Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference

49 Writers Round Up

It was wonderful to meet so many members of 49 Writers at this year’s Kachemak Bay Writers Conference, to connect with friends from around the state, and to make the acquaintance of new writers. More than once, faculty from Outside commented on the collegial nature of the conference – our willingness to support and celebrate […]

49 Writers Round Up Read More »

Linda: Writers in the World

The faculty at this year’s Kachemak Bay Writers Conference wasted no time in challenging participants with the big questions. At the opening dinner keynote speaker Barry Lopez asked us to consider the role of a writer in “an imperiled world,” as he characterized the condition of our planet, given the current political, economic, and environmental

Linda: Writers in the World Read More »

Andromeda: The Agent Game

We’ve all been in writing classes or conferences where some brash, garrulous novice insists on putting the cart before the horse. Let’s call him Bob. Bob has spit out one or several or a dozen unrevised manuscripts, and may be talking about a series, and maybe even a movie spin-off, before he has learned how

Andromeda: The Agent Game Read More »

Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up

Tomorrow, Saturday, January 7 at 7pm, come out to Pioneer Park, Bear Gallery, Centennial Center, Fairbanks, for the Fairbanks Arts Association’s Literary Reading Series “Ice Fog Open Mic,” featuring Heather Warren, Donald Crocker, Michael Shaeffer, Jasmine Stokes, Raif Johnson-Kennedy–and you! The 49 Writers Synergies Series opens up 2012 with “Poemgrass: a Poet and a Banjo,”

Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »

Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up

Visiting author Bruce Hale instructs a full class of local writers on the fine points of being funny. For starters, we want to thank the Loussac Library’s Youth Services department for bringing children’s author Bruce Hale to Anchorage, where he delighted local writers last night with his course “Funny Business: Seven Secrets to Writing Humor.”

Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »

Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up

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:

Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »

Chiappone: Kachemak Bay News Flash

We don’t allow shouting caps, exclamation marks, and sales pitches from just anyone, but 49w regular Rich Chiappone of Anchor Point is an exception. Thanks to Rich for this only slightly tongue-in-cheek writing conference announcement. We accept no responsibility for the Angelina Jolie date offer.NEWS FLASH: To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Kachemak Bay

Chiappone: Kachemak Bay News Flash Read More »

JOYFUL NOISES AND SILENCES AT THE 10TH ANNUAL KACHEMAK BAY WRITERS’ CONFERENCE: A Guest Post by Eva Saulitis

The title of Rita Dove’s keynote address for the upcoming Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference is “Silence and Utterance: The Poet’s Life.” In a conference so packed with utterance – taught, chatted, overheard, recited, whispered, shouted, discussed, rhymed, rhythmic, plain-spoken, exclaimed, sung, read aloud, muttered under the breath, interjected, bantered, (and in Dove’s case, surely set

JOYFUL NOISES AND SILENCES AT THE 10TH ANNUAL KACHEMAK BAY WRITERS’ CONFERENCE: A Guest Post by Eva Saulitis Read More »

Scroll to Top