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Visiting Writer SeriesHosted by Steve Huff The Visiting Writer Series brings together Writers from out of town as well as from the Greater Rochester Area. First FridaysFeb. 5, 6 p.m. This Friday you can help celebrate Valentine's Day with us by reading some of your favorite love poems. and hear those read by others. Writers & Books is looking for people to sign up to read their favorite love poems for our First Friday on February 5th here at W&B. It can be your own poem, or a favorite by another poet. Valentine Card PartySaturday February 6, 10 a.m.-noon Why buy valentine cards when you can make your own? We’ll provide the materials; you provide the imagination. A wide array of special papers and sparkly adornments will offer inspiration. Writing experts will be on hand to help you find just the right words for that special someone. Come join the community of creativity! Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by: Wanda Schubmehl Now in its 26th year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the Verb Cafe. Learn more about our featured authors.
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"If All of Rochester Read the Same Book..." 2010 Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Click here for more information on the book and the author's visit to Rochester! Bel Canto is here! We have new copies of Bel Canto, the selection for our 10th annual "If All of Rochester Read the Same Book..." program, in stock and available for purchase. Member and bulk discounts are available. Save the date: Author Ann Patchett will be in Rochester for free public events March 24-27, 2010. Visiting Writer Series: Dane Gordon
Don't miss this publication celebration for Dane Gordon's new book of poems: The Logic of Death: Poems of War Wine and Cheese Reception to follow reading
Valentine Card PartySaturday February 6, 10 a.m.-noon
Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by: Wanda Schubmehl Winter 2010 Catalogue Online
Those of us who choose to live in a climate where all four seasons are given the opportunity to play out their own unique personalities, see the winter months as an opportunity, rather than a hindrance. Here at Writers & Books, the winter months are not a time to slow down and hibernate, but a chance to provide our loyal writers and readers numerous opportunities to take advantage of “the long winter evenings.” Learn more about Writers & Books"Writers and Books' promo video was produced by Obsucra Pictures, a new web video production company based in Rochester and New York City. For more information, email Jon Itkin at jonitkincopywriting@gmail.com" Publishing FAQDo 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writers & Books, Rochester's community literary center, inspires and instructs over 25,000 people each year through a wide array of offerings in nearly every literary genre. Believing that the written and spoken word are central to our lives and culture, Writers & Books celebrates, promotes and works to make them available to all. Writers & Books is located at 740 University Avenue, near Atlantic Avenue in the Neighborhood of the Arts. Writers & Books is located at 740 University Ave, Rochester NY 14607 |
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Hosted by Steve Huff
Why buy valentine cards when you can make your own? We'll provide the materials; you provide the imagination. A wide array of special papers and sparkly adornments will offer inspiration. Writing experts will be on hand to help you find just the right words for that special someone. Come join the community of creativity!
Ralph Black’s poems have Ralph Black’s poems have appeared in the West Branch, The Gettysburg Review and 32 Poems, among other journals. He is the recipient of the Anne Halley Poetry Prize from The Massachusetts Review. His first book, Turning Over the Earth, was published by Milkweed Editions. He teaches at SUNY Brockport, where he is Co-Director of the Brockport Writers Forum.
Steven Huff is the author of two books of poems, most recently More Daring Escapes, and a collection of stories, A Pig in Paris. A Pushcart Prize winner in fiction, and an O. Henry finalist, his poetry has been read on Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, and been chosen by Ted Kooser for American Life in Poetry. The former host of WXXI’s Fiction in Shorts, he is Director of Adult Education and Programs at Writers & Books, and teaches writing at RIT and the Solstice MFA Program at Pine Manor College.
“There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can’t think what to do with the long winter evenings.”