Tuesday, March 31: CWC‘s annual benefit to support scholarships for literacy tutors takes place at Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro in Lakeview. Mike Stephen from WGN Radio emcees Bad Poetry Night, featuring local personalities, such as Tasha Robinson from The Dissolve. Thursday, April 16: In Under 30/Over 60, a crossgenerational reading event at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square, Chicago writers—all younger than 30 or older than…Continue reading Upcoming Chicago Writers Conference (CWC) Events
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Chicago Writers Conference’s January Events
Thursday, January 8. Stimulate, Create & Submit: Attendees can kick-start their writing at 826CHI from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Come in with nothing; leave with a short piece and a submission plan for 2015. Register on the event page. Thursday, January 15. “Tales from the Office” reading: Five Chicago writers tell stories about work at Open Books from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. See the CWC Facebook…Continue reading Chicago Writers Conference’s January Events
Gregory Martin on Campus, Publishing Career Panel, & A Job Posting
The Visiting Writers Program Welcomes author Gregory Martin to DePaul TOMORROW, Thursday, April 25th, at 6:00 p.m. in the Richardson Library room 115. In his memoir Stories for Boys, Gregory Martin struggles to reconcile the father he thought he knew with a man who has just survived a suicide attempt; a man who had been…Continue reading Gregory Martin on Campus, Publishing Career Panel, & A Job Posting
Open Books: Children, Literacy, and Books—Oh My!
By MAWP student Tracey Zdravkovic I never thought my mere presence in a classroom could cause a group of second and third grade students to go crazy with joy—especially as an MAWP student—but it is definitely something that I look forward to every week. Every Thursday, I trek to Jahn Elementary School (my alma mater,…Continue reading Open Books: Children, Literacy, and Books—Oh My!