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Fantasy Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Fantasy Book Club meets monthly on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our fantasy loving customers. 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 Tuesday March 9th at 6:30pm for our Books Around the Corner Fantasy Book Club. We will discuss The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. About the book: A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons…

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$15 – $25

Livestream Reading: Phillip Margolin

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes back Phillip Margolin for a livestream reading from his new thriller, A Matter of Life and Death. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckf-6vqD4jH9Q7ILsLo8sUGnh7aKRS417l About the book: The master of the courtroom thriller returns with a classic mind-bending puzzle, as Attorney Robin Lockwood must face her most challenging case yet, with everything stacked against her client and death on the line.  Joe Lattimore, homeless and trying desperately to provide for his young family, agrees to fight in a no-holds-barred illegal bout, only to have his opponent die. Lattimore now finds himself at the mercy of the fight's organizers who blackmail him into burglarizing a house. However, when he breaks in, he finds a murdered woman on the floor and the police have received an anonymous tip…

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Free

Incite: Queer Writers Read—March 2021

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Incite: Queer Writers Read is a curated, monthly reading series for Queer writers. Join us in March as we explore the topic of Repair/Rebuild with Ajai Terrazas Tripathi, Megan Alpert, Nastashia Minto, and Daniel Gyu. Incite: Queer Writers Read is a curated, monthly reading series for Queer writers. Incite’s hope is to create conversation, connection, and greater understanding both within the Queer community and with other communities. Hosted by Vinnie Kinsella and Jennifer Perrine. The theme for March is Repair/Rebuild. Register for this event in advance.

Free

IPRC: Flash in the Pan Session Two

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

FLASH! In The Pan is a series of 10-day long creative writing workshops taught by jayy dodd with prompts, lessons, & guest talks. The second session will feature a guest talk from visiting writer Casey Rocheteau. This series of workshops is for Queer/Trans* Black, Indigenous Writers / of Color. Each session has 20 seats max. The workshop will utilize, Google Groups, Google Meet, Drive, & Youtube Live. Facilitated by jayy dodd. Tuition for each workshop is $100, scholarships available. Apply here

$100

Spectral Transmissions: Ghosts of Futures Past

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Presented and Directed by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher Spectral Transmissions: Ghosts of Futures Past is a multimedia event in the style of a 1930s/1940s radio show. In this special festival edition of Spectral Transmissions, a host of filmmakers, writers, and artists explore how the past and the future haunt us today. Program contributors include: Cliff Hengst, Donal Mosher and Mike Palmieri, Courtney Stephens, Nels Bangerter with Jack Bangerter and Nicole Billeschou, Lynne Tillman, Mark Elijah Rosenberg with Steven Christopher Quinn and Elliot PDS-70b Skaff, Steven Sheil and Jeanie Finlay, Kirsten Johnson with Dick Johnson, Matt McCormick, D-L Alvarez, Holland Andrews, Jason Hanasik, Johanna Jackson, Selections from the Public Domain Review, Chanti Darling, Danny Paul Grody, Nancy Andrews and Jennifer Reeder. The program will screen for the festival duration, March 5-14. Tickets can be purchased below.…

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$9

Write Around Portland: Bi-Monthly BIPOC Online Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For people who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC). 2nd & 4th Friday of every month from 4 to 5:30 pm (Pacific Time), Free. (No workshop 12/25.) Workshops are held via Zoom. Pre-registration is required. Registration opens the 1st of the month every month. Pre-register for our 2nd Friday workshop here. Pre-register for our 4th Friday workshop here. Click here for more workshop details.

Free

Write Around Portland: Prompt Online Workshop with Author Neil Aitken | 10 Saturdays, Mar 13 – May 15

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

"Sign up, show up and your heart and world will thank you. I've known that I love writing and 'must do it more,' but now I know it is essential to living the life I want." —Sara, past Prompt participant Join author and poet Neil Aitken this spring for a 10-week generative writing workshop designed to inspire the writing life! Starts March 13th—10 Saturdays from 10am to 12pm. "These are spaces of learning, wonder and courage—I love being a part of these creative workshops where writers new and seasoned are discovering the joy of writing together." —Neil Aitken, Write Around Portland facilitator Based on the acclaimed Write Around Portland model, this dynamic workshop incorporates our favorite writing exercises, including freewriting; work with writing elements; strength-building…

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$300

Artist Statement As Manifesto Workshop w/ Pamela K. Santos

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

WITH: Pamela K. Santos WHAT: 3 hour online workshop (with frequent bio breaks for every hour) WHEN: Sat., March 13, 2021, from 11AM to 2PM PST WHERE: Zoom. Meeting ID provided in advance after purchase COST: $125 for workshop, $60 for consultation. See details below. Do you feel challenged by the prospect of describing your writing? Do you need guidance on what an artist statement is for writers? Are you trying to create an artist website and want to include your philosophy on writing? Open to writers of all experience levels, Pamela will share her approach to crafting artist statements as manifesto, love letter to her art, and bold declaration of her place in literary community. The craft lecture will include examples from her applications…

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$125

Application Deadline: 2021 Tin House Summer Residencies

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Each residency will feature two writers at the same time (in separate apartments). If eligible, you may apply for all of the residencies using this single application. Tin House Workshop recognizes that the ongoing pandemic makes traveling and timelines more difficult than ever. We’re committed to working with each resident to make their visit as comfortable and safe as possible. Should anyone need to cancel their residency due to COVID concerns, we will still honor the stipend. Application Requirements (submitted as one document): A personal essay (1,500 words or less outlining your journey as a writer and description of the project you will be working on) + writing sample. Fiction and Nonfiction: One writing sample of no more than 7,000 words. A short story/essay or…

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$25

March BIPOC writer workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For BIPOC writers Searching for a space to create new work with fellow BIPOC writers? This two-hour workshop meets on Zoom. A variety of prompts will be presented as avenues for generating and sharing new work in an informal setting. Open to BIPOC writers at all levels writing in poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Scholarships are available. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org for more information. Jacqueline Fitzgerald is an educator, coach, and writer who strives to lead through a love ethic and believes in the power of stories to change hearts and minds. Her writing has been published in the Oregonian, The Learning Network of the New York Times, and Beacon Magazine. Currently, she is working on a speculative future novel exploring intergenerational experiences of survival…

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$15
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