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X-WR-CALNAME:Baltimore · literary · Tuesday · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing the Truth: Lessons in Nonfiction Writing DTSTART:20260908T170000Z DTEND:20260929T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005342-1788872400-1790697600@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Learn essential tools for powerful\, non-fiction\, narrative w riting in a range of different formats.\nThe workshop is designed for begi nning writers looking to gain a footing in non-fiction writing of differen t length and format\, from first-person essays to long-form magazine writi ng and even book-length projects. You’ll learn both by reading and by wr iting. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our onli ne video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on us ing the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don ’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn how to:\n\nDevelop resea rch and interviewing tools and methods\nWrite with power and clarity\nDeve lop an eye for detail and color\nIdentify characters to drive the story\nC onnect with the reader\n\nTime requirements\n\n30 minutes/week or less\n\n Materials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf you need an a ccommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. W e will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary t o arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/writing-the-truth-lessons-in-nonfiction-writi ng-3/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Archival Research for Creative Writing DTSTART:20260909T200000Z DTEND:20261007T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005343-1788969600-1791396000@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The art of narrative remix through historical research.\nAn in troduction to archival research through narrative writing and experimentat ion. Learn how to work with and historical resources\, interpret gaps\, an d reconstruct your own story as a public history tool. The workshop will i nclude a presentation of examples from the instructor’s current research process\, featuring archival imagery\, documents and story iterations. Pa rticipants will engage in exercises to think and write through their own n arrative projects\, whether meant for personal memoir or public scholarshi p. Designed for emerging scholars\, writers\, and community members intere sted in recovering underrepresented histories. \n\nLive video conference:  This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\,  Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the st art date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn how to:\n\nHarness archival resources\nWrite into the past \nUse narrative reconstruction as a research method\n\nTime requirements\n \n No time or reading is required outside of the classroom\n\nMaterials\n \nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodatio n for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will atte mpt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange f or some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/archival-research-for-creative-writing/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(Wet Ink) Experimentation in Flash Fiction DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006 DTSTAMP:20260907T183024Z UID:10005349-1789344000-1791244799@writer.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Discover how creative constraints can unlock surprising new po ssibilities in your writing.\nIn this four-week generative workshop\, we w ill explore how playing with time\, form\, and omission can change stories and move them beyond the familiar. Through close reading\, discussion\, a nd in-class exercises\, participants will experiment with techniques to pl ay with their stories. By the end of the workshop\, participants will have several new drafts as well as a toolkit of exercises and strategies for f uture work. Participants should come prepared to write and to read a small selection of flash fiction between sessions\; no advance preparation is r equired for the first class. \n\nLearn at your own pace: This workshop wi ll take place over Wet Ink\, which is an asynchronous creative writing pl atform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week\, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assig nments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly b efore the start date\, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if y ou don’t see it. \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nCompression as a creative tool\nForm as a generator of story\nTime and narrative movement \nThe power of omission\nReimagining drafts through revision\n\nTime requi rements\n\nParticipants should expect to spend approximately 1–2 hours b etween sessions reading a small selection of flash fiction. Time for compl eting optional generative writing exercises is dependent on individual wri ters. Writers will be encouraged to share their drafts with the workshop.\ n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for writers who want to expan d their creative practice through experimentation. It will be especially u seful for writers who find themselves relying on familiar approaches and a re interested in generating new work through constraint\, play and formal innovation. Writers of all genres and experience levels are welcome.\n\n\n If you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at acce ss@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notic e is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T183024Z LOCATION:Wet Ink URL:https://writer.org/event/wet-ink-experimentation-in-flash-fiction/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing the Fictionalized Autobiography: Coming-of-Age Stories DTSTART:20260920T170000Z DTEND:20261018T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T062818Z UID:10005362-1789909200-1792337400@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:More and more\, popular culture has been fascinated by narrati ves that depict coming of age from the perspective of the child in the for m of memoir\, often demonstrating cultural diversity.