Four years ago, it was nothing more than a good idea: set aside one week a year to celebrate Alaska books. With the help of some incredible volunteers and the support of generous sponsors, Alaska Book Week was born. When we first began, we timed the week-long celebration so as not to conflict with the annual […]
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Sherry Simpson On Wednesday, Mar. 12, 7 pm at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center (W. 7th Avenue entrance), local author Sherry Simpson (Dominion of Bears: Living with Wildlife in Alaska) joins Healy writer Christine Byl (Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods) for an onstage conversation about “Essaying Alaska: Beyond Images of the Last Frontier.” This
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There is so much happening at 49 Writers it’s hard to keep up – 2013 is off to a great start! First, we’d like to thank the Alaska Humanities Forum for funding Crosscurrents: a Confluence of Writers and Readers, a project that enables us to stage two literary weekends with partners in Barrow and Kodiak.
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Fair warning: this is the first of what will no doubt be several posts connected in one way or another to the experience I had at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers fiction workshop a few weeks ago. SVCW was my first big indulgence as a writer: an out-of-state gathering where I could learn from
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Apologies for the late posting: Blogger, the software platform that hosts this blog and many others, was out of action for the past almost 24 hours. Thankfully, all is returning to normal now: thanks for your patience. Happy Friday the 13th, and thanks so much to all who turned out for our volunteer Meet, Greet,
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As stated in the sidebar — but even I don’t always notice the sidebar — 49 Writers will be on KSKA 91.1 public radio today at 2 pm and 7pm, thanks to an Addressing Alaskans broadcast of the April 1 Crosscurrents discussion with Susan Orlean and Julia O’Malley. Thanks to everyone who made it happen.
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Tomorrow night, Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 7 pm, we’re excited to present our first CROSSCURRENTS event: an onstage discussion, “Environmental Writing and Activism,” with Nancy Lord, Marybeth Holleman, and Charles Wohlforth, at Out North Theater. Our thanks to Cook Inletkeeper, the Alaska Center for the Environment, and the Prince William Sound Science Center for co-sponsoring
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