Writers’ Retreat in St. Helena:
Welcoming the New Decade
January 30th, 11 am – 5 pm
An inspiring and idea-filled day of writing, reflecting, sharing work, relaxing, talking, and walking in a lovely Napa Valley setting
$75 for the day (plus $10 for lunch)
More retreats will be planned for later in 2010
click here for information and photos about the July 2009 writers’ retreat
UC Berkeley Extension Workshop:
Writing and Selling Your Personal Essays
With Elizabeth Fishel and a panel of writers and editors
Saturday, March 6, 10 am – 5 pm
UC Berkeley Extension, 1995 University Ave. — Room 213, Berkeley
$225
For more information and to enroll,
www.unex.berkeley.edu/cat/course273.html
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2009 events
UC Berkeley Extension Workshop:
Writing for Magazines
With Elizabeth Fishel and a panel of writers and editors
Saturday, November 21, 10 am – 5 pm
Barrows Hall, room 126 on the UC Berkeley campus
Writers’ Retreat at Anomaly Vineyards in St. Helena
July 11th, 11 am – 5 pm
A day of writing, relaxing, talking, walking, and reflecting in a beautiful winery and garden setting
click here for information and photos
UC Berkeley Extension Workshop:
Writing and Selling Your Personal Essays
With Elizabeth Fishel and a panel of writers and editors
Saturday, February 7, 10 am – 5 pm
Wheeler Hall, room 220 on the UC Berkeley campus
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2008 readings
Several Wednesday and Friday Writers read from new books during the fall of 2008:
• On Sept. 5th, Melanie Johnston read from her memoir, What My Father Saw: A Daughter’s Journey Through Her Father’s Memories As One of the Liberators of Buchenwald Concentration Camp at Mrs. Dalloway’s, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland.
• On Sept. 6th, Laura Shumaker introduced her new memoir, A Regular Guy; Growing Up With Autism at Orinda Books, 276 Village Square, Orinda.
• On Sept. 11th, several contributors to Risa Nye’s anthology, Writin’ on Empty: Parents Reveal the Upside, Downside and Everything in Between When Children Leave the Nest, including Elizabeth Fishel, read at Mrs. Dalloway’s.
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2007 readings for
Something That Matters included:
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
“Words that Matter” Tea and Literary Benefit
Summit campus
450 30th Street
Oakland
Diesel Books
5433 College Avenue
Oakland
510-653-9965
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera
415-927-0960
Orinda Books
276 Village Square
Orinda
925-254-7606
Rakestraw Books
409 Railroad Avenue
Danville
925-837-7337
Mrs. Dalloway’s
2904 College Ave
Berkeley
510-704-8222
Bookshop West Portal
80 West Portal Avenue
San Francisco
415-564-8080
