After a week of aftershocks and clean-up, it seems like Anchorage and its surrounds are ready for reflection. If you’re out for First Friday tonight in the city, be sure to stop by the Anchorage Museum where you’ll find 49 Writers executive director Jeremy Pataky and visiting poet Joanna Lilley writing earthquake-themed poetry-on-demand. Later in […]
Literary Roundup | December 7-13, 2018 Read More »
A true-crime book about multiple grisly murders and the birth of the FBI that begins with descriptions of wildflowers. A commercial thriller that opens with immediate action and tension, featuring a woman spying on her neighbor, in the middle of a tawdry act. A literary novel full of unlikable characters in which we discover,
Beyond hooked: compelling opening pages and an upcoming workshop Read More »
49 Writers CLASSES 49 Writers is offering classes this autumn 2018 in Anchorage, Juneau, and online. For more information and to register, visit the class catalog on our web site. Online | This is Your Year to Get An Agent with Andromeda Romano-Lax: October 6-14 | online, asynchronous, ~ 8 hours Beyond Hooked: What We Can Learn
Literary Roundup | October 5-12, 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
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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 »
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 »
SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | June 27, 7 pm |49 Writers and Alaska Humanities Forum are proud to present the third Danger Close Alaska 2018, the third year of joint programming meant to build a literary community of civilians and veterans. Everyone is welcome to attend. This year, Danger Close Alaska takes place one night a month for six
Literary Roundup | June 22-28, 2018 Read More »
Guest blogger Craig Childs will be speaking Thursday, June 21, from 5-7 PM at the UAA/APU Consortium Library in room 307, presented by the University of Alaska Campus Bookstore. Craig’s new book, Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America, chronicles the last millennia of the Ice Age, the violent oscillations and retreat of glaciers, the clues and
Craig Childs | Navigating Sources and Migration Read More »
Someone told me the other day that he and his friends used to say, “If summer is on a Saturday this year, we should have a barbecue!” He was from Wyoming, but it seemed like a very Alaskan sentiment too. We race around taking in as much daylight and good weather as we can, and
Literary Roundup | June 15-21, 2018 Read More »
