Upcoming events at WriterHouse: February & March

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Elizabeth McCullough

Coming to WriterHouse: » Friday February 3, First Fridays Art Opening for Robert Boucheron’s “The Imaginary City,” a series of pen and ink drawings of buildings, streets, and towns.  The scenes recall European and American cities of the nineteenth century and earlier, drawn freehand and to scale. » Thursday, February 9, 7pm, “Making a Graphic [...]

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Jonathan Coleman, conference panel coming to WriterHouse

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Elizabeth McCullough

Coming soon (very soon!) to WriterHouse: » Join us on Wednesday, January 18th at 7PM for “The Art of Responsibility of Narrative Nonfiction Writing” with Jonathan Coleman. Coleman is the bestselling author of Exit the Rainmaker, At Mother’s Request and Long Way To Go and co-author of the New York Times bestseller West by West, [...]

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WriterHouse: Remembering 2011, Looking Forward to 2012

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

From WriterHouse: During 2011, WriterHouse completed its third year of operation. Hard to believe it’s been such a short time, considering all we’ve accomplished. Here’s a very brief bulleted list of 2011′s highlights: WriterHouse won the inaugural Emyl Jenkins Award for a “…Virginia individual or organization that…makes Virginia a better place for writers” A record [...]

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Announcements from WriterHouse

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

  Tuesday, November 29, 7:00pm–Charles J. Shields (Mockingbird; I Am Scout) has written what Publishers Weekly calls an “engrossing, definitive” biography of cultural icon Kurt Vonnegut. , And So It Goes has just been named a New York Times Notable Book for 2011. Join us at WriterHouse as Charles discusses his new book and the biographer’s art. [...]

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Unleash Your Inner Poet with Mariflo Stephens November 12

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

Check out this upcoming seminar at WriterHouse: Seminar: Unleash Your Inner Poet Instructor: Mariflo Stephens Cost: $55 WriterHouse Members | $60 Non-Members Saturday, November 12, 2011 | 9:00am-1pm A short poetry class for non-poets—the curiosity seeker, the timid versifier. If you’ve ever wanted to try writing poetry but don’t want to jump in the deep [...]

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Sneak peeks at upcoming Vonnegut bio

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

An excerpt and a video:  

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Tayari Jones to discuss “Silver Sparrow” at WriterHouse Oct. 9

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

Author Tayari Jones will discuss family secret-keeping, loyalty and betrayal at a Literary Salon at WriterHouse on Sunday, October 9 at 2:00. “Tayari Jones is fast defining middle-class black Atlanta the way Cheever did Westchester,” according to The Village Voice, while Judy Blume says this novel will “break your heart before you even know it.” [...]

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John Warner, “The Funny Man,” at WriterHouse this weekend

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

This weekend at WriterHouse: Two events with John Warner (not the former senator) John Warner, novelist, humorist, editor for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and TMN’s Biblioracle, will be visiting all the way from Charleston Friday to discuss satire (and his new novel The Funny Man) and Saturday to give a seminar on writing funny. See the [...]

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Learn to write funny or scary at WriterHouse this fall

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

Two more classes on offer at WriterHouse: Seminar: So You Want to Write Something Funny? Instructor: John Warner Cost: $55 Members | $60 Non-Members Saturday, October 1, 2011 | 9:00am-1pm It’s easy. Wait, no it isn’t. Yes it is, once you’ve completed this seminar with McSweeney’s Internet Tendency editor and author of The Funny Man [...]

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September events at WriterHouse

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

After a lazy summer, WriterHouse is ramping up the events, classes, and seminars: Tomorrow’s (Saturday, September 17) seminar still has space. Even if you haven’t yet registered, come in the morning and register before class. Get Your Short Story or Essay Published If you’ve written an essay or short story and want advice on where [...]

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Mark Lawrence at BookBalloon.com September 20-21

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

From BookBalloon: Prince of Thorns has been heralded as the fantasy debut of 2011. On September 20 and 21, author Mark Lawrence will be visiting the BookBalloon forum, where you’ll have your chance to find out what the fuss is all about. Prince of Thorns is the first volume in a planned trilogy about Prince [...]

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Local biographer Charles Shields appointed to Mary Washington post

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

From the University of Mary Washington: BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHER APPOINTED TO GREAT LIVES SERIES  The University of Mary Washington announces the appointment of noted biographer Charles J. Shields as associate director of the University’s popular Great Lives public lecture series. Shields is the author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee (2006) the first biography of [...]

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Meet author P. G. Kain at Northside Library August 6

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

Sharing an announcement from JRML: P.G. Kain, author of the popular series The Social Experiments of Dorie Dilts, will be at the Northside Library on Saturday, August 6 at 11:30 am. Come meet him, ask questions and get your books signed. Learn more about his hilarious series at tweenink.com.

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Louisa Library to host Robert Duke August 12

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

Louisa native Robert Duke will present a program on his new book,  Aunt Patsy: A Collection of Favorite Columns, Advice, Poems and  Recipes. Aunt Patsy’s column appeared in the Central Virginian for many years during the mid-twentieth century. The program will be Friday,  August 12 from 5-7pm at the Louisa County Library. After the program, [...]

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BookBalloon August Reading Club selection: The Mountain Lion

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Elizabeth McCullough

BookBalloon Reading Club August Selection The Mountain Lion by Jean Stafford “Eight-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother Ralph are inseparable, in league with each other against the stodgy and stupid routines of school and daily life; against their prim mother and prissy older sisters; against the world of authority and perhaps the world itself. One [...]

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