Award-winning writer Carol Rumens headlines Poets in the Bookshop at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Thursday, 25 March at 7.30pm.
Poet, reviewer and translator Carol Rumens is the author of 14 collections of poems, as well as occasional fiction, drama and translation.
She has received the Cholmondeley Award and the Prudence Farmer Prize, and was joint recipient of an Alice Hunt Bartlett Award.
Her most recent publication is the prose book, Self into Song, based on three poetry lectures delivered in the Bloodaxe-Newcastle University Lecture Series.
Her latest poetry collection is the critically acclaimed Blind Spots: "But suddenly Carol Rumens's Blind Spots arrives, her best work ever. Philosophical, playful, with umpteen forms expertly managed, Rumens explores her fusion of the personal and political " - Bill Greenwell, The Independent, 2008.
She is currently Professor in creative writing at the University of Wales, Bangor, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She blogs regularly for The Guardian.
The evening will include an open mic session.
More information and tickets are available from the Dylan Thomas Centre on 01792 463980: full price £4-00, concessions £2-80 and Swansea PTL £1-60.
For more information on the Dylan Thomas Centre visit http://www.swansea.gov.uk/dtc
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Apr 16 2010 - Marygrove College Welcomes Walter Mosley as 2010 Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series Guest
The Marygrove College Department of English and Modern Languages today announced that the award-winning mystery writer, novelist and social commentator Walter Mosley will be the twenty-second guest -- and the first mystery writer -- in its Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series. This annual event brings a nationally-known author to its campus for a morning class session with high school students and an evening reading for the general public.
Walter Mosley will deliver the Lillian and Donald Bauder Lecture at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 16, 2010, in Alumnae Hall on the Marygrove College campus. Afterward, he will sign copies of his works, which will be available for purchase. This event is free and open to the community.
Mr. Mosley has written thirty-two books and his work has been translated into twenty-one languages. Ten novels and one book of short stories feature private investigator Easy Rawlins, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into a movie starring Denzel Washington and Jennifer Beals.
To date, nearly 8,000 people have joined Marygrove at the Friday night public readings to hear outstanding writers share their work.
For more information: http://www.marygrove.edu/contemporary_American_authors/index.htm
or contact Professor Frank Rashid at (313) 927-1448.
Walter Mosley will deliver the Lillian and Donald Bauder Lecture at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 16, 2010, in Alumnae Hall on the Marygrove College campus. Afterward, he will sign copies of his works, which will be available for purchase. This event is free and open to the community.
Mr. Mosley has written thirty-two books and his work has been translated into twenty-one languages. Ten novels and one book of short stories feature private investigator Easy Rawlins, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into a movie starring Denzel Washington and Jennifer Beals.
To date, nearly 8,000 people have joined Marygrove at the Friday night public readings to hear outstanding writers share their work.
For more information: http://www.marygrove.edu/contemporary_American_authors/index.htm
or contact Professor Frank Rashid at (313) 927-1448.
Mar 26-28 2010 - Atlanta's Spring Book Show
Spring Book Show 2010, the South's largest bargain book show, comes to the Cobb Galleria Centre in north Atlanta on March 26-28, and the show is shaping up to be a book-buying blowout.
Of the 500 tables available for vendors on the floor layout, all but two have been sold.
While only two spaces for vendors remain available, there is still plenty of opportunity for book buyers to register for the show, said show organizer Larry May of Knoxville, Tenn. The buyers who do register will have an opportunity to buy more than 50,000 different book titles at deeply discounted prices.
Participating book dealers will be offering their wares – mostly remainders in pristine condition and lightly hurt returns – to buyers from chain and independent bookstores; specialty retailers; public and academic libraries; church book stores; department stores; and school media specialists.
Overall attendance at the show is expected to be in the neighborhood of 800-1,000. Prominent among the buyers will be the independent bookstore members belonging to the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. In addition, buyers will come from the rest of the U.S. and from many countries around the world, including Japan, Korea, Great Britain, Canada, Nigeria, Ireland, France and Australia.
The late-March show is timed to allow booksellers an opportunity to stock up for the summer selling season, which is characterized by vacations and beach reading.
A gathering to permit vendors and buyers to socialize is planned for the evening of March 26.
May said the bargain book buyers will be able to buy stock for as much as 80 to 90 percent off suggested retail price.