\nThis workshop will focus stories drawn from participants’ own life experiences that have ce rtain fictional elements and are structured like fiction. During each week of the course\, we will write short pieces of memoir\, based on the follo wing: certain places and individuals you remember\, certain traditions and even collective traumas that predate the first-person narrator\, certain positive events as well as troubling events\, with the liberty to fictiona lize and embellish the autobiographical story. We will develop a foundatio n for the elements of fiction: plot\, character\, internal monologue\, and dialogue while studying published works in the genre. \n\nLive video conf erence: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing plat form\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this wo rkshop you’ll learn:\n\nThe use of the first person\nThe structure of pl ot\, rising action\, conflict\, partial resolution\, further conflict\, fl ashbacks and chronology\nDialogue\nCharacter development\nConcrete detail\ nHow to use realistic dialogue that advances the story and achieves intend ed coherence or\, conversely\, artistic postmodernist subversion of conven tional coherence\n\nTime requirements\n\n3 hours minimum\n\nMaterials\n\nA ll reading materials will be provided.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation f or this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T062818Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/writing-the-fictionalized-autobiography-comin g-of-age-stories/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=balt imore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Haiku\, Tanka\, and Senryu DTSTART:20260920T180000Z DTEND:20261011T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T063200Z UID:10005363-1789912800-1791734400@writer.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:The goal of this course is to introduce the participant to thr ee Japanese poetic forms: the haiku\, tanka\, and senryu and guide a writi ng practice that includes these forms. Each week the participant will read examples of poetry in one of the Japanese forms and then generate some po ems. By the end of the workshop\, the participant will have generated poem s in the three Japanese forms and feel confident in writing in these forms . \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online vi deo conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using t he platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t se e it). \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but ad vance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T063200Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/haiku-tanka-and-senryu/?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Edgewood Books at the Center DTSTART:20260922T143000Z DTEND:20260922T153000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T000433Z UID:31677-1790073000-1790076600@www.mdhumanities.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Participants at least 55 years of age meet at the Edgewood Act ivity Center for a spirited book discussion. Join us to discuss this year ’s One Maryland One Book selection\, “No Sense in Wishing”\, by Lawr ence Burney. Free copies of the 2026 OMOB selection will be available at a ll HCPL locations while supplies last. Please call your favorite branch to check on book availability. One Maryland One Book is a program of Marylan d Humanities. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of M useum and Library Services and the Maryland State Library. Please call the Edgewood Activity Center at 410-612-1622 for more details. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T000433Z URL:https://www.mdhumanities.org/event/edgewood-books-at-the-center/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Maryland Humanities X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.mdhumanities.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Contracts and Copyrights for Writers DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T063200Z UID:10005367-1790103600-1790107200@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:What every writer needs to know about the legal netherworld ar ound getting published.\nMost writers understandably cringe at the legal a nd technical jargon of book\, magazine\, or other contracts they need to s ell their work. And copyrights can be downright scary. Ken Ackerman has na vigated these waters often in his long career with multiple books and publ ishers\, with all the related legal twists and turns. In this workshop\, h e’ll give a primer on what writers need to know\, in simple\, understand able terms\, about selling and securing their work. \n\nLive video confere nce: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platfor m\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with lo gin info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this works hop you’ll learn:\n\nThe basics of contracts and copyrights\, from the w riter’s point of view.\n\nTime requirements\n\nN/A\n\nMaterials\n\nAll r eading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nAn y writer hoping to sell their work for pay.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodat ion for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will at tempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T063200Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/contracts-and-copyrights-for-writers-2/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Persuasive Writing DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20261014T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T063013Z UID:10005366-1790103600-1791927000@writer.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Learn how to change minds\, build support and make the case fo r your viewpoints and goals.