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Concise Archive of CWC Berkeley Events
“Genre Bending: Writing Outside the Lines” with Carole Stivers—September 15th, 2024
Local Author Showcase ~ CWC Annual Book Launch at Books on B
“Secrets To Getting Your Books in the Stacks” — Librarians Panel on May 19th, 2024
Poets on Earth: Environmental Write-In, Reading, and Open Mic
“Retirement Planning- Snapshot Advice for Authors” with Mike Lockwood on March 17th, 2024
“Hiring a Virtual Assistant” with Mia Borja on February 18th, 2024
We’re Leading the Poetry Express Open Mic February 20th
“Open Your Soul Without Spilling It All” with Kevin Fisher-Paulson, LIVE January 21st, 2024
“Grant Writing 101” with Susan Neufeld Paul on November 19th, 2023
“Ink Flow and Focus” with Bronwyn Emery on October 15th, 2023
“Writing as Play” with Jorjeana Marie on September 17th, 2023
CWC Annual Showcase LIVE @ CLIOS BOOKS June 17, 2023
Writing Punchy Dialogue: a Workshop with Terry Tierney
“Building Your Author Platform” with Jay Hartlove on May 21st, 2023
How to Pitch to a Literary Agent and Have Fun Doing It
Earth Day Write-in, Reading at Hayward Lit Hop and MORE
“The Craft and Career of Activist Writing” with John Curl on April 16th, 2023
The Creative Side of Research — A Workshop with Amy Shea — 4/22/23
“Editing Your Manuscript” with Ericka McIntyre
“Sipping the Elixir” with Gail Carriger on January 15th, 2023
“Story Telling Crossover” with Chris Hennessy on November 20th, 2022
“A Reading in the Redwoods” & Open Mic with Ayodele Nzinga, 10/21/22
“Intergenerational Dialogue” with Lyndsey Ellis on October 16th, 2022
“Breaking the Book” with Michael Lucker on September 18th, 2022
Summer Social for Members – Sunday, 8 / 21
A Sneak Peek of our Sneak Peek: Highlights from Interviews with some of the Authors at this Saturday’s Book Launch
Local Author Showcase at our Annual New Book Celebration on June 18, 2022
Taking Your Book from Unknown Entity to Bestseller – A conversation on May 15, 2022
CWC at the Hayward Lit Hop this Saturday
“Sustainable Storytelling” with Kristen Caven April 24, 2022
Honor the Earth with Sustainable Storytelling & Literary Action 4/24/22
Editing Your Manuscript – The Whys, Whats and Hows (March 20, 2022)
Land the Agent of your Dreams with Amy Collins — February 20, 2022
2/27 WORKSHOP – “The Narrative Gateway: Poems That Tell Stories” with Paul Corman Roberts
Writing Dialogue that Sings with Jane K. Cleland
Making Podcasts Work For Writers [SPEAKER SERIES Sunday Nov. 21st]
Un-Erasing Charmian Kittredge London with Iris Jamahl Dunkle — October 17th, 2021
“A Blanket and a Basket of Chow”— a Picnic Celebration of California Writers on October 9th
5 Insider Secrets to Show-Stopping Novel Beginnings
Announcing our new Writer-in-Residence Program at Joaquin Miller Park
Get Hooked on a Local Author at the CWC Annual Book Launch—6/19/21
Race as Context: BIPOC California Writers on How Race Informs Writing—May 16th PANEL
Learn WordPress: a Workshop with Karma Bennett
April 18th Join Emily Cotler on Author Websites that
Really
Work
How to Submit Your Poetry—a Workshop with Keith Mark Gaboury
Grantwriting for Writers
Focus and Finish the Writing that Matters with Sage Cohen — February 21st, 2021
Deep Revision with Laurel Yourke
Cracking Open The Poetic Voice: a Workshop with Paul Corman-Roberts
Winter Social Will Have More than Talking Heads
Get Known Everywhere for Authors featuring Jill Lublin: November 15th
Ina Coolbrith, America’s First Poet Laurate with Aleta George — October 18th 2020
Finding & Working with an Agent with Literary Agent Andy Ross – September 20th
Summer Social Sunday August 16th at 1 p.m.
Meet 20+ new BOOKSTARS and enjoy your summer reading!
“20 in 20″—CWC Berkeley Book Launch June 20th
May 17th SPEAKER—Paul Shirley—”Writing Like an Athlete to Build Creative Focus”
3/15 WORKSHOP—"Journalology" with Terry Tierney
3/15 – PANEL DISCUSSION with Bay Area Small Press Editors
2/29 – "Call of the Wild" History Walk & Reading with CWC Writers
Poetry and Activism with Jan Steckel on February 16th 2020
Our Winter Social Is December 15th
FREE Audiobooks Workshop Nov 14th, Featuring Becky Parker Geist
"We're All in Freefall" — Interview with 11/17 featured author Lily Iona MacKenzie
11/17 SPEAKER – "You Can Be a Winning Writer" with Joan Gelfland
10/20 SPEAKER – "How Writers Can Avoid Legal Trouble" with Nicholas Jollymore, esq
9/23/19 – Mini-WORKSHOP with Kathy Meis of Bublish
9/15/19 – SPEAKER: "Causes Cross Genres" with September Williams
CWC Book Launch Party Sat. June 15th
Setting That Works: an Interview with John Byrne Barry
June 5th WORKSHOP: "Setting that Works" with John Byrne Barry
5/19 PANEL: "The Working Writer"
April 21st— "Plan Your Novel Like a Pro" with Beth Barany
SPEAKER 3/17/19— "From Print to Performance: Adapting Books to Film and Theater" with Victoria Zackheim
Write Angles: February 2019
Aqueila Lewis-Ross Shares the Power of Poetry February 17th
See You Tomorrow! Start the Year Right with a Marketing Plan.
WORKSHOP 1/5/19: "Create a Marketing Plan" — Start Your New Year Right!
Winter Social for CWC Members
Write with Us Next Saturday
SPEAKER 11/18: "Mission: Utopia—Writing to Share an Urgent Vision" with Pat Ravasio
SPEAKER 9/16—Marty Nemko, "The Arc of My Career"
CWC Summer Social TOMORROW!
See You TOMORROW! End-of-year BOOK LAUNCH!
CWC Author BOOK LAUNCH June 16th!
May 12: Art in the Park: Writer/Artist Mini-Retreat in the Oakland Hills
The Road to Redemption: From Homelessness to Publishing
An Interview with a Breathless Artist
April 21st Location for Our Five-Page Critique Group
April 15th: The Art of Giving Live Readings with Amos White
Save the date for our April 15th Event on Giving Live Readings
See You Sunday! Bookstore Owners Panel
March 18th: Bookstore Owners Panel Discussion
Feb 18th: "Grounding Our Characters to the Real World" with Jacqueline Luckett
Jan 21: How to be a Publishing Success Story with Literary Agent Ted Weinstein
12/17: Winter Social at the Bellevue Club
Nov 19th: Author Platform, Branding, and Monetization with Joel Friedlander
California Writers Week 10/15-10/21
See you Sunday at Preservation Park!
10/15 SPEAKER— "Said and Unsaid: Dialogue in Fiction and Memoir" with Laurie Ann Doyle
Speakers before 2017 archived here
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