Noel Griese
Anvil Publishers Inc
Atlanta, GA
770-938-0289
ngrise@anvilpub.com
http://www.anvilpub.net/
Of the 500 tables available for vendors on the floor layout, all but two have been sold.
While only two spaces for vendors remain available, there is still plenty of opportunity for book buyers to register for the show, said show organizer Larry May of Knoxville, Tenn. The buyers who do register will have an opportunity to buy more than 50,000 different book titles at deeply discounted prices.
Participating book dealers will be offering their wares – mostly remainders in pristine condition and lightly hurt returns – to buyers from chain and independent bookstores; specialty retailers; public and academic libraries; church book stores; department stores; and school media specialists.
Overall attendance at the show is expected to be in the neighborhood of 800-1,000. Prominent among the buyers will be the independent bookstore members belonging to the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. In addition, buyers will come from the rest of the U.S. and from many countries around the world, including Japan, Korea, Great Britain, Canada, Nigeria, Ireland, France and Australia.
The late-March show is timed to allow booksellers an opportunity to stock up for the summer selling season, which is characterized by vacations and beach reading.
A gathering to permit vendors and buyers to socialize is planned for the evening of March 26.
May said the bargain book buyers will be able to buy stock for as much as 80 to 90 percent off suggested retail price.
Noel Griese
Anvil Publishers Inc
Atlanta, GA
770-938-0289
ngrise@anvilpub.com
http://www.anvilpub.net/
Mar 26 2010 - Atlanta Author to Discuss Making a Living by Self-Publishing
For the book author, landing a publisher has never been harder. Even when you do, count on anemic royalty rates, 18 to 24 months to publication and giving up the rights to your book. And you’ll still be expected to do most of the marketing yourself! Yet, thanks to the Internet, self-publishing has become easier, more viable and more potentially lucrative than ever before.
Peter Bowerman, successful self-publisher of the Well-Fed titles, will share his proven strategies for production, promotion and publicity that yielded 60,000-plus copies of his books in print and a full-time living for eight-plus years at a seminar for writers being held in conjunction with the Spring Book Show at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta on March 26.
Bowerman, an Atlanta-based freelance commercial writer, is the author of the 2000 award-winning Book-of-the-Month Club selection, The Well-Fed Writer, and its 2005 companion volume, TWFW: Back for Seconds (www.wellfedwriter.com), both self-published, and both how-to standards on lucrative commercial freelancing.
In 2006, Bowerman chronicled his self-publishing success in his third book, The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living (www.wellfedsp.com).
Bowerman has published over 250 articles and editorials, leads seminars on writing and is a professional coach on both commercial freelancing business start-up and self-publishing.
Other speakers at the Authorship 101, "How To Become a Successful Author – The Basics," workshop on March 26 are:
* David Fulmer, Shamus winner, author of several mysteries published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, now creating a new publishing house in Atlanta. Topic: "New Games in Town - The Shift in the Publishing Paradigm."
* Ahmad Meradji, president, Apex Book Manufacturing, covering "How To Get Your Self-Published Book Manufactured," and
* Angela K. Durden, author of children’s books, editor of a new anthology of business essays, publisher and businesswoman, covering “Problems of self-editing, level of quality to seek, benefits of hiring an editor, different types of editing.”
Noel Griese of Atlanta-based Anvil Brokers, and editor of the "Southern Review of Books" newsletter, said that people attending the workshop get free admission to the Spring Book Show.
Additional details about the class are available at the Anvil Publishers Web site at http://anvilpub.net/spring_seminars.htm
Peter Bowerman, successful self-publisher of the Well-Fed titles, will share his proven strategies for production, promotion and publicity that yielded 60,000-plus copies of his books in print and a full-time living for eight-plus years at a seminar for writers being held in conjunction with the Spring Book Show at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta on March 26.
Bowerman, an Atlanta-based freelance commercial writer, is the author of the 2000 award-winning Book-of-the-Month Club selection, The Well-Fed Writer, and its 2005 companion volume, TWFW: Back for Seconds (www.wellfedwriter.com), both self-published, and both how-to standards on lucrative commercial freelancing.
In 2006, Bowerman chronicled his self-publishing success in his third book, The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living (www.wellfedsp.com).
Bowerman has published over 250 articles and editorials, leads seminars on writing and is a professional coach on both commercial freelancing business start-up and self-publishing.
