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Homeschool Family Book Group: Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us online for a homeschool family book group to discuss the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award nominees and then cast our votes. Each year children vote on The Beverly Clearly Children's Choice Award to honor their favorite chapter book for new readers. This group is for children reading short chapter books and their favorite adult. Space is limited. Please register via Zoom: https://bit.ly/3mqYGEE

Free

Virtual Writers Group

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join fellow writers the first Wednesday of the month for a friendly critique. The goal is to support one another with constructive feedback and participate in writing exercises. All experience levels welcome! Books Around the Corner is inviting you to participate in Writers Group by phone or email until further notice. The Meeting ID will not change monthly for the Writers Group. Join Online https://zoom.us/j/230496085 Meeting ID: 230 496 085 Join by Phone HERE +1 301 715 8592 US Meeting ID: 230 496 085

Free

Renée Watson in Conversation With Nicola Yoon

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Renée Watson comes a love story about not only a romantic relationship, but how a girl finds herself and falls in love with who she really is. When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He's perfect, except… Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when Nala would rather watch movies and try out the new seasonal flavors at the local creamery. In order to impress Tye, Nala tells a few tiny lies to have enough in common with him. As they spend more time together, sharing more…

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Free

One Page Wednesday: March

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented writers from everywhere. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! Hosted by Natalie Serber. Register in advance for this event. This month’s featured reader is Molly Gaudry. Natalie Serber is the author of a memoir, Community Chest, and a story collection, Shout Her Lovely Name, a New York Times Notable Book of 2012, a summer reading selection from O, the Oprah Magazine, and an Oregonian Top 10 Book of the Pacific Northwest. Her fiction has appeared in The Greensboro Review, The Bellingham Review, Gulf Coast, Inkwell, and elsewhere. Essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Huffington Post and others. Natalie has been short listed in…

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Free

Tarot Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Online creative writing workshop destroys writer's block using Tarot cards as prompts. Writers complete a short story draft in two hours. Need a creative jumpstart? The HOCUS method uses the Tarot as a set of evocative prompts to write a complete short story draft. This two-hour workshop walks participants through the process in a painless, low-key manner, to help writers arrive at a story they probably weren't expecting. Especially valuable for writers who are feeling creatively blocked, the HOCUS Tarot Method works equally well for seasoned writers who want to challenge themselves to stretch in new directions.

$15

Romance Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Join us on March 4th 6:30pm for our Romance Book Club. We will discuss Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade About the book: Marcus Caster-Rupp has a secret: while the world knows him as Aeneas, the star of the biggest show on TV, he's known to fanfiction readers as an anonymous and popular poster. Marcus is able to get out his own frustrations with his character through his stories, especially the ones that feature the Internet's favorite couple, Aeneas and Lavinia. April Whittier has…

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$15 – $25

Coffee Talk#20

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Come hear readers reading grief. The best heart balm. Come celebrate a year of Coffee Talks! Join us! Featuring: Annie Gudger, Carmel Breathnach, Meg Weber, Norea Hoeft, and Sandra Leduc Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85818669148?pwd=TlJsUGpQRU91bHNTeTduR203U0VYZz09 Meeting ID: 858 1866 9148 Passcode: 112492

Free

Craft Conversations: Focus on Scenes: Build Back Better

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The scene is a building block of fiction and memoir. During this discussion we will take a deep dive into the components of scene writing. What makes a scene compelling? How can we make scenes vivid and earn their place on the page? If scenes must move stories forward, and reveal character, how can you include both external events and interiority? What about handling time? Character’s goals? Obstacles? And, when is it best to use summary? Through writing examples, prompts and ample discussion, you will leave this workshop with a firmer grip on how to enliven your work with scene. Each writer should come to the workshop with a scene that has been dogging them, either it isn’t coming to life on the page, or…

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$75

Begin Again :: A Webgasm w/ Lidia Yuknavitch & Jen Pastiloff

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

WHAT: A two and a half-hour online webgasm. WITH: Jen Pastiloff and Lidia Yuknavitch WHEN: Saturday, March 6, 2021 from 11am to 1:30PM PST WHERE: ZOOM (But of course.) Meeting ID will be provided ahead of time. HOW MUCH: $150. Payment plans are always available, contact Daniel Elder at registration@corporealwriting.com SCHOLARSHIPS: Click here to apply. How many times do you find yourself returning to a stuck place or the end of something, only to find that you must begin again? All endings contain beginnings, all beginnings mark the end of something--a feeling, a state of being, a process, a choice, a piece of art, a relationship, a self moving from stasis through change to a new form. Just as we are coming through cultural endings…

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$150

Booklover’s Burlesque: Once Upon a Tease (Virtual Edition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Explore the wondrously sensual world of fairy tales, myths, and legends like never before as Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Once Upon a Tease (Our next brand new, full-length Virtual Edition!) Saturday, March 6th, 2021 Livestream at 7pm PST on Crowdcast $15 GA & $25 VIP TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ON EVENTBRITE at https://bit.ly/3pweic9 (A Crowdcast link to our livestream will be emailed to all ticketholders by 3pm- or later if purchased afterward- on the day of the show. Tickets will be available up until showtime.) General Admission: $15 VIP Admission: $25 (includes an exclusive invitation to a Zoom VIP Meet & Greet directly after the show and a special thank you during the show. The Zoom VIP Meet & Greet link will also be emailed…

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$15 – $25
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