WR Member Lori Fischer In A “Pickle!”
Hello there, Fabulous Ones! I wanted to invite you to the upcoming A night of short plays, short songs and two short films by Lori Fischer Starring: Janet Dickinson, David Douglas, Lori Fischer, Tara Gadomski, Penelope Lowder, Doug Rees, Kilty Reidy, Adrienne Thompson, Joey Collins, Nancy Opel and Olympia Dukakis Benefit performance for the film [...]
New at The Writers Room
Silver Threads: 25 years of fiction from Xavier Review A collection of 15 stories chosen from the first 25 years of Xavier Review, the creative writing journal of Xavier University of Louisiana. Among the contributors are Alvin Aubert, Robin Beeman, Fred Chappell, Andrei Codrescu, David Madden, Robert Morgan, and Fatima Shaik.
Sixth Annual Pen World Voices Festival of International Literature
150 writers, 40 countries, and more than 50 events An Around the World Reading Grab your passport and come on a trip around the world with Festival airlines. We?ll make numerous stops in Europe, then head to Australia, Quebec, and South Africa before we land back in the U.S. Please fasten your seat belts, sit [...]
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Workshop: Two Saturdays: May 1 & 8?? 1:30 ? 4:30 pm Fee: $50 per workshop or $80 for both Workshop Instructor: Kathryn Adisman (?K?) Workshop Description: We will use the Feldenkrais Method? to mobilize for creativity. Moving from an Awareness Through Movement? lesson to drawing to writing exercises ? and back to the floor ? [...]
New at The Writers Room
The Seven Year Bitch by Jennifer Belle From Publishers Weekly Welcome to not-so-happily-ever-after. Soon-to-be-40 Izzy just lost her Wall Street job, has a husband who runs a struggling publishing operation from their apartment, a year-old son, and a growing suspicion she’s living life in captivity. It’s not that you get a seven-year itch, divorced pal [...]
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Just a quick announcement ? last ?Bang the Keys? writing workshop of the season starts next week. Dates are Wed. Apr. 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26,? June 2.? Brooklyn only. 6:30 to 8:30 pm $275. Small group. Send me a note at JillDearman@gmail.com if you are interested. For deets on the phenomenon J check [...]
New at The Writers Room
Know What Makes Them Tick: How to Successfully Negotiate Almost Any Situation by Max Siegel, G. F. Lichtenberg Max Siegel started with none of the obvious advantages, yet again and again he built mutually beneficial partnerships?with peers, mentors, supervisors, and industry leaders?that took him to the heights of professional and personal achievement. He?s managed some [...]
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The Tree House and other Stories is a collection of plays and short stories all first broadcast on BBC Radio in the UK. It includes the play, Capital Gains, which starred the incomparable late Peter Jones? of whom one fan wrote “…and Peter Jones would be my luxury on a desert island.”
The Writers Room Reading Series presents
The Writers Room Reading Series presents Untitled, a short story by Colin McPhillamy Missing, an excerpt from a screenplay by C.C. Webster Before the Rain, an excerpt from a novel-in-progress by Claudia Valentino Tuesday, April 20th, at 7:00 pm The Writers Room The Writers Room readings are supported by the Jerome Foundation, the National Endowment [...]
True Life Murder Mystery Unfolds Paces From The Writers Room: WR Member Ellen Horan Travels Back In Time In New Thriller, 31 BOND STREET
31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan The sensational murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell in his lower Manhattan townhouse was the biggest news story in the United States before the Civil War; ?Who killed Dr. Burdell?? was the question that gripped the nation. Deftly interweaving fiction and fact, 31 Bond Street is a clever historical narrative [...]