Other speakers at the Authorship 101, "How To Become a Successful Author – The Basics," workshop on March 26 are:
* David Fulmer, Shamus winner, author of several mysteries published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, now creating a new publishing house in Atlanta. Topic: "New Games in Town - The Shift in the Publishing Paradigm."
* Ahmad Meradji, president, Apex Book Manufacturing, covering "How To Get Your Self-Published Book Manufactured," and
* Angela K. Durden, author of children’s books, editor of a new anthology of business essays, publisher and businesswoman, covering “Problems of self-editing, level of quality to seek, benefits of hiring an editor, different types of editing.”
Noel Griese of Atlanta-based Anvil Brokers, and editor of the "Southern Review of Books" newsletter, said that people attending the workshop get free admission to the Spring Book Show.
Additional details about the class are available at the Anvil Publishers Web site at http://anvilpub.net/spring_seminars.htm
Sunday, March 14, 2010
'Examined Life' Explores Writing, Medicine April 28-30
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will host a three-day conference, "The Examined Life: Writing and the Art of Medicine," April 28-30 on the UI campus in Iowa City.
The conference focuses on links between the science of medicine and the art of writing, and offers sessions on writing, editing and publishing creative work.
The conference is open to health care providers, students, educators, writers, publishers and anyone with an interest in creative or reflective writing and medicine.
Registration is required for all concurrent conference sessions and meals, but keynote addresses and plenary sessions are free and open to the public. The registration deadline is April 23.
Scheduled presenters for public sessions include: David Gompper, Stephen Swanson, Marvin Bell, Sayantani DasGupta, Lan Samantha Chang and Nick Flynn.
Conference details, event locations and registration are available online at http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/osac/examinedlife or call Dave Etler at 319-335-8058.
The conference focuses on links between the science of medicine and the art of writing, and offers sessions on writing, editing and publishing creative work.
The conference is open to health care providers, students, educators, writers, publishers and anyone with an interest in creative or reflective writing and medicine.
Registration is required for all concurrent conference sessions and meals, but keynote addresses and plenary sessions are free and open to the public. The registration deadline is April 23.
Scheduled presenters for public sessions include: David Gompper, Stephen Swanson, Marvin Bell, Sayantani DasGupta, Lan Samantha Chang and Nick Flynn.
Conference details, event locations and registration are available online at http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/osac/examinedlife or call Dave Etler at 319-335-8058.
March 25 2010 - Stretch Your Writing Muscles With UMSL's Poetry Workshop
University of Missouri–St. Louis' Division of Continuing Education offers a Poetry Workshop from 6:00–8:00 p.m., Thursdays from March 25–May 20, 2010. Students of all levels will stretch their poetic muscles to try out a variety of materials, moods and structures.
The workshop will explore what it means to write intellectual poetry that can celebrate as well as mourn and be silly as well as serious. The class will examine the process of writing, what hinders writers and what pushes writers forward. Students will have the opportunity to receive feedback from the instructor and from other students. Writing exercises will be complemented by readings of exciting works by contemporary poets.
Students will learn from instructor Alison Carrick, who received her Master of Fine Arts from UMSL in 2007. She also has a Certificate in Creative Writing from Washington University, and was a participant in the Certificate for University Teaching Program (CUT) at UMSL. Carrick currently is a contributing editor for the literary magazine River Styx. She also has been published in Touchstone Magazine and has studied and written both fiction and poetry.
The workshop fee is $129, and the registration deadline is March 22. For more information or to register, please visit http://umslce.org/index.php/catalog/Certificate-Programs ... or call (314) 516-6590.
The workshop will explore what it means to write intellectual poetry that can celebrate as well as mourn and be silly as well as serious. The class will examine the process of writing, what hinders writers and what pushes writers forward. Students will have the opportunity to receive feedback from the instructor and from other students. Writing exercises will be complemented by readings of exciting works by contemporary poets.
Students will learn from instructor Alison Carrick, who received her Master of Fine Arts from UMSL in 2007. She also has a Certificate in Creative Writing from Washington University, and was a participant in the Certificate for University Teaching Program (CUT) at UMSL. Carrick currently is a contributing editor for the literary magazine River Styx. She also has been published in Touchstone Magazine and has studied and written both fiction and poetry.
The workshop fee is $129, and the registration deadline is March 22. For more information or to register, please visit http://umslce.org/index.php/catalog/Certificate-Programs ... or call (314) 516-6590.
