Field's End Events

Field's End offers Writers Roundtables and Seminars

The montly Field's End Roundtable, free and open to writers of all levels and interests, takes place the third Tuesday of each month. The guest author introduces the topic, then participants join in a Q&A period followed by a large group discussion. The evening closes with coffee and cookies, providing an opportunity to network with other writers. For information contact

July 20, 2010  |  7PM - 8:30PM  |  Bainbridge Public Library  |  Free

Stand in Your Character's Shoes with Dinah Manoff

Speaker: Dinah Manoff

Dinah Manoff is an award winning actor and director. She has written for both stage and television and had several short stories presented at the prestigious writer's forum Spoken Interludes and recorded for NPR's KCRW. She has had numerous roles on stage and film, among them, “Grease”, “Ordinary People”, and “Child's Play”. Dinah has starred in the television series “Soap”, “Empty Nest” and most recently “State of Grace”.

She received a Tony award for her role in Neil Simon's play, “I Ought to be in Pictures” (which she reprised in the feature film), and won the prestigious L.A. Theater award for her stage adaptation and direction of her father's novel, “A Telegram for Heaven”.

Dinah is the daughter of actress/director Lee Grant and the late writer Arnold Manoff. She and her husband and their three boys reside in Bainbridge Island, Washington where she has recently completed her first novel.

August 17, 2010  |  7PM - 8:30PM  |  Bainbridge Public Library  |  Free.
Tamara Sellman

Sharpen Your Pencils for National Novel Writing Month

Speaker: Tamara Sellman

Pacific Northwest native Tamara Sellman operates Writer's Rainbow Literary Services, where she assists writers from around the world in completing works in progress and developing stronger writing practices. She specializes in services for writing parents, bloggers and writers of speculative fiction. Sellman has twice completed the National Novel Writing Month challenge--in 2006, with her mid-grade fantasy chapter book,Fiddlehead's Odyssey, and again, in 2008, with The In-Between, the first title in her paranormal mystery series-in-progress, The Lost & Found. She has also received two Pushcart Prize nominations for works of poetry and short fiction.

If you have an idea for a Writers' Roundtable topic or guest author, send an email to (please include Writers' Roundtable in the subject line), or write to:

Field's End at the Library
1270 Madison Ave, North
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

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Field's End, is affiliated with the nonprofit Bainbridge Public Library. Additional support comes from the City of Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Fund, administered by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council. For other Field's End programs to to www.fieldsend.org