Writers-helping-writers Salon meets the third Monday of each month from 7 to 9 PM at HQ Gallery, 333 First Street in Benicia
To attend please RSVP to lois@requist.com
Since September, writers have been meeting, talking about their needs, and reading pieces they’ve written for comments and critique. While some of this writing has been in response to prompts, others have brought something they are currently working on.
Publishing is such a large issue! We’re attacking it in bits and pieces. Three people with considerable experience have shared what has happened to them in the process of being published. One woman who had her book published through a company she paid to publish it, brought the book and advised us not to use that company. The group will likely close once we have 6-8 regular members. Another group may start. The cost is $10 per session for nonmembers, or with a $40 annual membership, the sessions are free.
The Memoir Writing Group
has been meeting for over a year.
The group reads and offers suggestions and criticisms of each other’s work. Meets the first and third Fridays of each month from 10 am to noon. Membership is limited. To inquire about attending please write to to lois@requist.com
Benicia First Tuesday Poets' Group
Where: Benicia Public Library 150 East L. St.
The meeting is held in the Dona Benicia Room.
When: The first Tuesday of every month, except there is no meeting in July.
Time: 6:45-8:45 pm. The meeting is facilitated by the current poet laureate (Tom Stanton). People are invited to share their poetry, or just come and listen. This is free, and open to the public.
Poetry Inside Out
Where: Bookshop Benicia, 636 1st St, Benicia
When: The first Sunday of every month, unless the Sunday falls on a holiday.
Time: 5-7pm
This series is hosted by Johanna Ely. Every month, there is a featured poet, followed by an open mic.
Johanna Ely, President of Benicia Literary Arts, would like to invite one member a month to attend a Benicia Literary Arts board meeting. The board members would love to have you sit in, and perhaps offer your suggestions and input.
If you are interested in attending a meeting, please email: jelyabc13@yahoo.com. Our meetings are once a month on a Monday, 10am-noon.
June 18 Diane Frank Workshop, 10:30-4pm. $80 for non-members, $70 for members. Click here to register.
2019 Author Talk Schedule, so far:
Allie Larkin, Swimming for Sunlight - June 20
"Emotional and heartwarming, Larkin's touching story is complete with romance, nostalgia and genuine friendship." - Publishers Weekly
Judy Babelaar, And Then They Were Gone - July 18
"Subtitled Teenagers of Peoples Temple from High School to Jonestown, the book introduces 28 Temple teenagers and focuses on the fifteen who attended our small school until their sudden departures to Jonestown in the spring and summer of 1977. Most never returned." - Judy Bebelaar
Benicia Literary Arts Author Talks are held at Bookshop Benicia from 7 to 9pm.
Lois Requist's book "Late Harvest Green" is a finalist! See Books We Publish.
