A picture may be worth a thousand words, but we think a book is worth thousands more. See what newspapers, magazines, TV shows, and radio programs around the country have to say about the National Writers Series and the amazing authors who visit us.
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Greg Holmes and Katherine Roth – a husband and wife team who beat the odds and share their remarkable journey.
On April 1st, 2004 Greg Holmes, Ph.D., was diagnosed with sinonasal undifferentiated cancer, an extremely rare and deadly cancer. At the time of his diagnosis, his wife Katherine Roth, M.D., was fighting to survive as a family ...
Open to all skill levels, this week long retreat examines the place of memoir writing in the genre of nonfiction and will help writers develop specific skills to tell their personal or family stories with a crafted sensibility. Read all about it.
Program dates:
Monday, August 4, 2014 to Friday, August 8, 2014
Interlochen Center for the Arts ...
Huff/Post and the AARP wants to publish a great memoir written by someone born before 1964. Winners will be awarded $5000 and have their work published by Simon & Shuster, the AARP Magazine, and featured on the Huffington Post. Send 5000 words and a synopsis for the longer piece (20,000 - 50,000 words) no later than February 15, 2014. ...
The National Writers series is offering Creative Writing Workshops for students grades 3 - 12. Register Now! Space is limited. There are limited number of partial scholarships available.
Teresa Scollon – an avid reader, teacher and poet who happily, has managed to create and maintain a writing life.
Teresa Scollon is the author of To Embroider the Ground with Prayer, a poetry collection published by Wayne State University Press as part of its Made in Michigan series. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts ...
Local writer Cari Noga will discuss her recent novel, Sparrow Migrations, at the Traverse Area District Library, 7 pm, Tuesday, January 21. Sparrow Migrations was a semifinalist for the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. TADL reports that Noga will "talk about her novel and share her amazing story of life, writing and how she ...
Dave Moore, President of Village Press will present “Leading Your Team to Sustainable Success.” This month's featured book is Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track—And Keeping it There by Les McKeown. Author Les McKeown provides a framework for diagnosing the stage and behaviors of your organization or department ...
If Traverse City had an ‘artist laureate’, the leading candidate would probably be renowned artist and illustrator Glenn Wolff. On Saturday, December 21st from 2―5pm, Brilliant Books is offering you the opportunity to stop by, meet him, and have him sign any of his extensive body of work for you. He will be signing his posters, cards, and ...