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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We have reached that lull in the year where most work is going on behind the scenes: grant writing and reporting; planning for the fall literary season and for Alaska Book Week in October; preparation for our upcoming program and communications survey. Remember that we are still looking for proposals for fall classes – deadline
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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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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
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A week ago I had the pleasure of facilitating a discussion with Kendra Markus of Bookstop Literary Agency. Kendra was in Fairbanks visiting her daughter and offered a free question and answer session to any and all writers. Kendra contacted Alaskan author Deb Vanasse through SCBWI and Deb (who is one of my long distance
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Calling all writers for children and young adults: if you’re interested in meetings and/or events in the Anchorage area, please either leave a comment below or email me at debv@gci.net. Depending on interest, a second SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) group may be formed, and we might also try to organize a
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Thanks to all who participated in our 49 Writers online book club discussion this week of Nancy Lord’s Rock, Water, Wild. We enjoyed an engaging dialogue with one another and with the author. Looking ahead, the next online book club discussion will feature David Vann’s Legend of a Suicide. Thanks also to all the children’s
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