Novelists, mystery writers, playwrights and children's authors are among the accomplished authors who will be teaching in Hofstra University's annual Summer Writers Program, July 6 to 16, 2010. This event is sponsored by Hofstra’s English Department, its Creative Writing Program and Continuing Education. To register and for more information call ( 516 ) 463-7200 or visit ce.hofstra.edu.
This Summer Writers Program, now in its 36th year, operates on the principle that true writing talent may be developed, nurtured and encouraged by writer-in-residence mentors. Through instruction, discussion, criticism and free exchange among the workshop participants, writers begin to find their voice and their style. The workshops provide group and individual sessions for each writer.
The Summer Writers Program includes guest speakers, and exposure to award-nominated and winning authors. Often, agents, editors and publishers make presentations during the program, and authors and students read from published work and works in progress. These presentations offer additional opportunities to meet informally with participants, master writers and guest speakers.
Courses are offered 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day and may be taken on a noncredit or credit ( graduate or undergraduate ) basis. Non-credit participant tuition is $550 for the two-week, 9-session course. Students who want to take the program for undergraduate or graduate credit must contact Professor Richard Pioreck in the English Department at Richard.J.Pioreck@hofstra.edu or ( 516 ) 463-0258. A luncheon featuring author Alafair Burke on July 15 is included in tuition for program participants and priced at $45 per person for non-participants.
Now entering its second year: Students entering grades 9-12 can participate in the Summer Writers Program with a special section in creative writing for high school students. For more information, contact Jennifer Jokinen at ( 516 ) 463-5016. Registration for the high school program is also $550.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
May 15 2010 - Literary Stars Heading to Sydney Writers
One of the most important events in the literary life of Australia's largest city is due to get underway on Saturday May 15th.
The Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) consists of more than 300 events at venues across the metropolis, where established authors will rub shoulders with emerging poets and book critics from around the world.
Several literary heavyweights are set to appear at this year's festival, including Colm Toibin, US novelist Lionel Shriver and Australian Booker Prize winner Peter Carey, who will be making his first trip to the SWF.
People using Sydney hotels can also look forward to events featuring other leading authors from Australia, including Peter Goldsworthy, Cate Kennedy and Alex Miller.
Half of the SWF's scheduled events will be free to attend, although the most eagerly anticipated parts of the programme will require visitors to buy tickets.
An Evening with Colm Toibin, during which the Irish writer will discuss his work with Australian journalist Caroline Baum, takes place on Friday May 21st and tickets start at AU$25.
Toibin's latest novel Brooklyn was longlisted for last year's Man Booker Prize and won the 2010 Costa Book Award.
The festival programme also includes a free day of family events taking place on Sunday May 23rd.
Website: http://www.swf.org.au/
The Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) consists of more than 300 events at venues across the metropolis, where established authors will rub shoulders with emerging poets and book critics from around the world.
Several literary heavyweights are set to appear at this year's festival, including Colm Toibin, US novelist Lionel Shriver and Australian Booker Prize winner Peter Carey, who will be making his first trip to the SWF.
People using Sydney hotels can also look forward to events featuring other leading authors from Australia, including Peter Goldsworthy, Cate Kennedy and Alex Miller.
Half of the SWF's scheduled events will be free to attend, although the most eagerly anticipated parts of the programme will require visitors to buy tickets.
An Evening with Colm Toibin, during which the Irish writer will discuss his work with Australian journalist Caroline Baum, takes place on Friday May 21st and tickets start at AU$25.
Toibin's latest novel Brooklyn was longlisted for last year's Man Booker Prize and won the 2010 Costa Book Award.
The festival programme also includes a free day of family events taking place on Sunday May 23rd.
Website: http://www.swf.org.au/
Sunday, April 18, 2010
June 8 2010 - L.A. Writers to Celebrate 10 Years of Spilling Their Guts
After 10 years of baring their souls in essays and performances spiked with music, the founders and writers of Los Angeles' ground-breaking Sit 'n Spin have decided it's time to celebrate. Calling their party SPINNAVERSARY, the event is scheduled for Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. at the Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theater, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA.
