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Ongoing at Writers & Books Winter 2009 Adult Catalogue Now Online
Of particular interest is the expansion of our daytime classes and workshops. We have experienced a growing demand, particularly on the part of our older audiences, for writing programs that take place during the morning and afternoon hours. We want to make sure that we are meeting the needs of this ever-expanding population of active retirees in this community, and these new classes and workshops are designed to do just that. See page 18. So, don’t retreat from an active life in these colder months ahead, but join us in making them a time of great enjoyment and creativity. All Adult courses for winter are now online and available for registration online or over the phone. W&B introduces Senior Class, a new writing program for older adults. The introduction of Senior Class represents a unique collaboration between Writers & Books, Rochester’s community-based literary center, and The Center for Healthy Aging, the nationally recognized geriatrics program at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. This new program is intended to address issues of aging associated with memory loss and overall cognitive functioning. Writers & Books will offer a menu of daytime writing classes and workshops at our facility on University Avenue. Staff from the Center for Healthy Aging will conduct ongoing testing of participants to see whether involvement in the act of creative writing does improve ongoing cognitive functioning. Participants will be asked, but not required, to take part in a series of non-obtrusive tests that will gauge their cognitive functions and memory retention. Click here to view Senior Classes.
Winter Classes for Kids and Teens Don’t let your kids leave writing in the cold this winter! Kids courses for winter are now available to browse online. Make sure to check out our selection of classes for February and April Break!
2008 Big Read Wraps
2 Pages/2 Voices Winners Announced We are proud to announce the following plays and playwrights as our winners of the 2008 2 Pages 2 Voices contest.Al’s Stand, by Wendy Low The winning plays will be read at Writers & Books, December 15th at 8:00 pm. Gell Poetry Prize Winner Requiem available at Writers & Books
“All the poems in Requiem may be read as attempts to confront the presence of death in our lives, to engage the subject directly without melodrama and without evasion.”
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. |
Upcoming Winter Events
Do You Hate to Date Online?Thursday, December 4 7:00 pm Join Mary Anne Donovan for some laughs, tales, and talk on Thursday evening, December 4 at 7 p.m. at Writers & Books, as she reads, talk some, and take your questions about her new book, Why I Hate to Date Online. First FridaysFriday, December 5 6:00 pm Along with other local galleries and performance spaces, W&B will be open on the first Friday evenings of each month hosting a series of readings and performances in our Verb Café and Performance Space. Senior Reading GroupTuesday December 9 2:00 pm- 4:00p.m. Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable, supportive atmosphere at W&B. 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: Thomas Flynn on “Confessions of an Encyclopedist.” 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 forpublishing 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 2 Pages/2 Voices Winners AnnouncedDecember 15, at 8:00 pm We are proud to announce the following plays and playwrights as our winners of the 2008 2 Pages 2 Voices contest.
Al’s Stand, by Wendy Low 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.
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We believe that the winter months are not a time to slow down and do less, but a chance to provide our loyal writers and readers numerous opportunities to take advantage of this season’s natural tendency to make us concentrate on the interior life of the mind. As you can see by browsing through the pages of this catalog, there are classes, workshops, readings, and discussions enough to keep any literary community gainfully occupied. 
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Writers & Books' latest Big Read program closed this past Saturday after a highly successful two-month-long series of events.
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