pen Geneva Writers' Group


 

 

Saturday Workshops 2009-2010

  • 09:45 - 10:00 Coffee
  • 10:00 - 12:30 Morning Workshop guided writing exercises (related to subject), hand-outs, marketing
  • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch picnic (bring sandwich) at Center or meal at closeby café
  • 14:00 - 16:30 Afternoon Workshop critiquing manuscripts (1400 words max or 2 poems), limited to 8-10 readers (sign up each month, bring 20 copies), others welcome

Instructor:
Susan Tiberghien (writer, editor, teacher, author Looking for Gold, Circling to the Center and Footsteps)

Fees:
Morning Workshop: CHF30 (minus CHF10 for students)
Afternoon Workshop: CHF20 (CHF10 if not reading)
Both Workshops: CHF40 (CHF35 if not reading)
Guest instructors: CHF50 Saturday, CHF50 Sunday

Place:
Geneva Press Club,
Villa la Pastorale,
106 rte de Ferney
(bus #5, to Hotel Intercontinental)

(Usually held on the third Saturday of the month, unless marked with an asterisk)
Dates

Subjects of morning workshops:

Sep 19 From Personal Essays to Opinion and Travel Essays
Oct 17 Short Shorts, Flash Fiction
Nov 21 Poetry: Guest Instructor Jo Shapcott
Nov 22 Poetry Master Class with Jo Shapcott
Dec 12* Writing from Dreams, Memories and Surroundings (all genres)
Jan 16 The Structure of a Novel (morning and afternoon)
Guest Instructor: Lynne Barrett
Jan 17

Novel Master Class with Lynne Barrett

Feb 5-7

Geneva Writers' Conference

Mar 20

Poetic Prose; Prose Poetry

Apr 10*

Play and Script (morning and afternoon)
Guest Instructor To be announced

Apr 11 Play and Script Master Class
May 15 Writing Memoir as Mosaic. Annual General Assembly
Jun 5* Marketing, Publishing, Websites, Blogs and more.
Jun 5* Annual Evening of Readings (Geneva Press Club)

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Registration for Membership in the Geneva Writers Group

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Registration for Saturday Workshops

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Morning Workshops (dates): ____________________________________________________________

Afternoon Workshops (dates): ___________________________________________________________

Registration for workshops is helpful for logistics. Saturday workshops are open. Sunday master classes are limited to members;
work will be requested and circulated to participants.
Fees are collected at each workshop

Please return to Susan Tiberghien, 24 ch.des Mollies, 1293 Bellevue,
tel.: 022 7743835, fax: 022 7743836, e-mail: susan.tiberghien@iprolink.ch
www.susantiberghien.com
www.genevawritersgroup.org

 

Contact: info@GenevaWritersGroup.org