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Field's End Offers Writers' Roundtables and SeminarsThe monthly Field's End Roundtable, free and open to writers of all levels and interests, takes place from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Bainbridge Public Library. The guest author presents the topic, and then participants join in a Q&A period. The evening closes with coffee and an opportunity to network with other writers. For more information, please contact .
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August 16, 2011 | 7PM - 8:30PM | Bainbridge Public Library | Free.
![]() Acting on Paper: What Acting Can Teach Us about WritingRandall PlattThe techniques utilized in acting can be translated to writing...after all, writing fiction is acting on paper: from entrances (Page One, Chapter One) to exits (The End); from holding the audience in the palm of your hand; to knowing when to get off the stage. From audition (query letter) to opening night (book launch), we have to be professionals, whether we are working community theater (small press or self –published) or Broadway (big publisher). Come see how the craft of acting can teach you about the craft of writing. Randall Platt's interest in acting led her to begin writing screenplays at a young age. After working on stage and discovering she wanted to rewrite all her lines, she decided she was probably a writer and not an actress. In the mid-1980s, she left the traditional workplace to write full time and be with her young sons. Her most recent novel, Hellie Jondoe (2010), won the Willa Literary Award, the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Fiction/Young Adult, and the Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Medal for historical/cultural young adult fiction. Platt is also the author of The Four Arrows Fe-As-Ko (1991), the first in a three-part humorous western series for adults, and Honor Bright (1998), the Young Adult winner of the Keystone State Reading Award. www.plattbooks.com |
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September 20, 2011 | 7PM - 8:30PM | Bainbridge Public Library | Free.
![]() The How of Where: Thoughts on Setting as an Additional Character in Historical FictionDavid RocklinThink of Fitzgerald's Long Island, its eastern and western sides and the inlet between. Think of DeLillo's New York, violently reborn in the collapse of the Twin Towers. Think of Hemingway's sea, washing an old man away and back again, to a home that may no longer hold a place for him. Think of settings such as these and you cannot help but know the characters that populate them. In some books, you may scarcely recall where the narrative took place. Perhaps this was a purposeful decision by the author—universality, timelessness. But if the story is intended to be a product of its setting, how to render that setting in a living way? How do you take it from backdrop to character? David Rocklin grew up in Chicago. He graduated from Indiana University with a BA in Literature. After attending law school, he pursued a career as an in-house attorney and continues to serve as a mediator. He lives in California with his wife and children. The Luminist, his debut novel (literary/historical fiction), will be published in October 2011 in the U.S. (Hawthorne Books) as well as in Italy and Israel. www.davidrocklin.com |
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October 18, 2011 | 7PM - 8:30PM | Bainbridge Public Library | Free.
![]() Visual Arts in the Literary Arts: How and Why We Write EkphrasticallyWith Janée J. BaugherEkphrasis, “the verbal representation of visual representation,” has a long literary tradition dating back to Homer’s description of Achilles’ shield in the Iliad. How and why do writers engage with art? We will explore the mode of ekphrasis adopted by writers such as Gertrude Stein, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Frank O’Hara. By discussing the art and artists that influenced literature, we’ll begin to uncover the social, political, and aesthetic implications of interdisciplinary scholarship. Janée J. Baugher holds a BS in Human Physiology from Boston University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. For the past decade, she has taught at Highline Community College, University of Washington—Experimental College, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Richard Hugo House, and elsewhere. Baugher regularly collaborates with visual artists, composers, and choreographers. Her recent collaborations were produced at University of Cincinnati–Conservatory of Music and Dance Now! Ensemble (Miami Beach). Baugher is the author of a collection of ekphrastic and travel poems, Coördinates of Yes (2010), and in 2011 she presented her work at the Library of Congress. http://JaneeJBaugher.wordpress.com |
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November 15, 2011 | 7PM - 8:30PM | Bainbridge Public Library | Free.
![]() "Moon Under Cabbage Leaves"With Bob McAllisterThis talk about poetry by Bob McAllister plays in the fields of experience, juxtaposition, fulcrums, the genius of subconscious, and his belief that everyone has a multitude of poems waiting, which only require a fork, a delve, a spinet, and a loom to help them take shape. Most of all, he approaches the subject of his conversation (What Is Poetry?) with humility, knowing that answers are less important than questions and the obverse is often antithetical to the spirit of poetry. However, to speak about a subject that's dear and carouses with the best and worst in us, contains conversations that may, willy-nilly, conjure magic. What better to pursue or attempt? He advises attendees to "fasten their jellybeans." Bob McAllister taught English and Theater at Bainbridge High School for 34 years because he found a way to make a living doing what he loves. He has five daughters, three granddaughters, and has been married for 21 years to his wife, Merry, who teaches Science at Woodward Middle School. His collected book of poems, Even in the Wind, Even in the Dark, is available at (support your local bookstore!) Eagle Harbor Books. He's currently teaching English, Interpersonal Relations, Public Speaking, and Acting classes at Olympic College, and is gratified to do so. |
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December 20, 2011 | 7PM - 8:30PM | Bainbridge Public Library | Free.
![]() Books That Inspire and Keep Us WritingWith Field's End Team: Barbara Clarke, Lin Kamer-Walker, Sherill Leonardi, Margaret Trent and Kristy Webster“Sometimes I read a passage in a book that moves me, touches me deep down—that is what inspires me. What keeps me going is much more practical,” says Margaret Trent, an artist, novelist, and former Field’s End Core Team member. Barbara Clarke will share her thoughts on three favorite writing books, including Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott. “Each time I start a long project—fiction or nonfiction, it doesn’t matter—out comes Bird.” Lin Kamer-Walker recommends Studs Terkel’s Working, a book that delivers a double shot of can-do energy to her nervous system. We can relate to that! Join us for a discussion about these books and many other favorites that keep us inspired and keep us writing. Please bring your own favorites to share. |
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
Field's End is affiliated with the nonprofit Bainbridge Public Library. This project is supported, in part, by the City of Bainbridge Island and the Arts & Humanities Council. For other Field's End programs go to www.fieldsend.org