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SUMMARY:Santa Clara University Osher: Exciting Adult Learning Zoom Classes
DESCRIPTION:Fall Quarter Open Now through December 4th\, 2020 \nOLLI@SCU: Enjoy learning from home with exciting Zoom (virtual) classes taught by instructors who design their varied courses for curious audiences like you. Join and take advantage of our classes\, events\, and programs (currently remote until safe to be in-person) designed for adult learners who love learning. We offer more than 15 thought-provoking courses each quarter\, on a variety of topics including history\, science\, art\, current events\, law\, literature and culture – all without homework\, tests or grades. There are member-only Special Interest Groups exploring such topics as food\, genealogy\, Italy\, mystery books\, memoir writing\, photography and contemporary issues. OLLI@SCU is here for you\, now. Join us! \nMembership is $55; course fees vary from $50 – $110 depending on length. \nPresented by Santa Clara University Osher Lifelong Learning.
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SUMMARY:December Manuscript Intensive Program
DESCRIPTION:Send your book out without the self-doubt. Instead work with one of our editors to get your manuscript in shape.   In this month-long one-on-one intensive\, an experienced published author will closely read your entire book and mentor you\, giving focused editorial feedback on the first 25 pages and an editorial letter to guide revision of the rest. \n\nThere will be significant opportunity for extended correspondence with your mentor\, who will provide specific suggestions for revision and offer general advice on the current state of publishing\, and next steps for you to take in your publishing journey. Work with us before sending out your manuscript to help your book really shine! \nHow it works:\n\nThe San Francisco Creative Writing Institute Manuscript Intensive is a four-week\, one-on-one mentorship with a published writer to get help with your completed prose manuscript (novel\, memoir or other non-fiction\, essay or story collection) and receive valuable feedback for revision or submission to agents or publishers.\n\nIf you have a completed manuscript and want to know what the next steps to take are\, this is the course for you.\n\n\n\n\nNext Steps:\nAfter you register\, you’ll email the manuscript to us at mentor@sfwriting.institute along with tendering a retainer fee. \n\nWe will look at your manuscript and assign you one of our mentors based on your work and their specialties. Read up on our list of mentors here.\n\n\n\n\nWeekly Schedule: December 01\, 2020 – December 31\, 2020\, All Day\nWeek 1 – Your mentor will spend the first week of the month reading your entire book. \n\nWeek 2 – In the second week you will receive an editorial mark-up of the first chapter or first 25 pages (whichever is most appropriate) and an editorial letter oriented toward revision.\n\nWeek 3 – In the third week\, you can initiate an email conversation about the edits and feedback\, and even offer a revision of the first pages for a “second look.”\n\nWeek 4 – In the final week\, your mentor will respond to your commentary and any possible revisions to the opening pages and offer final guidance for revision or submission.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/december-manuscript-intensive-program/
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Best Kids Books of the Year Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Join Bookshop’s interim head Children’s buyer as she shares Bookshop’s picks for the Best Kids Books of the Year! From picture books to middle grade\, graphic novels to young adult\, there were so many fantastic books for young readers published in 2020. \nRegister for this free Crowdcast event here! \nSee the books we are presenting here.
