Upcoming Events

  • Left Coast Writers Book Launch: Linda Watanabe McFerrin Hosts Judy Bebelaar and Ron Cabral

    Book Passage 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Judy Bebelaar and Ron Cabral are the authors of a new book detailing the lives lost in the 1978 Jonestown massacre, And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers from Peoples Temple from High School to Jonestown. The wonderful Linda Watanabe McFerrin hosts at The Book Passage. Linda's new book, Navigating the Divide, is out from ASP this fall season. […]

  • Travel Writers Share their Stories with Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Joanna Biggar, and more

    Book Passage 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Travel writers, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Joanna Biggar, and Laurie McAndish King share their stories and books about travel at The Ferry Plaza Book Party. Lots to learn from these stalwarts of travel publishing!   Left Coast Writers®@ the Ferry Plaza Book Party: Winter Wanderlnd: Travel Writing workshop leaders Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Joanna Biggar and travel […]

  • Literary Workshop with Linda Watanabe McFerrin

    James Presho House in Oakland, CA CA, United States

    Join travel writer, essayist, poet, and novelist Linda Watanabe McFerrin for a literary workshop at the historic James Presho House in Oakland , CA and look out for her new book from ASP, Navigating the Divide, which collects her best poetry, travel writing, and fiction in one beautiful volume.   You can contact Linda to […]

  • Path to Publishing with Linda Watanabe McFerrin

    Book Passage 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Linda Watanabe McFerrin is the founder of Left Coast Writers, a frequent judge for many major literary awards, a writer herself, publishing her new book, Navigating the Divide, with ASP in 2019. NTD is a Legacy book collecting her best poetry, prose and travel writing. Come join Linda for a "path to publishing" workshop at the Book […]

  • Literary Workshop with Linda Watanabe McFerrin at the Presho House #2

    James Presho House in Oakland, CA CA, United States

    Join travel writer, essayist, poet, and novelist Linda Watanabe McFerrin for a literary workshop at the historic James Presho House in Oakland , CA and look out for her new book from ASP, Navigating the Divide, which collects her best poetry, travel writing, and fiction in one beautiful volume. You can contact Linda to book […]

  • Literary Workshop with Linda Watanabe McFerrin at the Presho House #3

    James Presho House in Oakland, CA CA, United States

    Join travel writer, essayist, poet, and novelist Linda Watanabe McFerrin for a literary workshop at the historic James Presho House in Oakland , CA and look out for her new book from ASP, Navigating the Divide, which collects her best poetry, travel writing, and fiction in one beautiful volume.   You can contact Linda to book […]

  • Rose Solari’s “A Poem A Day” Workshop is Back

    Politics & Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. , NW, DC, United States

    February 4th-8th from 10:00AM to 12:30PM This February poet and author, Rose Solari, offers a new version of her popular A Poem a Day workshop with an emphasis on what the great singer/songwriter Peter Gabriel called “Digging in the Dirt” — delving deep into memory and past experiences to find the materials for meaningful poems. […]

  • UDC Jazz Forum with Reuben Jackson

    UDC 4200 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC, DC, United States

    Come join poet and jazz scholar Reuben Jackson as he sits down with WPFW's Rusty Hassan to discuss his remarkable career in jazz academia. The forum will take place at The University of Washington DC. Admission is free for all. The event will take place in the UDC Recital Hall, Performing Arts Building 46 West […]

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  • Free Writing Workshop Led by Poet Reuben Jackson

    Split This Rock 1301 Conneticut Ave NW, District of Columbia, DC, United States

    Poet and jazz scholar, Reuben Jackson, is leading a FREE writing workshop at the DC arts non-profit Split This Rock. 

  • Rose Solari is Reading her Poetry in Alexandria, VA

    Martha Washington Community Library 6614 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria, VA, United States

    Rose Solari will be bringing her poetry to the Martha Washington Community Library to read alongside some great DMV poets including, Anne Harding Woodworth,  Rocky Jones, and Anne Becker. The event is titled: "Building to a Crescendo: A Poetry Reading" The event will be hosted by Steve Allen May

  • Linda Watanabe McFerrin in Conversation with Author Ann Steiner: How Writers Get the Word Out

    Book Passage 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA, United States

    From the Website: Poet, Novelist, Workshop Leader and Left Coast Writers Founder Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Author, Certified Group Psychotherapist and Professional Speaker Ann Steiner, Ph.D., MFT, will be in conversation about Communicating with a Larger Community: How Writers Get the Word Out. They’ll be chatting about questions that eventually come up for most writers: What exactly is a platform […]

  • Elizabeth Hazen to Read at Reston’s Used Book Shop

    Reston's Used Book Shop 1623 Washington Plaza North, Lake Anne Village Center, Reston, VA, United States

    Elizabeth Hazen will be reading as a part of the Reston Reading Series hosted by Nathan Leslie and Meredith Reynolds. Marion Winik, a longtime All Things Considered commentator and essayist, and Jona Colson, an educator and poet, will read from their work as well. "Reston's Used Book Shop, founded in 1978 by Restonians Sue Schram and […]

  • Reuben Jackson Reading for “Words out Loud” in Glen Echo Park

    Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD, United States

    Poet and jazz scholar, Reuben Jackson, will be reading his poetry (old and new) as part of the "Words out Loud" series in Glen Echo Park. 7300 MacArthur blvd (see below) (parking lot on Oxford road) Room 302, third floor, North Arcade Building the entry is to the right of the neon POPCORN sign. ADA […]

  • “5 Great Poems” A Workshop by Rose Solari in Honor of National Poetry Month

    Politics & Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave. , NW, DC, United States

    In honor of National Poetry Month, Poet Rose Solari is teaching a one-session seminar, “Five Great Poems,” in which participants will read and discuss five poems by contemporary masters of the form: Tony Hoagland, Anne Sexton, Derek Walcott, Natasha Tretheway, and Stanley Plumly. You can register here: https://www.politics-prose.com/class/five-great-contemporary-poems-1944