SATURDAY, APRIL 16“Memoir and Metaphor:  Illuminating Your Life through Writing” workshop with Susan TiberghienWith metaphor you bring your stories into clearer focus and discover deeper levels of meaning in your writing and in your lives. In this workshop you will look at how metaphor has been used over the centuries and with examples from contemporary memoirs and exercises, you will work on writing your own memoir.SUNDAY, APRIL 17 MEET THE AUTHORS (10:00 am - 12:45 pm) Recently published…See More

April 17-18, 2010National Arts Club15 Gramercy Park South (near East 20th Street)New York CityPROGRAMSaturday, April 17Memoir: Writing and Publishing Your Life Stories with Susan TiberghienThere is an urgency today to share real-life stories and to learn from one another. It is through memoir—writingmemoir and reading memoir—that we fi nd meaning in our lives and discover our connectedness, our onenesswith another, our common humanity.9:00 - 9:30 am Registration9:30 - 10:15 am Introduction10:15…See More

The International Women’s Writing Guild PresentsTHE EARLY SPRING IN CALIFORNIA CONFERENCEMarch 12-14, 2010Bosch Bahái School, Santa Cruz, California“Entering the Writer’s Sacred Playground”PROGRAMWhat happens when an essay behaves more like a poem? When memoir bleeds into fiction? Or when reportage turns intorefl ection? Spend a weekend dedicated to drawing from the repertoire of genres to create surprising and dynamic writing.Whether you’re a new or seasoned writer, this weekend will…See More