Sit 'n Spin creators Jill Soloway (United States of Tara, Six Feet Under) and comedienne Maggie Rowe (Hollywood Hell House, editor of Dirty Laundry) are issuing a call to the "hundreds of funny, dirty, sad, and honest writers" who have performed on the COMEDY CENTRAL Stage, plus their fans, friends and families, to join them in the evening's festivities: a live performance, film clips and an after-party.
"When we started, our goal was to shine the spotlight on writers, the behind-the-scenes artists who aren't always recognized for their words," said Soloway. "We wanted to give them a platform where they could experiment, see audiences' reactions, and by hearing live laughter and applause, find their voices."
Along with Soloway and Rowe, others expected to perform who have spilled their guts in front of the Sit 'n Spin footlights include: Jon Levenstein and Jim Vallely (Arrested Development), Gary Shapiro (Politically Incorrect) Claudia Lonow (Accidentally on Purpose), Scott Buck (Dexter, Six Feet Under), Becky Thyre (Weeds), Doug Benson (Marijuanalogues), Jaclyn Lafer (Sit 'n Spin producer) and Ron Zimmerman (Alternative Comedy Legend).
Sit n' Spin, which has been happening on alternate Thursdays for ten years, is based on a simple premise: five or so writers, reading deeply honest, hilarious, and often times embarrassing essays, with an awesome band doing interstitial music plus a song before and after.
"It didn't take long to gather a cult-like following and standing-room only audience," said Rowe. "You can pin it on our no-entrance-fee policy, but I think it's the electric mix of real, raw, funny writing -- the kind you can't hear anywhere else -- that's the draw."
When Gary Mann, vice president of development, COMEDY CENTRAL moved from HBO to COMEDY CENTRAL, he brought Sit 'n Spin along with him. According to Mann," Sit 'n Spin is like discovering buried treasure. All in one place, we can uncover amazing writers who are also terrific performers. They give us ideas and talent for possible further development."
Following the show, COMEDY CENTRAL will host a cocktail party on the patio behind the theatre. To purchase SPINNAVERSARY tickets ($15 each), go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106015. For more information, check out sitnspin.org, or call 323.655.2510 or 323-327-3265.
Sit 'n Spin creators Jill Soloway (United States of Tara, Six Feet Under) and comedienne Maggie Rowe (Hollywood Hell House, editor of Dirty Laundry) are issuing a call to the "hundreds of funny, dirty, sad, and honest writers" who have performed on the COMEDY CENTRAL Stage, plus their fans, friends and families, to join them in the evening's festivities: a live performance, film clips and an after-party.
"When we started, our goal was to shine the spotlight on writers, the behind-the-scenes artists who aren't always recognized for their words," said Soloway. "We wanted to give them a platform where they could experiment, see audiences' reactions, and by hearing live laughter and applause, find their voices."
Along with Soloway and Rowe, others expected to perform who have spilled their guts in front of the Sit 'n Spin footlights include: Jon Levenstein and Jim Vallely (Arrested Development), Gary Shapiro (Politically Incorrect) Claudia Lonow (Accidentally on Purpose), Scott Buck (Dexter, Six Feet Under), Becky Thyre (Weeds), Doug Benson (Marijuanalogues), Jaclyn Lafer (Sit 'n Spin producer) and Ron Zimmerman (Alternative Comedy Legend).
Sit n' Spin, which has been happening on alternate Thursdays for ten years, is based on a simple premise: five or so writers, reading deeply honest, hilarious, and often times embarrassing essays, with an awesome band doing interstitial music plus a song before and after.
