CWC Annual Showcase LIVE @ CLIOS BOOKS June 17, 2023
This June, we're doubly excited to be doing a LIVE author showcase this year, and to be doing it at a soon-to-launch bookstore in the heart of Oakland! This annual event gives us the opportunity to celebrate our members who have published books in the past 2 years. We all work hard to get our writing out in the world and having a new book is a tremendous accomplishment!
The Berkeley ...
Writing Punchy Dialogue: a Workshop with Terry Tierney
Crisp dialogue makes a story come alive. In the best fiction, what characters say is often what we remember the most. Writing dialogue is more than recording the casual comments your characters might share. Through their words, characters reveal their emotions and move the story forward. To be effective, dialogue should be well honed and carry the impact of poetry or drama, while still feeling ...
A Sneak Peek of our Sneak Peek: Highlights from Interviews with some of the Authors at this Saturday’s Book Launch
What’s it like to write a book? What inspires a writer along their epic journey towards crafting a masterpiece? Here is a sampling of our authors’ thoughts as they write and publicize their books. Meet all of them and more at our free reading this Saturday, June 16th: Sneak Peek 2022.
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Meet a Few of the Authors from this Saturday's Event
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Local Author Showcase at our Annual New Book Celebration on June 18, 2022
On Saturday, June 18th, the Berkeley Branch of the California Writers Club will honor its members who have published a new title in the past year. This is a proud moment for this century-old writing club, highlighting the diverse literary accomplishments and talents of this notable group. A wide range of literary genres will be featured, including historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, non-fict...
What’s It Like to Get Nominated for a Pushcart Prize? Terry Tierney Shares His Experience
Terry Tierney Nominated for The Pushcart Prize
Diane Swan Interviews Terry Tierney for the Details
Terry Tierney
The Poet’s Garage by Terry Tierney was released in May of this year by Unsolicited Press and in November of 2020 was nominated for a Pushcart Prize: The Best of the Small Presses! Our newsletter editor Diane Swan probed Terry and he was happy to shares all the details ...
Meet 20+ new BOOKSTARS and enjoy your summer reading!
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20+ Authors from the Berkeley Branch of the California Writers Club read from 20+ new books on 6/20/2020
Purchase all these titles at Our Bookshop! (Profits go to our members of color who are severely impacted by the Covid crisis.)
Hello Universe Lovers & Oakland, I'm Not Dead by Keith Mark Gaboury
A Waltz in Tennessee by Francine Howard
Tell Me, ...
3/15 WORKSHOP—"Journalology" with Terry Tierney
SPECIAL EVENT: Journalology: Submitting Your Work to Literary Journals 3-5p.m. at our meeting location in Preservation Park.
At our next monthly meeting, we have a unique offering in lieu of our 4pm CRAFT GROUP. Craft group leader Terry Tierney will be offering a 2-hour, hands-on workshop on the literary submission process to kick-start our club's new identified goals of supporting writers ...