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Ongoing at Writers & Books
2 Pages 2 Voices Writers & Books and Geva Theatre Center are pleased to announce our annual “2 Pages/2 Voices” playwriting competition. Writers of all levels of writing experience are invited to submit a short play to the competition. Ten plays will be selected to be given a dramatic reading at Writers & Books performance space on Monday, December 15, 2008. Each play should be limited to no more than two pages, and involve no more than Two characters. Writers may submit more than one play. Name, address, phone number and e-mail should be included for contact. Font size should be at least 11 points. Submissions cannot be returned. Submission Deadline: October 27, 2008 This is the sixth annual “2 Pages/2 Voices” competition, created by Geva Theater and Writers & Books to encourage and support playwriting in our region. Writers & Books will hold second "Big Read" this fall featuring The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick Big Read Calendar of events now available! PDF .DOC Click here for more information. From the official Big Read Website
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American popular culture. Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America, a 2004 NEA report, identified a critical decline in reading for pleasure among American adults. The Big Read aims to address this issue directly by providing citizens with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their communities. A great book combines enlightenment with enchantment. It awakens our imagination and enlarges our humanity. It can even offer harrowing insights that somehow console and comfort us. Whether you're a regular reader already or a nonreader making up for lost time, thank you for joining the Big Read. Dana Gioia For more information on how you or your school, church, temple, synagogue, organization, association, business or reading group can get involved, email Karen vanMeenen at karen@wab.org Fall Workshops for Adults Our fall catolgue is now available online! Fall into writing (and reading) this autumn with Writers & Books. Our new fall catalogue is online and waiting for your registration. Fall Workshops for Kids and Teens Our youth fall catolgue is now available at our redesigned W&B Kids page. Don't let the back to school blues undermine your child's passion for writing, enroll them in one of our fun and exciting workshops for kids today!
Gell Poetry Prize 2009 The Kenneth and Geraldine Gell Poetry Prize is awarded annually by Writers & Books for an outstanding unpublished book-length collection of poetry. The poet will receive an honorarium of $1000, publication of the collection (in paperback, in the fall following the award, with Big Pencil Press), and a two-week fellowship at the Gell Center of the Finger Lakes. Click here for more information and for guidelines and entry form.
Publishing FAQ Do you have a piece you would like to publish, but don't know how to go about it? Steve Huff, author and Director of Adult Education has produced answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding self-publishing, magazine, and novel publishing. Read it here.
You Can Become a Sponsor Click here to find out the benefits to becoming a sponsor for next year's If All of Rochester Read the Same Book.
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Upcoming Autumn Events
Visiting Writers Series: William HeyenThursday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m. William Heyen, poet, author of Shoah Train, Erika: Poems of the Holocaust, and many other books, will read from his work. First FridaysFriday, October 3 6:00 pm
This popular group fuses poetry and music in a unique and fascinating way. Poets & writers read to the original, spontaneous tunes and rhythms of a four piece band. Everyone is encouraged to participate with music, poems, song or prose. Each performance is unique and dynamic, born from the talents of those present and the inspired musicians who back them. If you have never seen Dream Engine this is a great opportunity! Bring something to read and jump in!
Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by: Wanda Schubmehl Now in its 23rd year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the Verb Cafe. Learn more about our featured authors. Senior Reading GroupTuesday October 7 2:00 pm- 4:00p.m. Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable, supportive atmosphere at W&B. Women Celebrate: Publication PartyThursday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m A celebration of a new chapbook, Women Celebrate, of writing by area women. The Bertrand Russell SocietyHosted by: Dr. David White This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just members of the Bertrand Russell Society. This Month: Ted Lechman on Harry G. Frankfurt’s On Bullshit. During the late 1920s and early 30s, Bertrand Russell, then a world-famous philosopher, did a series of three books for Horace Liveright, the New York publishing house which had invented the Modern Library and was well known for publishing controversial authors. Russell's books and the U.S. lecture tours he took at the same time were all great successes. Some of his ideas for reform of self, marriage, education and society are taken for granted today, others have been rejected, but the study of Russell's popular advocacy between the wars provides us with a unique portrait of what the American mind was seeing and thinking about during what came to be called the Jazz Age.. David White For further information, call 415-5925 or e-mail: tmadigan@rochester.rr.com Open History Reading GroupHosted by: Steve Huff Join us for meetings of an open history-reading group. In these gatherings we choose historical topics rather than specific books, and then you choose a book on the subject that most interests you. The discussions are convivial, exciting, and informative. Wide Open MicHosted by: Norm Davis W&B is proud to sponsor Rochester's largest running open mike, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. Known for its eclectic mix. Wide Open Mike welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds. 25 And UnderHosted by: Sally Bittner Bonn More than a quarter century ago W&B first opened its doors. To celebrate that milestone anniversary we initiated a brand new monthly reading series featuring writers who are 25 and younger. Join us as we discover a new generation of writers for the next quarter century. A Literary Costume Party: Halloween Open Mic 2Hosted by: Gregory Gerard “If you’re going to turn into a pig, my dear,” Come as you aren’t! Here’s your once-a-year opportunity to don a new persona. Join us for A Halloween Open Mic 2 featuring readings from local writers—and the opportunity to read a few pages of your own (or your favorite author’s) poetry or prose. Come dressed as a character from literature (perhaps one who inspires your reading or writing!) The fun begins at 7 p.m. on Halloween in Writers & Books new performance space. R.S.V.P.s are appreciated (but not required) to GregoryGerard@rochester.rr.com by October 15 to reserve a slot at the podium. Costumes required, snacks provided, donations encouraged.
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No event in modern history has inspired so many books as the Holocaust. This monumental atrocity has compelled thousands of writers to reexamine their notions of history, humanity, morality, and even theology. None of these books, however, is quite like Cynthia Ozick's The Shawl—a remarkable feat of fiction which starts in darkest despair and brings us, without simplification or condescension, to a glimmer of redemption.
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