To celebrate the tenth year of 49 Writers’ existence and this blog, we are reposting the work of earlier contributors. Today’s reposting was written by 49 Writers’ founding member, Andromeda Romano-Lax in July, 2011. She is the author of a nonfiction travel narrative and four novels, including Plum Rains, which was published in 2018. According to the …
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We threw our Winter Words celebration on a rather spring-like afternoon last Sunday in Anchorage’s Stuckagain Heights neighborhood. Originally slated for December 2nd, we postponed due to—you guessed it—the November 30th earthquake. Interim Board President Barbara Hood hosted this fundraiser in her home. It was a gorgeous day with lush light, long views, and great company (not to mention stable ground). It felt …
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Keep your eyes peeled for upcoming details on the following exciting 49 Writers programs: Nicole Stellon O’Donnell will tour to celebrate the release of her newest book, You Are No Longer in Trouble. She’ll teachWriting the In-Between: Hybrid Forms and Generating Formsin Anchorage on April 13, 2019. Registration opens soon; stay tuned for details on other events beyond …
We’re pleased to announce that Winter Words with Eowyn Ivey has been rescheduled for Sunday, February 24. We have just a handful of tickets left! To learn more, and to join us for this special fundraising event, please visit our event page. Buy Tickets SOUTHCENTRAL ANCHORAGE | Friday, February 15, 2019 at 6:30 PM | …
This was originally published last week in the Anchorage Press, the first in a new column there called Yeah Write. April’s half spent, early gulls have been showing up, and the sun is off and running on its night-eating, post-hibernation binge that will last till solstice. Proper spring’s not here yet, but it’s coming on fast. Gravel-crusted …
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An author’s dream: You have a new novel coming out and when you drive by your favorite bookstore in the world, they’ve devoted their entire front window to your book. And they’ve also planned a huge book release party. Sometimes dreams do come true. This morning as I drove through downtown Palmer, Alaska, I saw …
49 Writers: Eowyn Ivey | A Window Into My Favorite Bookstore Read More »
Could it be five years and a few months since this post first ran? With Eowyn’s second novel, To The Bright Edge of the World, due out in early August, we expect buzz to keep building all summer. In the meanwhile, here’s a post she wrote for us in 2011. When I first began work …
From the archives: Eowyn Ivey on “A Partnership, With Rules” Read More »
Literary agent Jeff Kleinman You may have heard how Alaska author Eowyn Ivey met her literary agent, Jeff Kleinman, right here in Alaska at the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference. How her book wasn’t really ready, but she pitched it anyway. How she had to enlist her husband’s help in getting her partial draft from Chickaloon …
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After this post first ran at 49 Writers in March of 2011, Eowyn’s novel debuted to worldwide attention. In 2013, her book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. When I first began work on my debut novel, The Snow Child, I knew I could work fast because the idea was so clear in my …
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