Redbird News - October, 2006

REDBIRD STUDIO -- A WRITERS' PLACE

October 26, 2006

1. OPEN HOUSE AT REDBIRD

2. WISCONSIN BOOK FESTIVAL

3. YOUNG AUTHORS

4. ADULT PROGRAMS

5. NEWS OF REDBIRD WRITERS AND FRIENDS

6. OTHER PLACES/FACES

7. HOW TO HELP, ETC.

1. OPEN HOUSE AT REDBIRD -- Thursday, November 30, 5-8 pm

You are invited! Mark your calendar. Bring your friends.

-- everyone is welcome

-- visit the studio

-- say hello to old friends and new

-- introduce friends and family

-- enjoy light refreshments and good company

Your hosts: Judy Bridges, Robert Vaughan, Felicity Librie and all the Redbird writers.

Note that the studio is upstairs and there is no elevator.

Please refrain from wearing fragrances into the studio.

2. WISCONSIN BOOK FESTIVAL

On behalf of all Wisconsin writers, I'd like to say thanks to those who contributed time, money and energy to the Wisconsin Book Festival. One of my goals, when I moved back here from D.C. and San Francisco, was to encourage Wisconsin writers. We often go unnoticed -- as in, what's in the Midwest, anyway, besides Iowa? The answer is, plenty; and the Book Festival helps to make it visible. This year, the festival was extended to Milwaukee, with the help of:

Sponsors:

Wisconsin Humanities Council

Argosy Foundation

Shepherd-Express

Presenting Partners:

• UWM School of Continuing Education

• Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops

• UWM Creative Writing Program

• Marquette English Department

• Carroll College English and Writing Program

• UWM Union Sociocultural Programming

• UWM LGBT Resource Center

• UWM Union Programming

• UWM Peck School of the Arts Institute of Visual Art

• Redbird Writing Studio

• Milwaukee Public Library

• Woodland Pattern Book Center

• Alverno Presents

3. YOUNG AUTHORS

See the web site for descriptions and registration forms

www.redbirdstudio.com/YoungAuthors

To writers awaiting The Redbird Review - Young Author Edition:

We are awaiting delivery of the books and will mail them to you as soon as possible.

YOUNG AUTHORS ROUNDTABLE - Grades 7-12

with Kim Suhr, Director of Young Author Programs

SUNDAY AFTERNOONS (2nd Sundays) 1:00-3:00pm

$65 includes all 4 meetings in session

Sept-Dec Session: Sept 10, Oct 8, Nov 12, Dec 10 (okay to register now and pro-rate)

Jan-Apr Session: Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 11, Apr 1

YOUNG AUTHORS' SUMMER PROGRAM -- Dates for '07

Mon-Fri 9am-2:30pm $325 ($100 deposit)

Students entering: Grades 7-8 July 16-20

Grades 4-5 July 23-27

Grade 6 July 30-Aug 3

Grades 9-12 Aug 6-10

4. ADULT PROGRAMS

See the web site for descriptions and registration forms

www.redbirdstudio.com

SHUT UP AND WRITE!

Our premier seminar, with Judy Bridges

Eight Mondays 6:30-8:30pm $345 ($100 deposit)

(Fall '06 session filled.)

Jan/Feb Session Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12, 19, 26

Mar/Apr Session Mar 12, 19, 26, Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

THE GROUND FLOOR WRITERS' ROUNDTABLE

A workshop/roundtable group, with Jo McReynolds-Blochowiak.

Meets on the ground floor of our building. W/C access. All levels welcome. No pre-requisite.

2nd & 4th Thursdays 12:30-2:30 pm $85 (Rm 103, Marian Center)

Nov-Dec: Nov 9, 30, Dec 14, 28

Jan-Feb: dates tba

POETRY ROUNDTABLE

A "home port" for poets, with John Lehman.

First Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm $85

Sep-Dec Session: Sept 7, Oct 5, Nov 2, Dec 7

Jan-Apr Session: Jan 4, Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 5

WRITING FICTION FOR TEENS AND YOUNG READERS:

The Secrets of Getting Published with Debbie Lynn Jacobs

A workshop for adults writing for teens and younger readers

Saturday, Feb 17, 9:30am-3pm $85

ROUNDTABLE CRITIQUE GROUPS with Judy Bridges and Robert Vaughan

Dedicated writers receive supportive feedback and build a network of writing friends.

Pre-requisite: Shut Up & Write! or equivalent

Returnees get first dibs in wait listed classes, then "Shut Up" grads, then new friends.

Tuesday Afternoons with Judy Bridges 12-2:30 $85 (waiting list)

Nov-Dec: Nov 7, 21, Dec 5, 19

Jan-Feb: Jan 16, 30, Feb 13, 27

Wednesday Evenings (The Inkslingers) with Judy Bridges 6:30-9 $85 (waiting list)

Nov-Dec: Nov 1, 15, Dec 6, 20

Jan-Feb: Jan 10, 24, Feb 7, 21

Thursday Evenings with Robert Vaughan 6:30-9 $85 (4 mtgs. One per month)

Sep-Dec: Sep 14, Oct 19, Nov 16, Dec 14

Jan-Apr: Jan 18, Feb 15, Mar 22, Apr 19

Friday Mornings with Robert Vaughan 9:30-12 $85 (waiting list)

Nov-Dec: Nov 3, 17, Dec 1, 15

Jan-Feb: Jan 5, 19, Feb 9, 23

4. NEWS ABOUT REDBIRD WRITERS AND FRIENDS

Note: "R.W. and Friends" either attended Redbird workshops, or taught them, or support the studio in some special way. If you sent information and it did not appear, please forgive and send it again. Web sites are listed but not necessarily linked.

