READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: SARA GUINN Thursday, December 15 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Bio: Sara Ayaniuq Guinn is Yup'ik from Bethel, Alaska. She is an English teacher at Bethel Regional High School, where she has worked since 2019. She has a BA in writing from Portland State University and an MA in […]
The Basics of Writing Satire with Joanna Castle Miller Saturdays, January 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023 1 PM - 3 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (January 7, 14, 21 & 28) but must be registered for as a single class. Join […]
The Basics of Writing Satire with Joanna Castle Miller Saturdays, January 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023 1 PM - 3 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (January 7, 14, 21 & 28) but must be registered for as a single class. Join […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: RICH CHIAPPONE Thursday, January 19 2023 | 6-7 PM Via Zoom Bio: Rich Chiappone is the winner of the 2021 Alaska State Foundation for the Arts and Culture Award and grant, a 2021 Alaska Press Club award, and an Edible Magazine award for food writing. He is the author of three […]
The Basics of Writing Satire with Joanna Castle Miller Saturdays, January 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023 1 PM - 3 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (January 7, 14, 21 & 28) but must be registered for as a single class. Join […]
The Basics of Writing Satire with Joanna Castle Miller Saturdays, January 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023 1 PM - 3 PM AKDT Via Zoom $140 Members | $165 Non-Members This class takes place on more than one date (January 7, 14, 21 & 28) but must be registered for as a single class. Join […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: LINDA SCHANDELMEIER Thursday, February 16 2023 | 6-7 PM Via Zoom Bio: Linda Schandelmeier is a poet from Fairbanks, Alaska. She was raised on a 160-acre homestead outside of Anchorage, Alaska, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the outdoors. She moved to Fairbanks in 1967 to attend the University […]
WINTER WORDS 2023 Celebrate the winter writing season, enjoy afternoon tea, win fabulous door prizes, and support 49 Writers! Join us for the annual Winter Words fundraising event, which this year features Jessica Cherry, co-editor, and Corinna Cook, Roman Dial, and Bill Sherwonit, contributors, to Wheels on Ice: Stories of Cycling in Alaska, which was […]
NEXT STEPS SERIES: WRITING FOR AN AUDIENCE A 49 Writers Fundraiser Series Next Steps is a series of professional development classes for writers ready to share their work with a wider audience. 100% of proceeds benefit 49 Writers. Join 49 Writers board members for a series of classes to get your work out into the […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: ANNIE WENSTRUP Thursday, March 16 2023 | 6 - 7 PM via Zoom Bio: Annie Wenstrup lives in Fairbanks, AK. A 2022 Stonecoast graduate, she is also a Smithsonian Arctic Studies Fellow, an Inaugural Indigenous Nations Poetry Fellow, and a Storyknife Fireweed Fellow. Her work can be found or is forthcoming […]
Self-Portrait Poems: Writing the Self as Art A FREE Poetry Workshop Series with Annie Wenstrup Saturdays, March 18, 25 & April 1, 2023 IN-PERSON 10 AM - 11 AM AKDT Morris Thompson Cultural Center, Fairbanks Self-portrait poems lend themselves to subversive acts. They play with the distance between the form’s overt promise of revelation and […]
Write to the Light: A Workshop on the Art and Craft of Opinion Writing with Kim Heacox Mondays, March 20 & 27, 2023 7 - 8:30 PM AKDT Via Zoom $55 Members Only This class takes place on more than one date (March 20 & 27) but must be registered for as a single class. […]
Self-Portrait Poems: Writing the Self as Art A FREE Poetry Workshop Series with Annie Wenstrup Saturdays, March 18, 25 & April 1, 2023 IN-PERSON 10 AM - 11 AM AKDT Morris Thompson Cultural Center, Fairbanks Self-portrait poems lend themselves to subversive acts. They play with the distance between the form’s overt promise of revelation and […]
Write to the Light: A Workshop on the Art and Craft of Opinion Writing with Kim Heacox Mondays, March 20 & 27, 2023 7 - 8:30 PM AKDT Via Zoom $55 Members Only This class takes place on more than one date (March 20 & 27) but must be registered for as a single class. […]
49 Writers Inspiration Series: Caroline Van Hemert Thursday, March 30 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Inspiration is a 49 Writers series in which Writer Laureate Heather Lende will interview some of Alaska’s premier writers about their work, process, and the writing life. Caroline Van Hemert is an Alaskan author, adventurer, and wildlife […]
Self-Portrait Poems: Writing the Self as Art A FREE Poetry Workshop Series with Annie Wenstrup Saturdays, March 18, 25 & April 1, 2023 IN-PERSON 10 AM - 11 AM AKDT Morris Thompson Cultural Center, Fairbanks Self-portrait poems lend themselves to subversive acts. They play with the distance between the form’s overt promise of revelation and […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: HEATHER ARUFFO Thursday, April 20 2023 | 6-7 PM Via Zoom Bio: Heather Aruffo is a writer based in Fairbanks. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In 2021, she was awarded the Pen/Robert J Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Her work has appeared […]
READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: KIM HEACOX Monday, April 24 2023 | 7-8 PM Via Zoom Bio: Kim Heacox is best known for two of his books, The Only Kayak, a memoir (2005, 2020), and Jimmy Bluefeather, a novel (2015), both winners of the National Outdoor Book Award. And for his opinion pieces in The Guardian, […]
LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE April 25 | 7 PM – 8 PM AKDT Via Zoom Live from Storyknife is a monthly reading series featuring the guest residents of the Storyknife Writers Retreat. Kia Corthron’s plays have premiered throughout the U.S. and in London. Her debut novel won the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and was […]
Anthropomorphia: Writers Giving Voice to Earth with Mary Odden *This event is open to members and non-members* Saturday, May 6, 2023 IN-PERSON 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM & 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Z.J. Loussac Library, Anchorage Member Price: $105.00 Non-Member Price: $126.00 An exploration of how recent naturalists/writers express empathy with nature from inside […]