"It didn't take long to gather a cult-like following and standing-room only audience," said Rowe. "You can pin it on our no-entrance-fee policy, but I think it's the electric mix of real, raw, funny writing -- the kind you can't hear anywhere else -- that's the draw."
When Gary Mann, vice president of development, COMEDY CENTRAL moved from HBO to COMEDY CENTRAL, he brought Sit 'n Spin along with him. According to Mann," Sit 'n Spin is like discovering buried treasure. All in one place, we can uncover amazing writers who are also terrific performers. They give us ideas and talent for possible further development."
Following the show, COMEDY CENTRAL will host a cocktail party on the patio behind the theatre. To purchase SPINNAVERSARY tickets ($15 each), go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/106015. For more information, check out sitnspin.org, or call 323.655.2510 or 323-327-3265.
May 11 2010 - IABC Dallas Presents Rebranding Strategies at Its May Luncheon
The Dallas chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) plans to present rebranding strategies and tactics through a ConAgra case study presented by Lance Koenig at the organization's monthly luncheon meeting on Tuesday, May 11 at Maggiano's Little Italy in Plano, Texas.
At this informational event, Koenig, who is executive vice president of account planning at Bailey Lauerman, will demonstrate how he helped reposition ConAgra Foods as a progressive company that makes its food and brands better all the time, a company that makes food consumers love and want a leader with a significant number of popular brands.
Koenig is a tenured communication professional with years of agency experience. He graduated from the University of Nebraska's College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He has served in his leadership role in account planning since 2001.
"The ongoing curiosity that's prompted Lance's career growth drives him to pursue 'anything that makes the brand stronger and the client's business better,'" says Ben Neenan, Account Coordinator with Bailey Lauerman.
For more information about the event and to purchase tickets, visit the organization's website, http://www.iabcdallas.com/.
IABC Dallas is the premier organization for practical education and information, professional development and networking for marketing and communication professionals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The chapter serves more than 300 members representing corporations, agencies, and professional services, government, association, not-for-profit and entrepreneurial organizations. IABC Dallas offers a range of resources and networking opportunities, including regular professional development meetings, workshops and seminars, member newsletters, awards programs and job placement resources. IABC Dallas can trace its roots to 1942, when it was known as the Southwestern Association of Industrial Editors. For more information, visit www.iabcdallas.com.
At this informational event, Koenig, who is executive vice president of account planning at Bailey Lauerman, will demonstrate how he helped reposition ConAgra Foods as a progressive company that makes its food and brands better all the time, a company that makes food consumers love and want a leader with a significant number of popular brands.
Koenig is a tenured communication professional with years of agency experience. He graduated from the University of Nebraska's College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He has served in his leadership role in account planning since 2001.
"The ongoing curiosity that's prompted Lance's career growth drives him to pursue 'anything that makes the brand stronger and the client's business better,'" says Ben Neenan, Account Coordinator with Bailey Lauerman.
For more information about the event and to purchase tickets, visit the organization's website, http://www.iabcdallas.com/.
IABC Dallas is the premier organization for practical education and information, professional development and networking for marketing and communication professionals in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The chapter serves more than 300 members representing corporations, agencies, and professional services, government, association, not-for-profit and entrepreneurial organizations. IABC Dallas offers a range of resources and networking opportunities, including regular professional development meetings, workshops and seminars, member newsletters, awards programs and job placement resources. IABC Dallas can trace its roots to 1942, when it was known as the Southwestern Association of Industrial Editors. For more information, visit www.iabcdallas.com.
April 22 2010 - Triangle Press Club Meeting to Host Pulitzer Prize Winner David Zucchino
Triangle Press Club is hosting another meeting of a professional group called the Triangle Press Club which is open and free to any professional member of the media in the Wake, Durham or Orange County area or beyond including those in print, TV, radio, and new media. There are no club dues for professional journalists.
The next meeting will be on Thursday, April 22nd from 7:30pm to 9:30pm in the special events room at the TirNaNog Irish Pub in downtown Raleigh. For directions, click here.
