By Dawnell Smith (and on behalf of her Block partners: Vered Mares, Teeka Ballas, Kathy McCue) In the fall of 2015, we walked into the Adults Only sex store on Spenard Road in Anchorage to lay the groundwork for building a community bookstore art space and cafe. The property held not just a storied past, […]
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This week our Writers in the Schools (WITS) program got off to a great start at Kasuun Elementary in Anchorage, where Teeka Ballas, publisher of F Magazine, taught two classes on “Feature Writing” to 6th graders. We’re told the students didn’t want to leave, and that Teeka was mobbed for autographs! The WITS program continues
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Today: Resolve to Write events, when we gather to share our writing resolve for the new year. We’ll kick off the fun with our first-ever Resolve to Write for young writers: join WYAK hosts F Magazine publisher Teeka Ballas and ASD senior Lauren Heyano for an informal discussion on how to get started (and stay motivated), how to fine-tune your work, and how to get your writing into print. Young writers of all ages are welcome: today, Friday, January 20, 4-5 pm, Teen Underground, Loussac Library. The Anchorage event for members and volunteers will be tonight, January 20, at 7 pm. If you haven’t received your email invitation, contact us at 49writers@gmail.com. Not a member or volunteer yet? Visit www.49writingcenter.org to sign up today! Unfortunately, the Eagle River event has been canceled due to lack of response. In Homer, the Resolve to Write event (open to all writers) is on January 24 at 6 pm at the Homer Library; we hear there will be plenty of snacks for those who come straight from work. Registration is brisk for our spring term, which begins February 2. From our “Publish and Promote” series to plot, poetry, submissions, and more, we’ve got something for everyone. Make 2012 the year you get serious about writing! Sign up today. Our spring line-up includes our first course taught in Palmer, Writing Your Place (begins February 2) and a Fiction Apprenticeship with novelist Mattox Roesch. Open to three participants, the Fiction Apprenticeship is an individualized option for writers who need to dive into greater depth and detail on their work. Interested applicants should send 20 page of a fiction project and a brief statement of goals for their work to apprenticeship@49writingcenter.org by January 31. One change to the spring course schedule: Copyright Basics with John McKay will be on February 18 rather than March 24. For a comprehensive calendar of literary events throughout Alaska, visit http://www.alaskalitevents.com/. Tonight, Friday January 20, 7pm, Ray Troll and Dr Kirk Johnson will be presenting and
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On Friday November 5th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Steve Kahn, The Hard Way Home and Anne Coray, Violet Transparent, will be signing for Raven’s Place First Friday series at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art, new home of the 49 Writers First Friday book signings. See Steve Kahn’s interview with Mariah Oxford right here
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Back from a great retreat with David Vann and rolling into our Fall Literary Season here at 49 Writers. Registrations and memberships have been pouring in – we invite you to join us! Remember there’s new class on the schedule – a three-hour microediting session with novelist Cindy Dyson. And believe it or not, we’re
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We’re on the homestretch for registration for the writing retreat with acclaimed author David Vann at Tutka Bay Lodge. Only three of 17 spots remain. Decision time! Last Friday, we shared the news that our 415 L. Street facility is being sold and we’ll be moving on Nov. 1. That’s all we knew a week
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