\nLearn how to pack a powerful punch when writ ing persuasively! This four-week workshop covers the processes involved in writing persuasively and with confidence\, whether it is crafting newspap er op-eds and speeches or official emails\, memos\, letters and proposals. Everything starts with a core message. Think. Plan. Write. Participants w ill learn the techniques of audience analysis\, message development\, targ eted research\, organization\, using persuasive language and effective use of “AI” in planning/strategizing. This class features hands-on writin g instruction\, engaging discussion and an extensive reading list. \n\nLiv e video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video confe rencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platfo rm here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive a n email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n \nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to Nail Down Your Opinion and St ake Out Your Argument or Ultimate Goal\nHow to Think\, Plan and Write Stra tegically\nHow to Refine and Finalize Your Writing\n\nTime requirements\n\ n1-2 hours weekly\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\ n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis is a great workshop for beginner s and intermediate writers who want to tap into the power of “penning wi th persuasion.”\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, pl ease contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all reque sts\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility se rvices. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T063013Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://writer.org/event/fundamentals-of-persuasive-writing-3/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:The Writer's Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://writer.org/event/beth-konkoski END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:An Evening with Ann Patchett and R. Eric Thomas: WHISTLER DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T003151Z UID:2560178-1790103600-1790107200@www.theivybookshop.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The Ivy Bookshop is over the moon to be hosting Ann Patchett a nd R. Eric Thomas for a conversation about Ann Patchett’s latest\, WHIST LER! \n\n\n\nWe love the friendship between these two beloved authors\, fi rst cemented in Baltimore in 2023\, and can’t wait to bring them back fo r a reprise. \nWe’re grateful to partner with Church of the Redeemer for the use of their spacious sanctuary space. Doors will open at 6pm. Seatin g will be first come\, first served. \nRSVP Here! \nIf you would like a si gned copy of Whistler by Ann Patchett or Congratulations\, the Best Is Ove r by R. Eric Thomas\, please purchase the ticket option that includes that book. All books will be pre-signed. Additional unsigned copies will be av ailable for sale at the event. \nIf you’re new to Ann Patchett’s work\ , you are sure to be delighted by Whistler. As one of our booksellers like s to say\, “Man\, Ann Patchett can really write a novel!” It’s the s tory of a surprise encounter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the sweet ness and impermanence of life\, and the power of connection to defy time. Oh\, and horses and ghosts. It’s no surprise it became a #1 New York Tim es bestseller. You can read more about the book at this link. \nAnd there ’s no one like R. Eric Thomas writing about how to move through the hard er parts of life with humor\, grace\, and graciousness. In Congratulations \, The Best Is Over!\, Thomas moves back to his perpetually misunderstood hometown of Baltimore (a place he never wanted to return\, even to be buri ed) and behaving completely out of character. Thomas provides the nitty\, and sometimes the gritty\, details of wrestling with the life he thought h e’d left behind while trying to establish a new one. \nWe can’t wait t o see you there. And then to repeat the legendary things said in this conv ersation to each other for the rest of time! \n— \nAnn Patchett is the a uthor of novels\, most recently the #1 New York Timesbestselling Whistler\ , works of nonfiction\, and children’s books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards\, including the PEN/Faulkner\, the Women’s Prize for Fiction in the UK\, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Du tch Housewas a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translat ed into more than thirty languages\, and Time magazine named her one of th e 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her th e National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to America n culture. She lives in Nashville\, Tennessee\, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books. \nR. Eric Thomas (he/him) is a screenwriter\, playwright\ , and the national bestselling author of Here for It\, or How to Save Your Soul in America\, a Read with Jenna pick\, and Congratulations\, the Best Is Over!. He is also the Eric of Asking Eric\, the popular nationally syn dicated daily advice column found in over 100 newspapers\, including the C hicago Tribune\, Washington Post\, and Los Angeles Times. His YA novel deb ut\, Kings of B’more\, was named a 2023 Stonewall Honor book by the Amer ican Library Association. As a screenwriter\, Eric worked on the Peabody A ward-winning series Dickinson (AppleTV+) and Better Things (FX) and is cur rently developing his own projects for film and TV. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T003151Z LOCATION:Church of the Redeemer\, 5603 N Charles St.\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21 210 URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/event/an-evening-with-ann-patchett-and- r-eric-thomas-whistler/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaig n=baltimore-md X-SOURCE-NAME:Ivy Bookshop X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.theivybookshop.com/events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR