June is a great month for Alaska’s writers. The North Words Writers Symposium wrapped up in grand style, with talk of it doing a stint at Denali next year, and the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference is about to get underway. In Anchorage, we’re looking forward to meeting nationally-acclaimed author Bruce Hale, who’s teaching “Funny Business: […]
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It’s happened again: 49 Writers director Deb Vanasse has been asked to speak on the subject of humor. This time it’s at the North Words Writers Symposium in Skagway, in session this week, and she’s better prepared than the first time, when she had to address a national conference as a newly minted author with
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Thanks to all who turned out last Friday night for our Crosscurrents event featuring Susan Orlean in an onstage conversation with Julia O’Malley. We counted over 170 people in attendance. Thanks are in order as well to our event co-sponsors, Copper Whale Inn and ATIA; and especially to the Alaska Press Club, which was responsible
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