Marian Adducci and Gigi Reinheimer have opened a children’s independent bookstore in Walnut Creek, California. All ages will enjoy Flashlight Books, as they carry adult books, too. The bookstore hosts author events, offers a tutoring space, and has activities for pre-teens and teens.
Visit them at 1537 N. Main Street and www.flashlightbooks.com and support independent bookstores, where people know and love books and nurture that passion in their community.
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The Storyteller Bookstore
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| Reading for kids ages 5 – 18 |
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What have you been reading? Enjoying? What are your passions? Kids, discover a terrific reading listdesigned especially for you – the BEST BOOKS EVER – to read over the summer!
Offered with your reading difficulty and breadth of subject in mind.
Every staff member at the Storyteller can personally address your needs. Kids receive postcards of encouragement and reminders about the deadline.
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| Sign up by visiting the Storyteller during June 2 – June 30, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Kids must sign up in person with an adult. Please allow 20 minutes per individual for registration and book guidance.Cost: $25
What do you get? A discount on reading program books! Complete the program? There’s a popular end-of-summer party and a golden Summer Reader Riches certificate worth $15 of store merchandise. What’s not to love?
Books you can’t wait to crack open! Professionals at your service! Increase your reading skills!
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The Storyteller Bookstore is located at 3506-E Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA 94549. 925-284-3480
Readers, editors and agents love settings which are well-researched with specific sensory details. What better way to discover those details but through your own personal travel?
Novelist and poet Mary Mackey will present “How to Travel Like a Writer” at the next luncheon meeting of the Mt. Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club (CWC) on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill.
Ms. Mackey will discuss how to use travel for all writing genres, incorporating unique experiences, and personal photos.
She is the best-selling author of thirteen novels which have been translated into fourteen languages. Ms. Mackey has traveled extensively and uses exotic backgrounds for her books. She is also a poet whose work has been featured in Garrison Keillor’s The Writers Almanac several times.
Sign-in/Writers tables from 11:15 am to noon, buffet luncheon from noon to 12:45 pm, and the business meeting/program from 12:45 to 2:00 pm. The cost is $20 for CWC members, $25 for guests.
Reservations are required, and must be received no later than noon on Wednesday, June 11. Contact Robin Gigoux at [email protected], or phone 925-933-9670. Expect confirmation only if you e-mail your reservation.
The California Writers Club Mt. Diablo Branch web address is: http://cwcmtdiablowriters.wordpress.com/
 Storyteller Junior Editors
Join a lively, opinionated discussion group on Thursday evenings throughout the summer as we read soon-to-be-published books and learn how to write and revise reviews. This workshop is geared toward kids who love to read, write, share and revise. We meet on Thursday evenings throughout the summer. June 19, July 10, July 24, August 7 Emerging Editors (grades 2-5): 5:00-6:30 p.m. Junior Editors (middle/high school): 7:00-8:30 p.m. $115 includes books, materials, light snack + copies of our published reviews. |
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| Wordplay Writing Workshop
For creative writers ages 8-up $25 /each workshop or $85 /series package Saturday evenings 5:30-7:00 p.m. June 21: Summertime Rhymes (poetry) July 5: Time Travelers (historical fiction) July 12: Archetypes and Emblems (modern mythology)
July 19: Midsummer Memories (narrative scrapbooks) |
Thanks to Rich Freedman of the (Vallejo) Times-Herald, word has spread about a youngster who channeled her anger into writing.
Diagnosed with leukemia this past year, ten-year-old Monica Romo wrote an essay detailing how “Wonder Woman” (Monica!) would rid Vallejo, in Northern California, of hate and evil. In her City Hall appearance, 125 people shared her hope. Receiving a Solano Hero’s Certificate, Monika received a Solano Hero’s Certificate.
Congratulations, Monika!
Writing Prompts:
1. Use your passionate feelings about an issue to inspire art or writing. How will you choose to express yourself? Which cause incites your emotions?
2. Pretend you are a superhero. Write a graphic novel or comic strip expressing your passion for change.
English teacher, writing coach, and founder of our popular Summer Writing Workshops LISA PIAZZA presents a workshop series for aspiring writers of fiction!
Saturday afternoons 4:30-6:00 Ages 9-up
Nov 3: A Convergence of Quirky Characters
Nov 10: Plotlines, Places, + Perspective
Nov 17: Sounds + Scenes: using dialogue and imagery to create mood
$25/each or $65/series
Notebooks + light snack included
Register at The Storyteller Bookstore or via email [email protected]
Break out your pens again! We’re having another teen writing group, and we would love for you to join us.
Writing can be a solitary pursuit… but it doesn’t have to be! Want to meet other enthusiastic teen writers? Come to a teen writing group at the Lafayette Library! We’ll chat, share ideas and experiences about our writing, and — of course — write alongside each other with prompts. We aim to create a fun, welcoming teen community of writers that encourages and supports its members.
This is an open and free group (8th-12th grade preferred). Just bring paper, your favorite writing tool, and enthusiasm! 🙂
Please reply to [email protected] if you can make our next meeting. We hope you can join us. If you have any teen writer friends who may be interested in our group, please forward them this announcement. We’re always looking to expand our group!
Break out your pens again! We’re having another teen writing group, and we would love for you to join us.
Writing can be a solitary pursuit… but it doesn’t have to be! Want to meet other enthusiastic teen writers?
Come to a teen writing group at the Lafayette Library! We’ll chat, share ideas and experiences about our writing, and — of course — write alongside each other with prompts. We aim to create a fun, welcoming teen community of writers that encourages and supports its members.
This is an open and free group (8th-12th grade preferred). Just bring paper, your favorite writing tool, and enthusiasm!
Please reply to [email protected] if you can make our next meeting. We hope you can join us. If you have any teen writer friends who may be interested in our group, please forward them this announcement. We’re always looking to expand our group!
Summer is a great time to write!
Writing groups at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center (Contra Costa County, CA) will continue throughout the summer, providing lots of chances for support, feedback and inspiration from other writers. They now have three active groups:
10 Page Feedback Group
Meets twice on month on Tuesday night.
Writers of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, history and more.
Up to 10 pages is submitted in advance, read and then discussed.
Get info or join: [email protected].
Children and YA Authors Group
Meets once a month on Sunday afternoon.
Submit work in advance, read and then discuss
Get info or join: [email protected]
Teen Writers
Meets once a month on Saturday afternoon.
Supportive and welcoming atmosphere
Bring paper, pencil, ideas and enthusiasm
Get info or join: [email protected]