The event is free to qualified working journalism professionals but also members of the general public may attend for $40. If you register for this event and you are not a working journalist, then you will be sent an electronic invoice for $40 where you can pay for your ticket in advance. Journalism students are also invited to attend at no charge if they register in advance at this website.
NETWORKING: Most of the meeting will be a general networking session (we will have plenty of free food and drink specials) so that members of the media who might not ordinarily be able to meet can do so.
ALL ATTENDEES MUST RSVP: if you are planning to attend RSVP, so we can plan for food. There is limited space so RSVP today! If you have any questions, please call Randall Gregg at 919- 760- 3110.
SPECIAL GUEST: DAVID ZUCCHINO OF THE L.A. TIMES
David Zucchino is author of two books including a compilation of stories from soldiers during the Gulf War entitled “Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad.” He also wrote an acclaimed book on the plight of women in poverty entitled “Myth of the Welfare Queen.”
A highly respected journalist who has built an impressive body of work at the Los Angeles Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer, Zucchino has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1985, 1989, 1995, and 2004. In 1989, Zucchino won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Reporting for his series entitled “Being Black in South Africa.”
Zucchino has also made a name for himself as an embedded reporter during the Iraq Wars and like Ernie Pyle during World War II, he has brought home the story of the individual soldier working hard on the front lines.
The Pulitzer Prize committee named Zucchino as a finalist in 2004 after he covered the war for the LA Times, citing “his resourceful, sweeping and valorous reports that gave readers a rare, close- up view of combat as American soldiers invaded Iraq.”
The Triangle Press Club is honored to welcome David as our special guest at our upcoming April 22nd meeting and we’re sure that members of the club will be delighted to meet such an outstanding journalist who has covered world events.
REGISTER FOR THIS GREAT EVENT:
http://www.raleightelegram.com/pressclub.html
The next meeting will be on Thursday, April 22nd from 7:30pm to 9:30pm in the special events room at the TirNaNog Irish Pub in downtown Raleigh. For directions, click here.
The event is free to qualified working journalism professionals but also members of the general public may attend for $40. If you register for this event and you are not a working journalist, then you will be sent an electronic invoice for $40 where you can pay for your ticket in advance. Journalism students are also invited to attend at no charge if they register in advance at this website.
NETWORKING: Most of the meeting will be a general networking session (we will have plenty of free food and drink specials) so that members of the media who might not ordinarily be able to meet can do so.
ALL ATTENDEES MUST RSVP: if you are planning to attend RSVP, so we can plan for food. There is limited space so RSVP today! If you have any questions, please call Randall Gregg at 919- 760- 3110.
SPECIAL GUEST: DAVID ZUCCHINO OF THE L.A. TIMES
David Zucchino is author of two books including a compilation of stories from soldiers during the Gulf War entitled “Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad.” He also wrote an acclaimed book on the plight of women in poverty entitled “Myth of the Welfare Queen.”
A highly respected journalist who has built an impressive body of work at the Los Angeles Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer, Zucchino has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1985, 1989, 1995, and 2004. In 1989, Zucchino won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Reporting for his series entitled “Being Black in South Africa.”
Zucchino has also made a name for himself as an embedded reporter during the Iraq Wars and like Ernie Pyle during World War II, he has brought home the story of the individual soldier working hard on the front lines.
The Pulitzer Prize committee named Zucchino as a finalist in 2004 after he covered the war for the LA Times, citing “his resourceful, sweeping and valorous reports that gave readers a rare, close- up view of combat as American soldiers invaded Iraq.”
The Triangle Press Club is honored to welcome David as our special guest at our upcoming April 22nd meeting and we’re sure that members of the club will be delighted to meet such an outstanding journalist who has covered world events.
