January 2017 Calendar of Writing-Related Events

Greetings, fellow writers. The following meetings scheduled for January 2017 are shown below. If you know of any other events not listed, please send a message to whitesborowriters@gmail.com and we'll update this post. All events listed are free of charge and held at the Dunham Public Library, 76 Main Street, Whitesboro, NY, unless otherwise noted.

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If any of you have ideas about expanding the writing group options, we'll do our best to accommodate you. Someone suggested forming a non-fiction writing group but we have yet to see it materialize.

As always, keep writing!

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Tuesday, January 3; 12 noon to 1:30 pm

BOOK SIGNING

Mahlon Palmer will sign his book, Destiny.  The book is about a young man’s success story starting from before World War II.  

  

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Thursday, January 12; 1:00 – 3:00 PM 

PLOTTERS INK FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP (new)

Instead of the regular session, we will be treated to a writing workshop led by two new members of our library staff, Julia and Nathan. 

Please see full details here: Plotters Ink Winter Agenda

Newcomers are asked to arrive 10 minutes ahead of time. For more information, contact by e-mail: whitesborowriters@gmail.com, or call the library at 736-9734.

You can read previous stories written by group members here: Plotters Ink Blog

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Saturday,  January 14; 10:30 am to Noon

FRIENDS OF POETRY PLUS

We are a light-hearted group of all ages and love to share each other’s work. See our page on http://whitesboropoetrywriters.blogspot.com/  Facilitated by Lorraine Kreimeyer

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Saturday, January 14; 2:00 to 4:00 pm

FILM and DISCUSSION

Florence Foster

Florence Foster is the story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Discussion to follow the film. Facilitated by Jerry Finkelstein.

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Monday, January 23, 6:00-8:00 pm 

MONDAY WRITERS GROUP

The Monday Writers Group is a group of amateur writers of all ages and skill levels. We meet on the fourth Monday of each month. Writing assignments are always prose, fiction or non-fiction, approximately 400 words or the side of one page. The writing prompt for this month is: "HEROES?" …or….

You also have the option of writing a story on any topic, provided you use five of the following six words in the text. Be sure to highlight or underline them so they can be easily spotted. The 6 words are: jump, Cadillac, butterscotch, bedpan, journal and Farenheit.

This group is open to all adults. For more information, call 736-9734 or view the blog for details: http://dplmondaywriters.blogspot.com/  Facilitated by Jerry Finkelstein.

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Wednesday, January 25 ;  6:00 pm-8:45 pm

UTICA WRITERS CLUB 

Utica Writers Club monthly meeting at 6 PM in the Kirkland Library, Clinton, NY.

Meetings are conducted in "round table" style, in which member and visitor readings are presented to the group for constructive comments. All varieties of writing, regardless of genre, are discussed and encouraged by the Club.

 Contact Jeremy Mortis for details at bookseller2121@yahoo.com

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