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LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Sabaa Tahir with J. Elle
DESCRIPTION:Fans of Sabaa Tahir’s beloved New York Times bestselling Ember Quartet rejoice – the wait is almost over. \nWe are launching Sabaa’s highly anticipated jaw dropping finale to the series\, A Sky Beyond the Storm and we couldn’t be more excited to discover: Who will survive the storm? \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMTV.com described this series as “A setting inspired by ancient Rome; a fierce battle for freedom in the face of tyranny; and a villain who makes Cersei Lannister and Dolores Umbridge look like a pair of pathetic amateurs.” We’ve been obsessed with this spectacular series since launching it in 2015. Will our favorite characters survive? \nSabaa will be chatting about all things Ember with debut author J. Elle (Wings of Ebony will be published in Feb 2021). There will be Ember trivia\, audience Q&A\, and an opportunity after the event for a virtual\, live\, 1-on-1 1-minute conversation with Sabaa Tahir for up to 48 lucky fans. \nDoesn’t get better than this!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sabaa-tahir-with-j-elle/
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Headlands Center for the Arts / Ari Banias\, Vincent Chu\, Tomas Moniz\, Shelley Wong & Hazel White
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to partner with the Headlands Center for the Arts to present an evening of readings by Ari Banias\, Vincent Chu\, Tomas Moniz\, Shelley Wong & Hazel White\, curated by Emily Wolahan (AFF ’16–’19). \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to all who register. \nAri Banias is a poet\, and the author of Anybody (W.W. Norton\, 2016) and the forthcoming A Symmetry (W. W. Norton\, 2021). His recent poems appear or are forthcoming in bæst\, Hyperallergic\, Kenyon Review\, The Nation\, and The New Republic. Ari lives in Oakland. \nTomas Moniz’s debut novel\, Big Familia\, was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Hemingway\, the LAMBDA\, and the Foreward Indies Awards. He edited the popular Rad Dad and Rad Families anthologies. He’s the recipient of the prestigious SF Literary Arts Foundation’s 2016 Award and the 2020 Artist Affiliate for Headlands Center for Arts. Among the residencies he’s attended\, the 2016 Can Serrat Residency\, the 2017 Caldera Residency\, the 2018 SPACE on Ryder Farm and others. He teaches creative writing at Berkeley City College\, Ariel Gore’s Literary Kitchen\, and the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference. He has stuff on the internet but loves penpals: PO Box 3555\, Berkeley CA 94703. He promises to write back. \nShelley Wong is the author of As She Appears (YesYes Books\, 2022)\, winner of the 2019 Pamet River Prize\, and the chapbook RARE BIRDS (Diode Editions). She has received a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from MacDowell\, Kundiman\, and Vermont Studio Center. \nHazel White Hazel White is the author of Vigilance Is No Orchard (Nightboat 2018)\, which was a finalist for the National Poetry Series\, Fence Ottoline Prize\, and California Book Award. She was one of the winners of a 1-minute monologue competition\, in Tony Labat’s public art project at SFMOMA. Her monologue was titled I Want You to End Racism. She’s writing now about violence. \nVincent Chu is a Bay Area writer and author of the debut story collection Like a Champion (7.13 Books). His fiction has appeared in STILL Magazine\, Fjords Review\, Pithead Chapel\, PANK Magazine and elsewhere. He is a Headlands Center for the Arts Affiliate Artist\, Hambidge Center Fellow and member of The Writers Grotto. Vincent lives in San Francisco and can be found online at @herrchu. \nHeadlands Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary\, international arts center occupying a cluster of artist-rehabilitated military buildings at historic Fort Barry in the Marin Headlands\, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Headlands provides an unparalleled environment in support of the creative process and the development of new work and ideas. Through a range of programs for artists and the public\, we offer opportunities for reflection\, dialogue\, and exchange that build understanding and appreciation for the role of art in society. Photo of the Headlands by Andria Lo. \nBooksmith is an an off-center general interest independent bookstore and legacy business\, a flagship of San Francisco’s Haight Street since 1976. Booksmith is the force behind The Bindery\, a multi-purpose events parlor established in 2017 that features The Arcana Project: a deep\, highly inclusive array of books—fiction and nonfiction\, from all over the world—presented in chronological order by the date they were written. Booksmith also organizes Berkeley Arts & Letters\, an East Bay speaker series since 2009 that features exceptional authors with new books. Between the three programs\, Booksmith produces over 250 events per year. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
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SUMMARY:Digging Deep: A Generative Writing Workshop with Lee Romer Kaplan
DESCRIPTION:We’re beginning to remember that the first poets didn’t come out of a classroom\, that poetry began when somebody walked off of a savanna or out of a cave and looked up at the sky with wonder and said\, “Ahhh.” That was the first poem. \n–Lucille Clifton \nIn this time of social distancing and pandemic\, this three-session remote workshop is designed to bypass constriction and limitation by offering portals into imagery\, language\, and creative expression. Using a variety of prompts\, both individual and collaborative\, we will dig deep and unearth the material of memory\, the raw clay from which to generate new writing\, both poetry and prose\, in our workshop and beyond. \nYour instructor will draw upon Amherst Writers & Artists Method\, journaling\, dream work\, and other practices that center the writer and protect the writer’s voice and vision for the work. Whether you are new to writing or much published\, you will find sustenance here. You will leave this class with new poems or short prose pieces\, and a trove of inspiration for future work. At least two pieces will receive peer feedback in a small group workshop and\, if the student desires feedback from the instructor\, at least one piece will receive oral feedback from her. \nDecember 01 – December 15\n3 Tuesdays\, (PST) 6:30pm – 9:00pm\n\n$153.45 for members\n$165 for non-members
URL:https://litseen.com/event/digging-deep-a-generative-writing-workshop-with-lee-romer-kaplan/
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