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Writing Workshops for Adults

New! Mini Workshops

Sat 27

Mini 5: Freelance Writing Tips

April 27 @ 11:00 am
Host: Stacey Freed
May 04

Mini 6: Improv for Writers

May 4 @ 11:00 am
Host: Joanne Brokaw
May 11

Mini 7: Writing Exercises

May 11 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Host: Tony Falzano
May 18

Mini 8: Editing Out Ego and Fear

May 18 @ 11:00 am

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Creative Nonfiction
Tue 23

From Crib to College: Capturing Memories of Childhood & Parenting

April 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Christine Green
May 09

Dealing with Time in Memoir

May 9 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Gail Hosking
May 17

Beginning Memoir

May 17 @ 11:15 am - 1:15 pm
Host: Anaïs Salibian
Jun 19

Beyond the Self

June 19 @ 6:30 pm
Host: Gail Hosking

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Fiction
Sat 27

Writers Need Readers! Beginning Fiction Workshop

April 27 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Host: J. Mulrooney
May 01

Help! My Manuscript Needs Work—Troubleshooting Your Novel

May 1 @ 6:30 pm
Host: Alex Sanchez
May 25

Love and Theft: My All-time Favorite Short Stories

May 25 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Host: Brian Wood
Jul 15

Fiction Camp

July 15 @ 7:00 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590

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Readings
Thu 25

Alongside We Travel: Contemporary Poets on Autism

April 25 @ 7:00 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590
Sat 27

Poetry, Potluck, & Pinot

April 27 @ 2:00 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590
Mon 29

Conan Doyle for the Defense with Margalit Fox

April 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590
May 10

Motherish: Laura Rock Gaughan Reading

May 10 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590

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Poetry
May 14

Beginning Poetry

May 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Joel Lesses
Jun 06

Writing Poetry in the style of Frank O’Hara

June 6 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Gail Hosking
Jul 22

Poetry Camp

July 22 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Hosts: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590
, Tokeya Graham, Sarah Freligh, and Chen Chen

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Publishing and Professional Writing
May 07

Social Media for Writers

May 7 @ 6:30 pm
Host: Jane Sutter
Jun 04

Blogging 201

June 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Jane Sutter
Jun 22

Marketing Your Book

June 22 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Host: Amy Collins

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Gell
May 04

Writing the Self and Nature through the Work of Emily Dickinson

May 4 @ 10:00 am
Hosts: Karen vanMeenen and Patricia Roth Schwartz
at Writers & Books
Jul 20

Gell Intensive

July 20 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590

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Creative Writing
Mon 29

Fiction Meets Nonfiction; Verse Meets Prose

April 29 @ 6:30 pm
Host: Marna Rossi
Tue 30

How to Write Funny

April 30 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Scott Seifritz
May 04

Writing the Self and Nature through the Work of Emily Dickinson

May 4 @ 10:00 am
Hosts: Karen vanMeenen and Patricia Roth Schwartz
May 08

Writing the Labyrinth

May 8 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Host: Karen vanMeenen
May 11

Writing Mothers

May 11 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Host: Laura Rock Gaughan
May 18

Improv for Writers

May 18 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Host: Joanne Brokaw

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