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In The Heart of The Catskill Mountains
of Upstate New York

    Writers in The Mountains is a local writing group whose mission is to provide a nurturing environment for the practice, appreciation and sharing of creative writing. Our workshops are informal, meeting from three to six sessions. Each participant has the chance to read aloud either a new work, or a work in progress. The instructor and the other writers in the workshop will critique the writing, offer constructive criticisms and suggestions for improvement.

    The number of participants in a workshop will vary from as few as six to as many as twelve. We want to be sure that each participant has an opportunity to read and receive evaluations. At the end of the workshop a public reading is arranged so that the work can be shared with the community.Some of our participants have no writing experience at all and others have written for years. There are workshops geared toward all styles, genres, and experience. All that is required is a love of language and the desire to tell a story.


Gala Reading and Fundraiser

Writers in the Mountains will present a gala reading and fundraiser at the Roxbury Arts Group. The gala reading will include readings from recent works, written in various classes offered by Writers in the Mountains: personal essays, memoirs and poems. . There will be a printed book of this collection offered for sale as well. Writers who will be presenting their pieces have shown that they are worthy of presenting thought- provoking material often confronting serious issues as well as offering lighter pieces. They have a tremendous ability to write with clarity, strength and beauty. The audience is never disappointed. At the last gala the house was packed! Join us for a special Sunday afternoon which will also include an inventive refreshment table. Cheese, fruit, salmon, cakes and beverages will be served.

Sunday, July 6, 2008. 2 -4 Admission fee $10
For information please call 607 326 7908.


    Barbara Apoian to Perform

Founder member of Writers In the Mountains, Barbara Apoian will do a performance/reading at the Foothills Performance Art Center, 24 Market Street, in Oneonta NY on Suday, August 17th.

"COME WITH ME ON A JOURNEY TO MEET AN OFFICER WHO SURVIVED THE TITANIC,
A NAVAJO GIRL IN THE SOUTHWEST, DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS IN CANNES, A
FRENCH RESTAURANT ON THE PEAK OF THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, A THEATRICAL
DESIGNER IN LONDON, AN ITALIAN LIVING IN THE CATHEDRAL SQUARE OF
CREMONA, A WOODSTOCK ARTIST , AND A STRANGE ENCOUNTER IN LONDON, AS
WELL AS OTHER PLACES AND PEOPLE I THINK YHOU WILL ENJOY KNOWING."

Barbara Apoian

The following is an excerpt from an article written by Sam Goodyear in review of Ms. Apoian's last appearance at Foothills, written for his column Art Beat and appeared in the Freeman's Journal in Cooperstown, New York on Friday August 17, 2007.

"The event, presented by the Foothills Performing Arts Center Guild, was entitled “Among My Souvenirs.” Billed as a set of dramatized readings by Barbara Apoian from Roxbury (by way of London, Paris and New York), I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect. How interesting could one woman’s experiences presented in memoir form be, I wondered. The answer is: very. And then some."

$15 per person. Complimentary wine and cheese after the performance

 


Jennifer Kabat to Offer Weekend Workshop

"Writer's Workout" is an intensive workshop that focuses on building specific strategies to take back to our own work. The two-day workshop includes partnering up for exercises around character, plot and dialogue. Together we hone technical writing skills rarely covered in traditional workshops. Before the class, the group will read an assigned short story and watch a feature-length movie. Both will help guide discussions and illustrate different narrative techniques. The first day also includes time for the group to critique each others’ work, but the focus will be on generating new writing.

Jennifer Kabat moved to Margaretville from London in 2005. She has an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. Her story As If I Could Assume Your Life was recently published in the collection X-24: Unclassified, alongside Daniel Alarcón, Laila Lalami. Jennifer’s  journalism has appeared in  New York Magazine, Wired, The Financial Times and The Guardian, while she's a contributing editor at the architecture and design magazine Metropolis She is currently working on her first novel.

The two-day workshop is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program administered in Delaware County by The Roxbury Arts Group, and is only $15 per person.

The workshop will be held on Saturday and Sunday, November 1st and 2nd from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Walt Meade Gallery on Vega Mountain Road in Roxbury. Please bring your lunch.

You may register by clicking here.



The Written Word Newsletter

In addition to the schedule information that you can find on the web site, Writers In The Mountains publishes a newsletter containing articles and information you won't find elsewhere. You can subscribe to the newsletter on the registration page of the web site to have the quarterly newsletter mailed to your home and you can preview the newsletter on this website by clicking a link below. After reading and/or printing the newsletter, hit your "back" button to return to the web site.

Summer 2008 Newsletter CURRENT EDITON


Writers Circle

A Supportive, On-Going Group
The Writers' Circle meets the second Tuesday and fourth Thursday evening of each month at 6:00 PM at the Catskill Center in Arkville. The purpose of this workshop is to give suggestions to both new and experienced writers who seek editorial advice, and new and original perspectives. Writers are both critiqued and encouraged. If you feel up to the challenge join the workshop. You are welcome to drop in for some constructive feedback on your work in progress. Attend as often as you like. No registration required.

Free will donation is appreciated
For more information please call 845-586-2363


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