work with other writers to build the rules for the fictional realm of your dreams. Then, each writer will create an original short…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Strange Lands Grades 7-9
Meets daily June 25-29 This camp is for kids going into 7th-9th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12pm each day. Campers are sorted into groups of no more than 12 based on grade. Build a (strange) new world in this sci-fi/fantasy camp. Register Now Zombies, dragons, robots, oh my! On the first day of camp, you’ll work with other writers to build the rules for the fictional realm of your dreams. Then, each writer will create an original short story…
Find out more »FREE DROP-IN WRITING WORKSHOP
DROP-IN WORKSHOP is The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30-8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. Drop-in is hosted by by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers. No RSVP required. Lesson is designed for full hour-and-a-half attendance so come early (or a little late) and snag a seat! *Please note, we host workshop on the second Tuesday of July due to…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Picture This Grades 3-6
Meets July 16-20. This week-long camp is for kids going into 3rd- 6th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am-12pm each day. Campers will be sorted into groups of up to 12 students based on grade. Create the illustrated stories & comics you’ve always wanted to read. Register Now Investigate the powerful potential of connecting words and images as you work to create graphic texts alive with full characters, a riveting plot, and meaningful design. Explore art excursions to galleries and installations, and read graphic…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Twin Falls Cabin Writers Grades 3-6
Meets daily July 16-20 This weeklong camp is for kids going into 3rd - 6th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9 am - 12 pm each day in Shields Hall room # 104 at College of Southern Idaho. During the last half-hour of camp on Friday, family and friends are invited to The College of Southern Idaho for a public reading of student writing. Going into grade 6 and up and want to take an afternoon session? Find…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM TWIN FALLS Urban Ink Grades 6-9
Weeklong camp from July 16-20. This camp is for 5th/6th - 9th graders. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 1 pm - 4 pm each day in Shields Hall room # 104 at College of Southern Idaho. During the last half-hour of camp on Friday, family and friends are invited to The College of Southern Idaho for a public reading of student writing. Adventures in fiction & poetry. Register Now A professional teaching-writer from The Cabin will be your guide as…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Strange Lands Grades 7-9 July 23rd-27th
Meets daily July 23-27th This camp is for kids going into 7th-9th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12pm each day. Campers are sorted into groups of no more than 12 based on grade. Build a (strange) new world in this sci-fi/fantasy camp. Register Now Zombies, dragons, robots, oh my! On the first day of camp, you’ll work with other writers to build the rules for the fictional realm of your dreams. Then, each writer will create an original short story…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Strange Lands Grades 3-6 July 23-27
Meets daily July 23rd-27th This camp is for kids going into 3rd-6th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12pm each day. Campers are sorted into groups of no more than 12 based on grade. Build a (strange) new world in this sci-fi/fantasy camp. Register Now Zombies, dragons, robots, oh my! On the first day of camp, you’ll work with other writers to build the rules for the fictional realm of your dreams. Then, each writer will create an original short…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Songwriter at Boise Rock School Grades 6 and up
A collaboration of The Cabin and Boise Rock School Meets daily July 23-27. This camp is for 6th and up. There is some flexibility with grade level if you contact katie@thecabinidaho.org. This camp is designed to meet a range of ages and abilities, so young or old, novice or seasoned songwriter/musician, this camp will cater to all! Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9 am - 12 pm each day at Boise Rock School. During the last half-hour of camp on…
Find out more »CAMP 2018 PM Base Camp at The Cabin Grades 3-5
July 23rd-27th- Camp meets Monday through Friday from 1pm - 4 pm each day. This camp is for kids going into 3rd through 5th grades. Campers will be sorted into groups of up to 12 students based on grade. Get the tools you need to launch your next poem or story adventure! Register Now Learn to write short stories and poems that express your vision of the world with The Cabin as your starting point. With an experienced teaching-writer as your guide,…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM One Acts Grades 5 and up July
Meets daily July 23rd-27th This camp is for kids entering 5th grade and up. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 1pm-4pm each day. In collaboration with a local professional playwright, you’ll use the essential tools of playwriting (like plot, action, character and dialogue) to build a one act play from the ground up. Visit a local theater and participate in actor’s exercises to experience the collaborative alchemy that can make writing for theater feel like magic. Build a play you can take from the…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM High School Poetry Workshop Grades 10-12
Meets daily July 23-27. This week-long workshop is for students entering 10th - 12th grades and is geared specifically for older writers. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 1pm-4pm each day. During the last half-hour of camp on Friday, family and friends are invited to The Cabin for lemonade and a public reading of student writing. Calling all poets--come find your voice! Register Now Explore poetry in this small group workshop dedicated to experimentation in a wide range of forms, from page…
