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Linda: 49 Writers Weekly Roundup

49 Writers members get creative at Tutka Bay Lodge Coming down from last weekend’s Tutka Bay Writers Retreat (for it really is a literary high), we are grateful to all the writers who participated, experimented, shared their work, and connected with new friends in Alaska’s writing community. Retreat leader Ron Carlson provided so many ways […]

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Last night, after a well-received Crosscurrents onstage conversation with Don Rearden in Anchorage on Wednesday, acclaimed fiction writer Ron Carlson delighted a Homer audience with his wit and wisdom at a Kachemak Bay Campus reading. Big thanks to Carol Swartz at KBC for hosting as part of their visiting writers series. Even if you couldn’t

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We are pleased to announce at last the details of our fall literary season, which brings you a mixture of genres and classes of varying lengths, as well as favorite instructors and new faces. Registration opens Sept. 1, when the details and registration links will be up on the 49 Writers website. You have the

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This year’s Alaska Book Week is revving up thanks to 49 Writers member and volunteer Mary Kudenov, who is coordinating our annual celebration of Alaska’s authors and their books for her MFA practicum. She has already secured the participation of many libraries and bookstores across the state, and is now seeking authors who are available

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It was wonderful to see such a great turnout for both Debra Gwartney events on Monday. Twenty writers attended her brown bag lunch seminar on Publishing Nonfiction, and thirty of us gathered for the evening talk on Pitfalls of the Memoir. Debra was generous of her time and knowledge during her brief stay in Anchorage,

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We are proud to announce another Crosscurrents literary weekend, coming up April 28 and 29 in Kodiak. Thanks to support from the Alaska Humanities Forum and our amazing local partners, Kodiak College and the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, 49 Writers is bringing Eva Saulitis (Into Great Silence) to Kodiak for a series of events that

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49 Writers Weekly Roundup

2013 Write-a-thon: TODAY’S THE DAY! So far we have raised $6,682, thanks to our 34 participants and their 183 supporters. It’s not too late to sign up: online registration is $10 and on-site registration will be $30. To register, just go to our FirstGiving webpage and click Join Now. All donations are greatly appreciated. If

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Thank you to everyone who contributed to the planning of our successful Reading & Craft Talk last week featuring Eva Saulitis. We were glad of the opportunity to collaborate with AQR and, as always, enjoyed the hospitality of Great Harvest Bread Company while appreciating the event coordination by Lucian Childs behind the scenes. Thanks also

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Debby Dahl Edwardson and Alan Heathcock engage in a conversation about Writing on the Edge Our first Crosscurrents literary weekend in Barrow was a great success all round. Featured author Alan Heathcock, who gave readings in Homer and Fairbanks prior to heading for the Arctic, could not have been more enthusiastic about his visit to the

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49 Writers Weekly Round-up

How can it be February already? The year is racing by. But that’s because so much good stuff is happening in the literary realm. Yesterday 49 Writers was privileged to provide judges for the Anchorage School District round of Poetry Out Loud 2013. A wonderful way to close the door on January. Thanks go to

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