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Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop

Since 2005, Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop has nurtured and empowered over 750 writers. Intimate and inspiring workshops encourage participants to fuel their passion and transform their writing. Both virtual and in-person options allow you to participate and learn in the format that works best for you. Join a workshop and leave with a new manuscript, […]

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Women Working with Clay Symposium

Women Working with Clay Symposium is about women who work with clay to create pottery, art vessels and sculpture, and whatever point of view may come with that distinction. It explores the connections of the long history of women in cultures all over the world as vessel makers, artists, and artisans. The symposium is a three-day […]

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Writing Intensive: The Path to Publication

Hollins University’s graduate programs in children’s literature are renowned for their emphasis on the study, writing, and illustration of work in that field. We also offer one-week intensive workshops for teachers and librarians, aspiring authors and illustrators, and alumnae/i of Hollins’ undergraduate and graduate programs. Whether you want to grow your skills as a picture […]

Writing for Children Intensive: Writing is Rewriting

Hollins University’s graduate programs in children’s literature are renowned for their emphasis on the study, writing, and illustration of work in that field. We also offer one-week intensive workshops for teachers and librarians, aspiring authors and illustrators, and alumnae/i of Hollins’ undergraduate and graduate programs. Whether you want to grow your skills as a picture […]

Picture Book Trends: A Curated Reading Workshop

Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United States

Are you a parent, teacher, or librarian overwhelmed by the prospect of picking out the best new picture books for your young readers? Are you a creator who needs to stay on top of today’s picture book marketplace? If so, let Elizabeth lead you on a curated reading journey. Over the course of five days, […]

The Second Biennial Children’s Literature Symposium (Virtual)

Symposium Theme: VALUING What do we value in our field? How do we define value? This interdisciplinary symposium will reflect on what matters to us and examine the challenges that undermine such values as equity, inclusion, and access to books. We invite explorations of the theme in every sense of the word. This four-day symposium […]

Picture Book Tips from Behind the Editor’s Desk

Hollins University Campus 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA, United States

Class runs Monday-Tuesday, 9 am-5 pm with a two-hour lunch break, and Wednesday, with one-on-one critiques from 9 am-noon, followed by a program talk at 1 pm: “Not Sticking to the Rules” Monday and Tuesday experience an interactive workshop covering the basics of children’s book creation, best practices, hooks, rhyming, humor, and rule-breaking with writing […]