Find out more »Exploring Voice: A Multi-Genre Workshop with Daniel Stewart Summer 2018
This six-session workshop will meet on the following Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 – 8:30 PM: July 24th, 26th, August 7th, 9th, 14th, and 16th $215, $180 for members. Need to become a member and save on workshops all year long? Find out more HERE. Register Now One of the best ways to distinguish your writing from the rest is through the strength of your voice. The voice is what narrates the story/poem/memoir, and acts as a signature. Learn techniques…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Strange Lands Grades 3-6 July 30-Aug 3
Meets daily July 30th-August 3rd This camp is for kids going into 3rd-6th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12pm each day. Campers are sorted into groups of no more than 12 based on grade. Build a (strange) new world in this sci-fi/fantasy camp. Register Now Zombies, dragons, robots, oh my! On the first day of camp, you’ll work with other writers to build the rules for the fictional realm of your dreams. Then, each writer will create an original…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Strange Lands Grades 7-9 July 30-Aug 3
Meets daily July 30th-August 3rd This camp is for kids going into 7th-9th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12pm each day. Campers are sorted into groups of no more than 12 based on grade. Build a (strange) new world in this sci-fi/fantasy camp. Register Now Zombies, dragons, robots, oh my! On the first day of camp, you’ll work with other writers to build the rules for the fictional realm of your dreams. Then, each writer will create an original…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Hailey Cabin Writers at Sun Valley Center in Hailey Grades 3-6
Camp meets July 20-August 3rd daily. A collaboration of The Cabin and The Sun Valley Center for the Arts The right tools to get you writing work you love. Register Now Discover how art, music, and nature inform a writer’s imagination. Learn to write short stories and poems that express your vision of the world. With an experienced teaching-writer from The Cabin as your guide, you’ll find inspiration in the park and nearby cultural attractions to create original writing using…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM Hailey Urban Ink Grades 6-9
Camp Meets 1-4pm daily July 30-August 3rd. A collaboration of The Cabin and The Sun Valley Center for the Arts Adventures in short fiction & poetry. Register Now Explore your surroundings to make your writing come to life. A professional teaching-writer from The Cabin will be your guide as you find inspiration to write original short stories with unique characters and settings, and create super-alive poems rooted in observation. This camp is for 6th - 9th graders. Camp meets Monday through Friday from…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 PM High School Fiction Workshop Grades 10-12
*Someone* needs to write the next great story—why not you? Register Now Camp meets July 30th-August 4th Monday through Friday from 1pm-4pm each day. This camp is for kids going into 10th - 12th grades. Don’t wait until National Novel Writing Month in November to get started on a new or existing piece of fiction! Whether you're far along in the creation of a book or trying to work on a great new short piece, scene, or section, this camp…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Picture This Grades 3-6 August
Meets August 6th-10th. This week-long camp is for kids going into 3rd- 6th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am-12pm each day. Campers will be sorted into groups of up to 12 students based on grade. Create the illustrated stories & comics you’ve always wanted to read. Register Now Investigate the powerful potential of connecting words and images as you work to create graphic texts alive with full characters, a riveting plot, and meaningful design. Explore art excursions to galleries and installations, and read graphic…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM News Flash Grades 5 and up
Meets daily August 6-10. This weeklong camp is for kids entering 5th - 9th grades. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12 pm each day. During the last half-hour of camp on Friday, family and friends are invited to The Cabin for lemonade and a public reading of student writing. Write Boise through a journalist’s lens. Register Now Immerse yourself in the journalist’s life to learn about the different ways nonfiction writers can tell a story. You’ll visit…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM/PM Wildlife Words with ZooBoise Day-long camp Grades 3-6
Register Now August 6th-10th, week-long camp meets 9am-4pm daily. A collaboration of The Cabin and Zoo Boise. Let your writing run wild AND learn about animals at ZooBoise! This camp is intended for 3rd - 6th grades. Form a deeper and more enduring wildlife conservation ethic in this all-day partnership camp from Zoo Boise and The Cabin. Start camp at Zoo Boise each morning for zoo-educator-led, hands-on activities for that will provide an understanding of why animals and their habitats…
Find out more »Free First Tuesday Drop-In Writing Workhsop
DROP-IN WORKSHOP is The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30-8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. Drop-in is hosted by by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers. No RSVP required. Lesson is designed for full hour-and-a-half attendance so come early (or a little late) and snag a seat! August with Heidi Kraay
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Base Camp at The Cabin Grades 3-6 August