Learn to Become a Productive Writer from June Teleclass Series
For some, summer is a time to dial back and relax. For others, it's a time with fewer
responsibilities and an opportunity to get into gear. For those who hope July and August
will see progress on a long-delayed, incomplete or never-started writing project, Marcia
Yudkin's "Complete Your Writing Projects" course is a godsend. Via telephone conference
calls and email throughout June, it teaches how to combine discipline and inspiration to get
pages and pages (and more pages!) of writing piling up (www.yudkin.com/complete.htm ).
"People think that in order to get a lot of writing done, you have to write fast," says author
and creativity expert Marcia Yudkin, who has published 11 books, thousands of articles
and close to a dozen multimedia courses. "It's not true. I'm a tortoise when it comes to
writing and rarely write more than three pages a day. However, if you learn to harness your
creativity and make the very most of your writing time, you can pile up completed writing
projects month after month."
Yudkin's four-session teleseminar and email course, which holds its first meeting on June
1, presents perspectives and techniques that transform participants' relationship to the
writing process, such as:
* Which commonly held beliefs and expectations about writing are surprisingly untrue -
and why
* The never-fail secret for resuming work or getting started on a long-stalled writing
project
* Five ways to get lots of writing done in spare chunks of time as brief as three minutes
* How to disconnect from negative influences of the past, like a critical parent or
third-grade teacher, along with ways to scoot around practical obstacles involving space,
time or opportunity
* Your unique creative triggers and how to get them working in your favor
Between the 60-75 minute telephone teaching sessions, participants receive motivational
and informative booster messages and optionally, exchange experiences with a “writing
buddy” who is also taking the course. By the end of June, participants have better focus
and enjoy more pleasure and less pain when it comes to writing.
"For many people, greater productivity translates into lower life stress and higher earnings,"
notes instructor Marcia Yudkin.
Originally developed for Radcliffe Career Services (part of Harvard University), its
techniques have also helped non-academic writers working on everything from business
proposals and web copy to magazine articles, novels and non-fiction books. The basic
course costs $197, with a limited-enrollment $497 deluxe version that includes a consulting
session with Yudkin and a related set of studio-recorded audio CDs.
For more information or to enroll, go to http://www.yudkin.com/complete.htm or call
1-800-333-8376.
responsibilities and an opportunity to get into gear. For those who hope July and August
will see progress on a long-delayed, incomplete or never-started writing project, Marcia
Yudkin's "Complete Your Writing Projects" course is a godsend. Via telephone conference
calls and email throughout June, it teaches how to combine discipline and inspiration to get
pages and pages (and more pages!) of writing piling up (www.yudkin.com/complete.htm ).
"People think that in order to get a lot of writing done, you have to write fast," says author
and creativity expert Marcia Yudkin, who has published 11 books, thousands of articles
and close to a dozen multimedia courses. "It's not true. I'm a tortoise when it comes to
writing and rarely write more than three pages a day. However, if you learn to harness your
creativity and make the very most of your writing time, you can pile up completed writing
projects month after month."
Yudkin's four-session teleseminar and email course, which holds its first meeting on June
1, presents perspectives and techniques that transform participants' relationship to the
writing process, such as:
* Which commonly held beliefs and expectations about writing are surprisingly untrue -
and why
* The never-fail secret for resuming work or getting started on a long-stalled writing
project
* Five ways to get lots of writing done in spare chunks of time as brief as three minutes
* How to disconnect from negative influences of the past, like a critical parent or
third-grade teacher, along with ways to scoot around practical obstacles involving space,
time or opportunity
* Your unique creative triggers and how to get them working in your favor
Between the 60-75 minute telephone teaching sessions, participants receive motivational
and informative booster messages and optionally, exchange experiences with a “writing
buddy” who is also taking the course. By the end of June, participants have better focus
and enjoy more pleasure and less pain when it comes to writing.
"For many people, greater productivity translates into lower life stress and higher earnings,"
notes instructor Marcia Yudkin.
Originally developed for Radcliffe Career Services (part of Harvard University), its
techniques have also helped non-academic writers working on everything from business
proposals and web copy to magazine articles, novels and non-fiction books. The basic
course costs $197, with a limited-enrollment $497 deluxe version that includes a consulting
session with Yudkin and a related set of studio-recorded audio CDs.
For more information or to enroll, go to http://www.yudkin.com/complete.htm or call
1-800-333-8376.
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