Category Archives: Events

Tonight’s talk on Strong Female Characters at Bedford Library

I’m rolling through Michigan tonight!  You can visit Bedford Library at 6 p.m. for a talk on Strong Female Characters in books for teens.  Here’s the official description from the Monroe County Library System’s website: Ever notice that readers who talk about “strong female characters” only seem interested in girls who use physical strength? ThereContinue reading “Tonight’s talk on Strong Female Characters at Bedford Library”

On My Way: AWP National Conference 2014

I’ve mentioned AWP before on this site, as I attended the national conference in both 2012 and 2013. This year, 2014, will mark my third time attending the Association of Writers and Writing Programs National Conference, which takes place in Seattle this year. (The two conferences I previously attended were in Chicago [2012] and BostonContinue reading “On My Way: AWP National Conference 2014”

Help fund an Inter-Generational Poetry event in Northwest Ohio

Though I love my hometown, it’s not exactly known as a literary place. Sure, Toledo is the birthplace of authors like Millie Benson, but it can be incredibly difficult as a young woman to find a literary community to fit into. That’s why, at the end of last year, two Toledo-area women started the WomenContinue reading “Help fund an Inter-Generational Poetry event in Northwest Ohio”