JACKPINE WRITERS’ BLOC TALKING STICK 27 BOOK RELEASE PARTY
The Talking Stick 27 Book Release Party and Jackpine Writers’ Bloc Writers’ Workshop will be held on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Smokey Hills Resort is located on Highway 34 approximately 9 miles west of Park Rapids, MN (or 1 mile west of Osage, MN), on the north side of the highway. The address is 53014 State Highway 34, Osage, MN 56570.
Writers usually work in solitude; please join us for a whole day of learning, listening, writing, and reading with other writers. There is a fee for the workshop and lunch but the Book Party is free to all who are interested in writing. If you have work in Talking Stick 27, you may also pick up your one free contributor’s copy of the book. Additional books will be available for sale.
WORKSHOP 9 AM to 12:00 Noon: We offer a workshop with Sharon Chmielarz. YOU MUST PREREGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP. (See information on workshop flyer.) This all-genre workshop is entitled: Put More Zip in Your Writing: Torque it!
Cost for the workshop is $45. (This includes lunch at noon after the workshop. You will receive a coupon for the lunch.)
12:00: Catered lunch at Smokey Hills Resort. JWB will pay for your lunch if you are attending the workshop. Smokey Hills does NOT serve meals but they do provide lodging. See below.
BOOK RELEASE PARTY 1 PM (approximately): If you have work in Talking Stick 27, you may pick up your one free contributor’s copy of the book. Additional copies of the book will be available for sale.
Program with readings, introduction of winners of Talking Stick 27 Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Humor. All writers published in Talking Stick 27 are invited to read.
Some local and/or member writers may be on hand to sell their own books.
4:00 PM (approximately): After the readings, please check in with your fellow writers. Some of us may decide to go have dinner somewhere together or maybe visit in one of the rented cabins for further good writers’ conversation.
Smokey Hills Resort does NOT serve meals. They DO have lodging. If you are interested in a one or two room cabin for either Friday or Saturday night (or both!) call 218-573-3497 to make a reservation. Enjoy a real Northwoods experience. Visit their website to view the various cabins at www.smokeyhills.com.
Writers attending this event will receive a discounted rate for either Friday or Saturday night.
One-room cabin $129.00. They will discount 15% off that price per night.
Two-room cabin $179.00. They will discount 15% off that price per night.
Multi-family suites $299.00. They will discount 15% off that price per night.
(Please note: later this year, Smokey Hills Resort will change its name to The Branch and their new website will be www.thebranch.camp.)
For more information, call Sharon at 218-732-3782 or email sharrick1@wcta.net.
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PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS ART LEAP WEEKEND IN PARK RAPIDS. Maps will be available online at www.parkrapids.com and www.prlaac.org or at the Park Rapids Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce.
MORE INFO ON ART EVENTS: luann47@gmail.com
Great American Storyteller event is Saturday Sept. 22, 2018
at 7 P.M. at Calvary Lutheran Church in Park Rapids, MN.