Learn to write funny or scary at WriterHouse this fall

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 [...]

September events at WriterHouse

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 [...]

WriterHouse: Fall class session begins September 10

The Fall 2011 Session of writing classes begins September 10 at WriterHouse We’ve scheduled an unprecedented five regular 8-week writing classes and six half-day Saturday writing seminars with topics as diverse as humor writing and poetry writing for the reluctant. See the The Fall 2011 Class Schedule for a listing of all the classes and [...]

WriterHouse still enrolling young writers, travel writers

WriterHouse: SPACES AVAILABLE IN TWO UPCOMING COURSES There are still spots available in the second session of “The Writer’s Palette: A Workshop for Rising 7th & 8th Graders.”Instructor Jen Wilson will introduce students to the various tints and hues that writers of all genres use, with a focus on generating a variety of writing, including  [...]

Eleanor Henderson at WriterHouse June 28

Coming to WriterHouse: TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2011, 5:00 pm An Impromptu Literary Salon with Eleanor Henderson Ten Thousand Saints (HarperCollins 2011) author Eleanor Henderson talks about the challenges she encountered in writing her just-released critically-acclaimed novel. The novel is set in the 1980s’ straight-edge music scene, an underground youth culture powered by the paradoxical aggression [...]

Summer classes at WriterHouse announced

WriterHouse summer classes begin the week of June 13. Writing children’s picture books, workshops for 7th-8th graders, fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Take a 5% early registration discount if you enroll by June 1st and pay by check or cash. Full class schedule and registration form Some scholarships available for the youth class thanks to the generosity [...]

Upcoming events at WriterHouse

Having Your Cake & Eating It Too: The Benefits and Challenges of Mixed-Genre Fiction Thursday, May 19, 2011, 7:00pm, at WriterHouse Join Moondogs author Alexander Yates as he discusses the pleasures and challenges of incorporating genre writing into literary fiction and the obstacles he faced while writing and publishing his mixed-genre debut novel. Moondogs is a [...]

May events at WriterHouse

CELEBRATE KATHY ERSKINE’S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, THURS. MAY 12 at 7PM We tried to celebrate way back in December, only to be thwarted by fickle winter weather, so we’ve rescheduled. Join WriterHouse in congratulating Kathy on her well-deserved prize! LITERARY SALON WITH ALEXANDER YATES, MAY 19 AT 7PM Join Moondogs author Alexander Yates as he [...]

April events at WriterHouse

I do believe WriterHouse has caught spring fever. Check out this loooong list of seminars, public events, and classes taking place this month: Saturday Seminars in April »The Art of Blogging, with Winn Collier, Saturday, April 16, 9:00am- 1:00pm Are you a writer pondering how to launch a blog? Are you an established blogger wanting [...]

Two WriterHouse seminars enrolling this week

Both of these will be held at WriterHouse at 508 Dale Avenue, behind the Preston Avenue Bodo’s. WRITING ABOUT WINE With Matthew Stowell Saturday, March 26 from 9am-1pm Do you have a passion for good wine? Why not share your passion by writing about wine—and getting paid in the bargain? Matthew Stowell, who has published articles about [...]

Charles Shields, “Mockingbird,” at VCU Southern Film Festival

2nd Annual VCU Southern Film Festival February 24 – 26 The Grace Street Theater at 934 West Grace Street in the heart of VCU’s Monroe Park campus is the site of the VCU Southern Film Festival. Lovers of classic films and great works of southern literature are in for a super treat. The series starts [...]

February events at WriterHouse

Coming to WriterHouse: Thursday, February 3, 7pm Is it Magic or Magical Realism? The Supernatural in Literary Fiction Joseph Skibell, author of A CURABLE ROMANTIC and A BLESSING ON THE MOON, two novels with major supernatural components, will talk about populating fiction with angels and dybbuks. Free and open to the public. —————————————————- 4 Saturdays, [...]

Joseph Skibell on Magical Realism at WriterHouse February 3

IS IT MAGIC OR MAGICAL REALISM? JOIN NOVELIST JOSEPH SKIBELL ON FEBRUARY 3 AT 7PM TO FIND OUT Join novelist Joseph Skibell for a discussion on about populating fiction with angels and dybbuks at WriterHouse on Thursday, February 3 at 7:00pm. Skibell is the author of A Blessing on the Moon, The English Disease and A [...]

Coming events at WriterHouse

Coming soon to WriterHouse: SEMINAR: WRITING FOR THE EDUCATION MARKET, SATURDAY, JAN 22 FROM 9AM-1PM Are you a teacher or do you have experience with some aspect of education such as curriculum development, technical support, administration, counseling, sports, or building management? Magazines such as School Administrator and Media & Methods need articles from practitioners like [...]

WriterHouse ends 2010 on a high note

From WriterHouse: Farewell to 2010 (Almost) 2010 has been an amazing year for WriterHouse, thanks to our nearly 180 members and dozens of volunteers. Over the past year, with no paid staff and a bare-bones budget, we: Held 30 public and member events, including book launches, readings, literary salons, panel discussions, and celebrations of all [...]

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