Christina Abt, author of Crown Hill and contributor to many anthologies and collections including Chicken Soup books, will be speaking at Writer’s in the Grove’s Monday workshop on August 10, 2015, from 9-11AM at the Forest Grove Senior and Community Center in Forest Grove, Oregon. She will be speaking about the changes in the publishing industry and how to get your book published. She will also be on a book tour with Barnes and Nobel throughout the Pacific Northwest and the country in general.
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Mark Thalman Poetry Writing Workshop July 27, 2015
Mark Thalman, teacher, poet and author of Catching the Limit will teach a poetry writing workshop at the Forest Grove Senior/Community Center in Forest Grove, Oregon, on Monday, July 27.
Mark is a “poet of place” who writes to include his reader in his experience of Nature’s sights, sounds and colors. With more than thirty years of teaching experience, Mark will prompt the group to write and help them learn to polish their own work.
Workshop sessions will be 10 to noon, with a break for lunch. Afternoon session from 1 to 3.
There are two sessions and the fees will be free for members of Writers in the Grove for morning session, others $5. The afternoon session will be an additional $5. The entire day is $10 for non-members and $5 for members. All are welcome to attend.
Poet and Writer Mark Thalman June 22, 2015
Mark Thalman is an acclaimed author and poet. Writers in the Grove is honored to have him present a short workshop on Monday, June 22, 2015, at 9AM at the Forest Grove Community and Senior Center in Forest Grove, Oregon.
He will be talking about the art and work behind being a published author, including helping us learn more about poetry styles and techniques.
The workshop is free and open to all.
Rain Magazine Event
Writing and artistic contributions from throughout Western Oregon and Washington are compiled by Clatsop Community College each year. These submissions are put into magazine/review form, and the College invites the authors in for an event to debut the magazine. The audience gets to hear the authors as they read their articles.
This is the information from the Rain Magazine event coordinator;
Clatsop Community College invites the community to celebrate the release of the 2015 edition of Rain Magazine at a free public reading and reception,Friday, May 29 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm in the Towler Hall 3rd floor Commons, 1660 Lexington Avenue, Astoria. Gather at 5:30pm for an author meet-and-greet and reading signup before the program begins.
Many contributors will be on hand to read excerpts from their works, and original artwork from the magazine will be on display. Light refreshments will be served, and copies of this limited edition Clatsop Community College publication will be available to the public.
This year’s Rain Magazine includes new writing from Robert Michael Pyle, Alex Autio, Tricia Gates Brown, Nancy Cook, Wayne Downing, Tim Hurd, Lucien Swerdloff, Florence Sage, Jan Bono, Jim Dott, Reba Owen, John Ciminello, Richard Mack, and more. Artwork by Terry Shumaker, Vicki Baker, Stirling Gorsuch, Kerri Zell, Laurel Fleet, and many others is included. This year’s cover features an oil painting by Astoria artist Darren Orange.
Event contact: Alison Ruch, aruch@clatsopcc.edu
Lend an Ear 2015
The annual Lend an Ear, Come and Hear event sponsored and produced by Writers in the Grove is set for July 11, 2015, Saturday from 11am to 1pm at Plum Hill Winery in Gaston, Oregon. Mark your calendars!
July 11, 2015
Saturday 11am-1pm
Plum Hill Vineyards
6505 SW Old Highway 47
Gaston OR 97119
The event is free and open to the public.
If you would like to participate as a reading writer, please see the instructions and submission application on Lend an Ear Come and Hear Submission Guidelines and forms. Submissions must be able to be read out loud lasting no more than 4 minutes.
Writers in the Grove Honors the William Stafford Centennial
Writers in the Grove is working with the Forest Grove Library and other writers groups and educational institutions to celebrate the William Stafford Centennial Celebrations to honor his birth.
Throughout 2013-14, we will be involved with special events and activities to not only honor the Poet Laureate of the United States and Oregon, but study and learn more about his work.
You may read selected poems by William Stafford from the William Stafford Poetry preserved by the Friends of William Stafford.
About William Stafford
William Stafford is a famous American poet and pacifist, and was the 20th Consultant in Poetry to the US Library of Congress, today known as the Poet Laureate. Born in the depression, his family migrated around the country looking for work, and when the draft came for World War II, already in university studies, he declared himself a conscientious objector and registered pacifist. At the age of 46, his first major collection of poetry was published, Traveling Through the Dark, filled with poetic stories and impressions of his interactions with nature and farm life, honoring the words he used to describe himself as one of “the quiet of the land.” It won the 1963 National Book Award for Poetry. He published over 65 volumes of poetry and prose before his death in 1993
Stafford and his wife moved to Oregon to teach at Lewis and Clark College, where he remained until his retirement in 1980. To honor the 100th anniversary of his birth, the state of Oregon held a Centennial Celebration, and Writers in the Grove joined the celebration with special projects, events, readings, prompts, and educational sessions.
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