The 43th Annual Community of Writers at Squaw Valley will convene again this July with workshops in Fiction and Screenwriting. The prestigious Writing Workshops in Fiction and Nonfiction will meet for a week in Squaw Valley. Writing Workshop participants meet each day in workshop, as well as attend presentations on the craft and the business of writing. Most of these events are free and open to the public. Members of the public who are interested in attending can download a full schedule of events here: http://www.squawvalleywriters.org/readings.html

Or call or email: (530) 581-5200  [email protected]

The Community of Writers at Squaw Valley invites the public to attend the dozens of literary events and readings taking place as part of its Writers Workshops in July.

Highlights of this summer’s week include:

Tuesday July 9   8:00 PM (Olympic House)

Reading, Booksigning and No Host Bar   $10/$5 students – Please call to reserve a seat.

Writers Read and Talk about Their Work:

Max Byrd  Grant, The Paris Deadline

Alex Espinoza The Five Acts of Diego León

Karen Joy Fowler Sarah Canary, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Gail Tsukiyama Women of the Silk, The Samarai’s Garden

Wednesday July 10   8:00 PM (Olympic House)

Film Screening and No Host Bar   Free.

The Screenwriting Program presents:

Tom Rickman will screen and speak about her 2008 Hallmark Hall of Fame American drama, “Front of the Class.”

Thursday July 11   5:30  PM (Olympic House)

Reading, Booksigning and No Host Bar   Free.  Please call to reserve a seat.

Readings by our Recently Published Alums:

Eddy Ancinas (’72)  Tales from Two Valleys ~ Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows

Alison Singh Gee (’07, ‘01) Wher the Peacocks Sing: A Prince, a Palace, and the Search for Home

Alan Grostephan (’09)  Bogatà

Mark Maynard (’08)  Grind

Amy Franklin-Willis (’09, ’06, ‘05) The Lost Saints of Tennessee

Thursday July 11   8:00  PM (Olympic House)

Reading, Booksigning and No Host Bar   $10/$5 students – Please call to reserve a seat.

Writers Read and Talk about Their Work:

Christopher Beaver  Dark Circle, Between Dreams and History

Edward Humes No Matter How Loud I Shout, Garbology

Teresa Jordan The Year of Living Virtuously, Weekends Off

M.G. Lord Forever Barbie, Astro Turf

Saturday July 13    8:00 PM (Olympic House)

Reading, Booksigning and No Host Bar   $10/$5 students – Please call to reserve a seat.

Writers Read and Talk about Their Work:

Alan Cheuse  Song of Slaves in the Desert, Paradise, Or Eat Your Face

Louis B. Jones Radiance, Innocence

Richard Ford Canada, The Sportswriter

Amanda Eyre Ward Forgive Me, Close Your Eyes

The weeklong workshops differ in focus and approach but include intensive writing workshops, individual conferences, lectures, panels, readings, and discussions of the craft and the business of writing, with the goal of assisting writers to improve their craft and thus move them closer to publication.

Who: The Community of Writers at Squaw Valley

What: Summer Literary Events

When: WRITERS WORKSHOPS: July 7-14, 2012

Where: Olympic House, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Squaw Valley, California

How: Download a complete schedule of events. All events listed are open to the public and most are free-of charge. www.squawvalleywriters.org/events.html