August 13th- August 17th Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am-12pm each day. This camp is for kids going into 3rd through 6th grades. Campers will be sorted into groups of up to 12 students based on grade. Get the tools you need to launch your next poem or story adventure! Register Now Learn to write short stories and poems that express your vision of the world with The Cabin as your starting point. With an experienced teaching-writer as your guide, you’ll find…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Urban Ink at The Cabin Grades 7-9 August
Meets daily each day the week of August 13th-17th. This camp is for kids going into 7th - 9th grade. Camp meets Monday through Friday from 9am - 12pm each day. Downtown adventures in fiction & poetry. Register Now Explore cityscapes, coffee shops, public art, and urban life in Boise’s downtown. A professional teaching-writer from The Cabin will be your guide as you find inspiration to write original short stories with unique characters and settings, and create super-alive poems rooted in observation.During the…
Find out more »CAMPS 2018 AM Writing in the Rows at Boise Urban Garden School Grades 3-6
Meets daily August 13-17 from 9 am - 12 pm. This camp is intended for kids entering 3rd - 6th graders. Plant the seeds of great poems, stories and more as you dig in and explore the grounds of Boise Urban Garden School with a Cabin teaching-writer. Campers also receive education sessions by BUGS staff. Come think and write about this inspiring environment where food, plants, and minds grow! A collaboration of The Cabin and Boise Urban Garden School. Register Now Camp…
Find out more »Free First Tuesday Drop-In Writing Workshop
DROP-IN WORKSHOP is The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30-8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. Drop-in is hosted by by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers. No RSVP required. Lesson is designed for full hour-and-a-half attendance so come early (or a little late) and snag a seat! September with Heidi Kraay
Find out more »Free First Tuesday Drop-In Writing Workshop
DROP-IN WORKSHOP is The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30-8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. Drop-in is hosted by by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers. No RSVP required. Lesson is designed for full hour-and-a-half attendance so come early (or a little late) and snag a seat!
Find out more »Matthew Desmond
MacArthur Genius Matthew Desmond’s New York Times bestselling book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City draws on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data. Evicted won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the National Books Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction, the Heartland Prize for Nonfiction, the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, and the Barnes & Noble’s Discover New Writers Award. It was named one of the Best…
Find out more »Free First Tuesday Drop-In Writing Workshop
DROP-IN WORKSHOP is The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30-8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. Drop-in is hosted by by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers. No RSVP required. Lesson is designed for full hour-and-a-half attendance so come early (or a little late) and snag a seat! November with Danny Stewart
Find out more »Free First Tuesday Drop-In Writing Workshop
DROP-IN WORKSHOP is The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30-8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. Drop-in is hosted by by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers. No RSVP required. Lesson is designed for full hour-and-a-half attendance so come early (or a little late) and snag a seat! December with Heidi Kraay
Find out more »Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones is the author of the novels Leaving Atlanta, The Untelling, Silver Sparrow, and An American Marriage (Algonquin Books, February 2018). Her writing has appeared in Tin House, The Believer, The New York Times, and Callaloo. A member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, she has also been a recipient of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, United States Artist Fellowship, NEA Fellowship and Radcliffe Institute Bunting Fellowship. Silver Sparrow was named a #1 Indie Next Pick by…
Find out more »Tara Westover
Tara Westover is an American author living in the UK. Born in Idaho to a father opposed to public education, she never attended school. She spent her days working in her father's junkyard or stewing herbs for her mother, a self-taught herbalist and midwife. She was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. After that first encounter with education, she pursued learning for a decade, graduating magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in 2008 and subsequently winning a Gates Cambridge…
Find out more »David Grann
New Yorker writer and bestselling author of The Lost City of Z and Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann doesn’t just produce captivating stories—he lives them. Whether crossing the ocean on a skiff or trekking for months through the Amazon, Grann immerses himself in his reporting to give his stories a pace and intensity unlike any other. Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the bestselling author of The Devil and Sherlock Holmes and The Lost City of Z, which has been translated into more than twenty languages.…
Find out more »Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is the author of A Visit From the Goon Squad, The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus, and the story collection Emerald City. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, and Ploughshares, and her nonfiction appears frequently in The New York Times. She lives with her husband and sons in Brooklyn. Her newest novel, Manhattan Beach, was published in October 2017 and is a New York Times bestseller.
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