Literary Roundup | August 31 – September 6, 2018 SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | July-Sept, 2018 | 49 Writers presents Danger Close Alaska: programming meant to build a literary community of civilians and veterans. One night per month for six consecutive months (one remaining), Danger Close will focus on food, drink, discussion, and writing on […]
Literary Roundup | August 31 – September 6, 2018 Read More »
SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | July-Sept, 2018 | 49 Writers presents Danger Close Alaska: programming meant to build a literary community of civilians and veterans. One night per month for six consecutive months (one remaining), Danger Close will focus on food, drink, discussion, and writing on different topics, shared between veterans and civilians. Click here for more
Literary Roundup | August 24-30, 2018 Read More »
SOUTHCENTRAL WASILLA | Friday, August 17th, 3-5 PM | Mary Havens will present her book, The Shadows in My Heart, at Wasilla Public Library. She will be sharing tips for writing a memoir, have books for sale, and be signing copies. See author’s Facebook page here.ANCHORAGE | July-Sept, 2018 | 49 Writers presents Danger Close
Literary Roundup | August 17-23, 2018 Read More »
Alaskan poet Mary Kancewick (writing now as Mar Ka) spent the month of July in Vilnius, Lithuania, “trying to improve my knowledge of the Lithuanian language and pursuing research connected to a creative non-fiction project about the effects of political oppression.” Lithuania was, the first of the Eastern Bloc Republics to announce its secession from
SOUTHCENTRAL WASILLA | Friday, August 17th, 3-5 PM | Mary Havens will present her book, The Shadows in My Heart, at Wasilla Public Library. She will be sharing snippets for writing a memoir, have books for sale, and be signing copies. See author’s Facebook page here. ANCHORAGE | July-Sept, 2018 | Danger Close Alaska: programming
Literary Roundup | August 10-16, 2018 Read More »
If you’ve been following the news lately about Alaska’s poor salmon returns, you may have heard of a phenomenon with an unassuming moniker but potentially devastating consequences: The Blob. A mass of warm water in the Gulf of Alaska that biologists are linking to this summer’s weak salmon runs. But we are still only learning
Active Voice | An Interview with writer Jessica Shepherd Read More »
Welcome to August! While you’re soaking up the last of summer’s sun, you can be thinking ahead to what writing adventures you might have this fall. Soon we’ll be announcing our fall lineup of classes and craft talks. Meanwhile, we have Danger Close on August 22, and the ninth annual Tutka Bay Writer’s Retreat in
Literary Roundup | August 3-9, 2018 Read More »
Lots of literary fun this week around the state–we’re pretty excited about the upcoming Comic Drawing and Graphic Novel Intensive offered to youth in Girdwood. We especially wanted to highlight the call for Alaska Literary Award applications by the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation in partnership with the Alaska State Council on the Arts. This
Literary Roundup | July 27 – August 2, 2018 Read More »
SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | July-Sept, 2018 | Danger Close Alaska: programming meant to build a literary community of civilians and veterans. One night per month for six consecutive months (four remaining), Danger Close will focus on food, drink, discussion, and writing on different topics, shared between veterans and civilians. See event details and register on 49
Literary Roundup | July 20-26, 2018 Read More »
It’s been a busy week in the 49 Writers virtual world–we have a new blog post from Deb Vanasse, and one by our Tutka Bay guest author and instructor, Hannah Tinti. Over in podcast-land, the amazing Katie Bausler has just produced and published her new Active Voice interview with Kim Heacox. If you’re not getting
Literary Roundup | July 13-19, 2018 Read More »
