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Adult Writer's Group In-Person
Aspiring and experienced writers are welcome! Join us for safe and supportive environment to work on your craft.
- Date:
- Monday, December 23rd, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Family Place
- Audience:
- Adults (19+)
- Categories:
- Education and Lifelong Learning Literacy and Language Literature, Arts and Culture
The Wilson Library will begin offering a writing group for adults on first and third Mondays of each month starting May 6th from 2:30 – 4:00 pm. Prose writers and poets are welcome. Facilitators are Adult Librarian Jessica Robayo, and community member Claire Bien. For more information, please contact: Jessica at the Wilson Branch at 203-946-2228 or via email at jrobayo@nhfpl.org.
Bios:
Claire Bien is a writer, mental health advocate and educator, and peer support. She is also the author of a memoir, Hearing Voices, Living Fully: Living with the Voices in My Head. She received wonderful feedback and support in the memoir-writing process from fellow members of her Prosetry (prose and poetry) writing group and is excited to co-facilitate a writing group at the Wilson Library.
Jessica Robayo is an aspiring writer and public librarian. She has over 5 years of experience in facilitating library programming, including a peer-facilitated Writer's Group she hosted during her time at the Boston Public Library. She is thrilled to connect with local writers and to expand her craft while offering a safe space for those to do so as well.