pen Geneva Writers' Group


 

 

Saturday Workshops 2010-2011

  • 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 18 Personal Essays to Opinion and Travel Essays
Oct 16 Short Shorts, Flash Fiction
Nov 20

Poetry with Guest Instructor (morning and afternoon)
Guest Instructor TBA

Nov 21 Poetry Masterclass with Guest Instructor
Dec 11* Seeing Beauty with Words (all genres)
Jan 15 'Shakespeare on Toast' (morning and afternoon)
Guest Instructor: Ben Crystal
Feb 19 Meet the Agents
Feb 20 Critiquing workshop and appointments with agents
Mar 19

Poetic Prose and Prose Poetry

Apr 9*

Fiction masterclass with Guest Instructor (morning and afternoon)
Guest Instructor: TBA

Apr 10 Fiction Masterclass with Guest Instructor
May 14* Writing Short and Long Memoirs. Annual General Assembly
Jun 11* Marketing, Publishing, Websites, Blogs and more
Jun 11* Annual Evening of Readings

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Registration for Membership in the Geneva Writers Group

Name/address:_______________________________________________________________________

  Tel. & e-mail:_______________________________________________________________________

Registration for Saturday Workshops

Name/address:_______________________________________________________________________

  Tel. & e-mail:_______________________________________________________________________

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