REGISTER FOR THIS GREAT EVENT:
http://www.raleightelegram.com/pressclub.html
April 20 2010 - Canadian Journalism Foundation: ""Arts Journalism"
From the cultural giants of the past to the celebrity culture of today, how arts criticism and literary journalism have changed. Mainstream media cutbacks and the proliferation of blogging means everyone is a critic. Can the web save arts journalism? A CJF Forum moderated by Bronwyn Drainie, editor of the Literary Review of Canada, and featuring three experts who will address this and other questions. The panellists are Kamal Al-Solaylee, assistant professor at Ryerson and former theatre critic at the Globe and Mail, Seamus O'Regan, co-host of CTV's Canada AM and host of Arts & Minds and The O'Regan Files on Bravo!, and Globe and Mail columnist and feature writer Kate Taylor, currently on leave as the Atkinson Fellow for 2009-2010.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 20, 6:30 p.m.; Reception 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
Tickets are $15 or $5 with student ID. Visit the EVENT PAGE (http://cjfarts.eventbrite.com/) for more details and to buy tickets.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 20, 6:30 p.m.; Reception 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto
Tickets are $15 or $5 with student ID. Visit the EVENT PAGE (http://cjfarts.eventbrite.com/) for more details and to buy tickets.
April 30 2010 - Tip/Conference On Journalism Ethics
Journalism leaders, media experts and scholars will gather for the "New Journalism, New Ethics?" conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, April 30, to discuss emerging ethical issues for nonprofit forms of journalism and whether traditional standards apply to the use of new media and social media.
It's the second annual conference on journalism ethics at UW-Madison, hosted by the Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Stephen J.A. Ward, Burgess Professor of Journalism Ethics and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics, says that with the media revolution forcing a revolution in ethics, now is the time for a conference of journalists, academics, students and the public to explore the future of journalism ethics.
A report on ethical issues for the new, nonprofit investigative newsrooms, based on a January roundtable discussion of leaders in nonprofit journalism, will be released next week and available online before the conference begins at
www.journalismethics.info. The report will then discussed during a morning session of the conference. Also, Charles Lewis, founding executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop and founder of the Center for Public Integrity, will speak about transparency, standards and practices in what he calls a "new journalism ecosystem."
He will be followed by keynote speaker Jon Sawyer, executive director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, whose talk is titled "Bridging the Gaps: Holding True to Old-Media Values in a New-Media World." Other speakers at include Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting at the University of Illinois and former director of Investigative Reporters and Editors; Martin Kaiser, editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; Andy Hall, director of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting; and Phil Rosenthal, media columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
The event runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Registration is free for students and $25 for others; register by filling out the form on the center's Web site, http://journalismethics.info/. Journalists who attend to cover the conference do not have to pay the registration fee.
It's the second annual conference on journalism ethics at UW-Madison, hosted by the Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Stephen J.A. Ward, Burgess Professor of Journalism Ethics and director of the Center for Journalism Ethics, says that with the media revolution forcing a revolution in ethics, now is the time for a conference of journalists, academics, students and the public to explore the future of journalism ethics.
A report on ethical issues for the new, nonprofit investigative newsrooms, based on a January roundtable discussion of leaders in nonprofit journalism, will be released next week and available online before the conference begins at
www.journalismethics.info. The report will then discussed during a morning session of the conference. Also, Charles Lewis, founding executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop and founder of the Center for Public Integrity, will speak about transparency, standards and practices in what he calls a "new journalism ecosystem."
He will be followed by keynote speaker Jon Sawyer, executive director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, whose talk is titled "Bridging the Gaps: Holding True to Old-Media Values in a New-Media World." Other speakers at include Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting at the University of Illinois and former director of Investigative Reporters and Editors; Martin Kaiser, editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; Andy Hall, director of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting; and Phil Rosenthal, media columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
The event runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Registration is free for students and $25 for others; register by filling out the form on the center's Web site, http://journalismethics.info/. Journalists who attend to cover the conference do not have to pay the registration fee.
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