Shauna Singh Baldwin participated in the Sidney reading series, reading at Beacon Books. She read from WHAT THE BODY REMEMBERS, and ENGLISH LESSONS AND OTHER STORIES at the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies and Research, University College of the Fraser Valley in Vancouver. Shauna read from THE TIGER CLAW and presented a workshop on fiction at the Ubud Writers Festival in Bali, Indonesia. She also gave a reading at Udayana University in Denpasar, Bali. She will be reading in Toronto, Canada at York University, as part of the Canadian Writers in Person Reading Series on Thurs November 16, 2006 7:00 p.m More Infm. Or Email Dr. Gail Vanstone (416) 736-5870. www.ShaunaSinghBaldwin.com

Elaine Bergstrom, author of the Austra series, plus the novels MINA, NOCTURNE, THE DOOR THROUGH WASHINGTON SQUARE and many others, appeared with William Gagliani (see below) and five other "scary" writers at Barnes & Noble in Mayfair to discuss their work in the horror, mystery and thriller fields.

Thomas Biel is a community columnist for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. His essays appear regularly on the op ed page. "On principle, principals shouldn't pack," appeared on Thusday, October 19th.

Judy Bridges will present a workshop, "A Writer's Bag of Tricks," at Fox Valley Technical College, Neenah Campus,

on Saturday, Oct 28, 10am-3pm. www.fvtc.edu or call Lisa Bell at 1-877-555-5151

Sharon Cook's comments on her voyage on the schooner S/V Denis Sullivan, "More Than Just One Woman's Journey," appeared in the online Daily Field Reports for Thursday, October 5. Her photo also appears on the Photo Gallery for that day.

William Gagliani's Bram Stoker Award-nominated novel, WOLF'S TRAP (Leisure Books), continues to sell in its second printing. He appeared with "scary writers" Elaine Bergstrom, Raymond Benson, Bill Breedlove, John Everson, J.A. Konrath, and Brian Pinkerton at Barnes & Novel in Mayfair to discuss their work in the horror, mystery and thriller fields. If you missed that, you can check the Halloween issue of MKE for some of Bill's seasonal writings.

Tom Hanratty In a letter published in The Baker Street Journal, Tom Hanratty, author of THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TRACKING MAN AND BEAST, addressed the problem of determining the breed of the Hound of the Baskervilles from the paw prints alone. Sherlock Holmes' scholars have been pondering the question for nearly one hundred years and Tom finally put it to rest. Want to know the answer? Email Tom at medhawk@wi.rr.com

Jean Harlan just turned in a thoroughly revised 9th Edition of her book, SCIENCE EXPERIENCES FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS: AN INTEGRATED AFFECTIVE APPROACH, written with Mary S. Rivkin and pubished by Prentice Hall. Jean writes: "The 8th edition of the textbook is, as we communicate, being translated into Japanese. It was chosen as the text to prepare teachers to offer science to young children, complying with a new government mandate. Till now, Japanese children's first exposure to science has started in third grade. While I was in D.C. this summer, my co-author and I met the dapper Dr. Sumida, who is developing the science education training process. His English grammar is better than mine, but he needed some help translating a few items in the book, such as cotton balls. That edition is also out in Portugese and Korean. It's not a Chicken Soup blockbuster, but amazingly, in 35 years it has sold 100,096 copies."

Alison Huckenpahler's first column as the humor editor of her school newspaper was published recently. She says, "Its got a very Onion feel to it and if anyone wants to read my articles I can e-mail them." (It's fun to see our young authors on the move.)

Debbie Lynn Jacobs newly released young adult novel, POWERS, published by Roaring Brook Press, is collecting accolades. Kirkus Reviews called it "a bewitchingly pulpy and enjoyable fast read."

Doug Jacobson has been invited to speak at the Historical Novel Society Conference in Albany in June, 2007. He will serve on a panel discussing: War and Words: Military History and Fiction. Doug's novel, TAKING FREEDOM, is being published by McBooks Press.

John Lehman and Andrea Musher read Lehman's "The Jane Test, Ten Unexpected Encounters with Women," at The Overture Center, Promenade Hall in Madison, on October 21st. Rod Clark, publisher and managing editor of Rosebud Magazine, directed the presentation.

Jean Scherwenka's articles will appear in the October and January issues of Fetch Magazine. She is also a regular contributor to Riverwest Currents, where her articles appear monhtly.

Roi Solberg presented "Wisdom of the Heart: The Art of Manifesting" on "Business Solutions with Diane Chamness" on WISN, Saturday, September 30th.

Marilyn Taylor read with David Graham and Kate Sontag -- "Three Wisconsin Poets" -- at the Wisconsin Historical Museum on the Capitol square in Madison. She also led a workshop on revision, titled "Resuscitating the Hopeless Poem" at the main branch of the Madison Public Library on October 20th.

Gail Toerpe, publisher/editor of the Washington Island Observer, wrote 50-60 articles for the paper this year. She has owned the paper since her husband gave it to her as a gift 15 years ago. Gail also serves as President of Writers Ink, Cudahy, WI. (see contact info below)

Carol Wobig won an Honorable Mention in the 2006 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition for her story, "The Haircut."

5. OTHER PLACES-OTHER FACES

Alverno Telesis Program

Various writing programs, including The Great Lakes Writers Workshop, June 29-30, 2007

For info on writing programs email nancy.krase@alverno.edu Phone 414-382-6176

Broad Vocabulary, 2241 S. Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee 53207

Offers workshops and special programs in the bookstore

www.broadvocabulary.com 414-744-8384

Council for Wisconsin Writers

Promotes Wisconsin writing through awards and media recognition.

www.WisconsinWriters.org

The Clearing, Ellison Bay, WI (Door County)