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NEWSFLASH: A quick update
for Redbird writers and friends
1. From the Bird's Nest
2. Judy at Woodland Pattern
3. More to Celebrate
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THE TWO REDBIRDS
Redbird Studio and RedBird-RedOak are sister organizations. They are independent and complementary. See listings for registration, purchase and contact information.
REDBIRD STUDIO, Judy Bridges
Shut Up & Write! book, classes and retreats. Private consults. Studio space for writers.
3195 S. Superior St. #205
Milwaukee WI 53207
414-481-3195
jb@redbirdstudio.com
www.redbirdstudio.com
REDBIRD-REDOAK, Kim Suhr
Writers' Roundtable groups and other programs for adults and young writers.
3195 S. Superior St. #429
Milwaukee WI 53207
(mailing address) P.O. Box 342
Genesee Depot, WI 53127
414-881-7276
kim@redbirdredoak.com
www.redbirdredoak.com
IMPORTANT
Judy is allergic to the chemicals in fragrances, especially hair products and lotions. If you will be near her, please be as FF as possible.
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MAY, 2011
From the Bird's Nest
More Champagne
Next week I celebrate a return to home port. When I moved from San Francisco to Milwaukee, one of the first places I went was to Woodland Pattern Book Center. I stared at the stacks and thought, I love this place, but I'll never fit in here because I can't write poetry worth a damned.
In the years since then, Anne Kingsbury – the beloved director – and I built a long and helpful relationship. Now, I'm honored to appear in the new Woodland Pattern Prose Series. I will read from Shut Up & Write! and share the stage with fellow writers Amy Lou Jenkins, Maura Fitzgerald and Sara Rattan.
This is going to be fun!
Join Judy
WOODLAND PATTERN BOOK CENTER
May 11, Wednesday, 7pm
720 E. Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
414-263-5001
www.woodlandpattern.org
Judy Bridges is the founder of Redbird Studio writing center in Milwaukee, and author of Shut Up & Write! - the straight-talkng guide based on the class that has helped thousands of good writers get better. She is known internationally as the writing mentor who "speaks her mind, makes you laugh, and lights your fire."
Amy Lou Jenkins is the Author of Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting, winner of the 2010 Council for Wisconsin Writers' Ellis / Henderson Outdoor Writing Award. The Minnesota Star Tribune calls Every Natural Fact "Nothing Short of Sensational." She holds hundreds of publishing credits and an MFA in Literature and Creative Writing. She's a Milwaukee native where she lives with her husband, son, and two spoiled dogs.
Maura Fitzgerald is a freelance writer whose work ranges from nonprofit marketing and communications to short fiction. Through Know Thyself, an area nonprofit organization, Maura coordinates creative writing projects for MPS high school students. Maura also volunteers with AseraCare Hospice to document the life stories of terminally ill patients. Her work has appeared in Milwaukee Magazine.
Sara Jane Rattan writes fiction, essays, and poetry. Her work has appeared in the 2009 Wisconsin Poets' Calendar, Free Verse, Heartlands - A Magazine of Midwest Life & Art, and The Wisconsin Academy Review. She was also recognized as a top 25 finalist in the November 2008 Glimmer Train Fiction Open. She has a BA from Lawrence University and a JD from Marquette University Law School. More to Celebrate ... Dalya Massachi, winner of the IPPY award for her book, Writing to Make a Difference, is reading at Boswell Book Company on Sunday, May 8, 2 pm. See:http://boswellandbooks.blogspot.com
Julie Pandl, author of The Sunday Brunch, will be reading at Next Chapter Bookshop in Mequon on Wednesday, May 18, 7 pm See: http://www.nextchapterbookshop.com/event/julia-pandl
Doug Jacobson is celebrating the release of his second novel, The Katyn Order. He'll be reading at Boswell Book Company on Downer Avenue on Monday, June 13, 7 pm. Doug has an online book tour on his website: http://douglaswjacobson.com Josephe Marie Flynn, SSND received a glowing review from Kirkus on her soon to be released book, Rescuing Regina: The Battle to Save a Friend from Deportation and Death. Resucing Regina is due to be released in July.
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