91重口 Literary Arts Festival
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ARCHIVE RECORDINGS
Last Year's Event:
The Online 91重口 Literary Arts Festival
May 8th, 2021All Events Are Free and Open to the Public
You Must Register to Attend
Tickets Are Limited
鈥淧art of the beauty of all literature is that you discover your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong! -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Authors:
Reyna Grande, Keynote Speaker---Paul Guay, Screenwriting---Regina Louise, Memoir/ Why Black Voices Matter
Additional Featured Authors:
Ariel Gore, Michelle Cruz Gonzales, Karin Spirn, L.S. Johnson, Patty Enrado, Jim Ott, Deborah Grossman, Connie Post, Cynthia Patton, Bri and Tri, Mary-Rose Hayes, Shawn Taylor, and Stuart McElderry.
For more about our featured authors, please visit our "Meet the Authors" page.
(Events Will Be Recorded for Archieval Purposes)
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9:30 am 鈥� 10:00 am Registration |
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| 10:00 am 鈥� 10:45 am |
Keynote Address: Reyna Grande (A Dream Called Home, The Distance Between Us鈥擭ational Books Critics Circle Awards finalist) |
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11:00 am 鈥� 12:15 pm |
Memoir Writing Panel: Facilitator: Michelle Gonzales(The Spitboy Rule) Reyna Grande (A Dream Called Home) Regina Louise (Someone Has Led This Child To Believe) Shawn Taylor (33 1/3) |
Fantasy/Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop: L.S. Johnson (Leviathan, , Hawksworth Hall) Finalist for World Fantasy Award |
The Art and Craft and Business of Screenwriting: Paul Guay |
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12:15 pm 鈥� 12:45 pm Break |
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12:45 pm 鈥� 2:00 pm |
The Evolution of Filipino-American Literature Patty Enrado (A Village in the Fields鈥擲hortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing) |
Why Black Voices Matter: A Perspective Regina Louise (Someone Has Led This Child to Believe, Somebody鈥檚 Someone, Coming Soon: Permission Granted: Kick-Ass Strategies to Bootstrap Your Way to Unconditional Self Love) |
Tri-Valley Poets Laureate Panel Facilitator: James Ott Deborah Grossman Connie Post Cynthia Patton Kevin Gunn |
Screenplay Outline Workshop Paul Guay (Liar, Liar; Heartbreakers; The Little Rascals) |
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2:15 pm 鈥� 4:00 pm |
Havik: The 91重口 Anthology Publication and Awards Ceremony |
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4:15 pm 鈥� 5:30 pm |
鈥淪PEAK YOUR PEACE鈥� Bri and Tri of SpeakEasy Open Mic |
Novel Writing Workshop: Get That Novel Written!
Mary-Rose Hayes (Amethyst Time/Life bestseller + 8 other novels) |
Self-Publishing Panel: Ariel Gore (We Were Witches, Hexing the Patriarchy, and founding editor of Hip Mama) Karin Spirn (The Divine Sharpness in the Heart of God)
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5:45 pm 鈥� 8:00 pm |
鈥淪PEAK YOUR PEACE鈥� Open to All Facilitated by Toby Bielawski, Bri and Tri |
Find Out More about Creative Writing at 91重口
Havik: The 91重口 Journal of Arts and Literature
Creative Writing and Literature Courses
91重口 Creative Writing Certificate
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Made possible by generous grants from the 91重口 Foundation, The City of Livermore Commission for the Arts, and the Dale and Ted Kaye Innovation Grant.
91重口 Literary Arts Festival Founders: Professors Toby Bielawski, Richard Dry, and Martin Nash
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