Dear Members:
April is not just for poetry any more. Not that we don’t love poetry at Michigan Writers – in fact, we’d love to read your favorite poem on the radio! However, the events coming up this month include reading and writing of all genres. Scroll down for announcements and reminders about just some of the happenings in our vibrant writing community.
But first, please consider helping fellow member
Lori Hall Steele at a reception and benefit auction on April 12. Lori, a Traverse City-based writer, suffers from a paralyzing neurological condition that has yet to be diagnosed but has confined her to a wheelchair. Signed books, art, music, and a variety of other goods and services will be auctioned off to help Lori pay her mounting medical bills. The event starts at 7 p.m. in The Mercato in Building 50 of The Village at Grand Traverse Commons in Traverse City.
Read the press release in What’s New for more information.April 2: Don’t miss this
Life Writing workshop with poet, memoirist, and teacher Anne-Marie Oomen at 7 p.m. in Room 207 of the University Center of Northwestern Michigan College, 2200 Dendrinos Drive, Traverse City. Part of Michigan Writers’ free writing workshop series, the program is open to the public.
April 10: Join us for a
reception and reading celebrating the release of the new Cooperative Press chapbooks at 7:30 on April 10 at The Writing House at Interlochen Arts Academy. Poets Leigh Fairey, Holly Wren Spaulding, and Catherine Turnbull will read from and sign their limited-edition chapbooks, published proudly by Michigan Writers. The reception is open to the public.
April 11: Last day to submit your favorite poem to the annual National Poetry Month celebration of
Michigan Writers on the Air! Send the title, author, and (if possible) text of the poem to michiganwriters@interlochen.org. The Beach Bards will join hosts Ann Bardens-McClellan and Aaron Stander to read your favorite selections. The show airs at 7 p.m. April 26 and again at 1 p.m. April 27 on Interlochen Public Radio, 91.5 FM.
April 12: Barry Lopez gives the keynote speech of the
Interlochen Literary symposium at 1:30 p.m. in Corson Auditorium at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. His speech is open to the public. Tickets cost $10.
April 17: Petoskey novelist Peg Herring is guest speaker at the MW Spring Potluck & Annual Meeting. Herring, a retired English teacher and busy seminar leader, will share tips on how to get published in her talk “You've written that masterpiece -- what happens next?" Her novel,
Macbeth’s Niece, was published in January with Five Star Press, an imprint of Gale. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6726 Center Road in Traverse City. Bring a dish to pass and writing news to share.
See you soon!
Michigan Writers
