Upcoming

Contact Tim about scheduling talks, workshops, or travel programs.

 

April 20, 2024, 10:30am-1:30pm — “Novel Architecture” (GrubStreet online – Zoom)

May 10 – 12, 2024 — “Storytelling to Save the World: the Fiction of Climate Apocalypse” — Muse & the Marketplace, Boston (exact date & time tk)

May 18, 2024, 10:30am-1:30pm — “Novel Revision Series: Killer Openings” (GrubStreet online – Zoom)

Past Events

March 8 – 16, 2024 — Cuba Writers Program 432447154_18405028585064362_7542005341531897382_n

February 19 – 23, 2024 — San Miguel Writer’s Conference, San Miguel de Allende, MexicoIMG_1250

January 26, 2024  — Show and Tell in Fiction, GrubStreet (Zoom)

January 6 – 14, 2024 — The Newport MFA in Creative Writing, Winter Residency418503788_18391322470064362_3978897323067209350_n

December 15, 2023 — Point of View in Fiction, Part II: Degrees of Omniscience, GrubStreet (Zoom)

November 28 – December 6, 2023 — Friends’ Trip to CubaIMG_2436

November 3, 2023 — Point of View in Fiction, Part I: POV & Psychic Distance, GrubStreet (Zoom)

October 25, 2023 — Climate Change and Our Writing Craft: A Discussion with Drinks (GrubStreet instructor training – Seaport HQ)

October 13-15, 2023 — Brattleboro Literary Festival

October 21, 2023 — Beyond Conflict: Sources of Narrative Drive in Fiction, GrubStreet (Zoom)

September 28, 2023 — “A Playground for Empire: Historical Perspectives on Cuba and the U.S.A.” Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau (illustrated lecture), Pittsfield Library, Pittsfield, VTBN-QY552_FIDEL__M_20161126075116

September 16, 2023 — The Divine Specific: Descriptive Writing in Fiction, GrubStreet (Zoom)

August 4, 2023— Fictional Characters II: Heroes & Villains, GrubStreet (Zoom)

July 7, 2023 — Fictional Characters I: Creating Unforgettable Characters, GrubStreet (Zoom)

June 24 – 28, 2023 — The Newport MFA Summer Residency, Newport, RIIMG_6342

June 24, 2023  — “Finding Inspiration and Creativity in Fly Fishing” (with artist Samantha Aronson), Bookstock: Green Mountain Festival of Words, Woodstock, VT IMG_0343

June 15, 2023 — In Conversation with Danielle Trussoni, Nantucket Book FestivalIMG_8184

June 2, 2923 — Novel Revision Series: Symphonic Endings, GrubStreet (Zoom)

May 13, 2023 — Novel Architecture, GrubStreet (Zoom)

May 5, 2023 — Novel Revision Series: Killer Openings, GrubStreet (Zoom)

April 10 – 17, 2023 — The Art & Cuisine of Oaxaca, Mexico (Brattleboro Museum & Art Center)IMG_2392

March 25, 2023 — “What’s Your Novel ‘About’?“, GrubStreet (Zoom)

March 4, 2023 — “Finding Your Literary Voice,” GrubStreet (Zoom)

February 14 – 19, 2023 — San Miguel Writers’ Conference, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico3cc77373-3200-49ef-97cd-a85558b843c0

January 7 – 15, 2023 — Newport Winter Residency in Havana, Cuba IMG_1873

December 10th, 2022, Novel Revision Series: Image Systems — GrubStreet (Zoom)

November 30 – December 8, 2022 — Private Trip to Cuba: Havana, Cienfuegos, Playa Larga 20221202_110400

November 5th, 2022, Novel Revision Series: Descriptive Writing — GrubStreet (Zoom)

October 13 – 16, 2022 – Brattleboro Literary Festival

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October 7, 2022, Backstory & Flashback — GrubStreet (Zoom)

October 1, 2022, Sentence-Level Music III: Making Sentences that Sing —The Skills (Zoom)

September 24, 2022, Sentence-Level Music II: Sentence-Level Suspense & Cumulative Syntax The Skills (Zoom)

September 17, 2022, Sentence-Level Music I: The Core Qualities of Great Sentences —The Skills (Zoom)

September 10, 2022, Fiction’s Inner Landscape — GrubStreet (Zoom)

August 6th, 2022, Point of View in Fiction, Part II: Degrees of Omniscience — GrubStreet (Zoom) 

July 18 – 22, 2022 — “Heroes & Villains in Fiction,” Grub Street YAWP (Young Adult Writer’s Program) 

July 9, 2022 — Point of View in Fiction, Part I: POV & Psychic Distance — GrubStreet (Zoom)

June 27 – July 3, 2022 — Newport MFA Summer Residencynewport22panel

June 4, 2022  — Novel Architecture — GrubStreet (Zoom)

June 2, 2022, Groton Public Library: “Cuba: Playground for Empire” – (virtual illustrated lecture)

May 25, 2022, Pangyrus Anthology “Underlying Conditions,” Launch Party & Reading (Zoom)

May 21, 2022  — Scene, Summary, and Dialogue in Fiction — GrubStreet 

May 14, 2022  — Beyond Conflict: Sources of Narrative Drive in Fiction — GrubStreet

May 13, 2022 — Brattleboro Literary Festival Literary Cocktail Hour: A Conversation with Ben McGrath (“Riverman”)

April 2, 2022 — Fictional Characters II: Heroes and Villains— GrubStreet 

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March 5, 2022 — Fictional Characters I: Creating Unforgettable Characters — GrubStreet 

February 26, 2022  — “Novel Revision Series: Symphonic Endings” — GrubStreet 

January 22, 2022 — “Novel Revision Series: Killer Openings” — GrubStreet 

January 4 – 9, 2022 — Newport MFA Winter Residency — Newport, Rhode Island

December 11, 2021 –  “Interiority: Fiction’s Inner Landscape” – GrubStreet (LIVE at the Seaport)

November 20, 2021  – “Novel Revision Series: Descriptive Writing” – GrubStreet 

November 13, 2021 – “Technique in Historical Fiction, Part II” – Grub Street 

November 6, 2021 – “Technique in Historical Fiction, Part I” – Grub Street

October 30, 2021  – “Finding Your Literary Voice” – Grub Street

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October 2, 2021 –  “Novel Revision Series: What’s Your Novel ‘About’? – Grub Street 

September 17, 2021 “Omniscience” – Grub Street 

August 14, 2021 — Sentence-Level Music II: Making Sentences That Sing” – Grub Street

July 17, 2021  — Novel Revision Series: Scene, Summary, & Dialogue” – Grub Street 

July 10, 2021 — “Sentence-Level Music I: Core Principles of Great Sentences” – Grub Street

June 5, 2021 — Novel Revision Series: Dramatic Structure” – Grub Street 

May 22, 2021 —Beyond Conflict: Sources of Narrative Drive in Fiction” – Grub Street

April 22, 2021 

“Writing in the Age of the Climate Crisis” (with Julie Carrick Dalton) The Muse and the MarketplaceScreen Shot 2021-04-22 at 7.10.19 PM

April 10th, 2021  — “Novel Revision Series: Image Systems” -Grub Street 

March 13th, 2021 — “Novel Revision Series: Backstory & Flashback” – Grub Street

March 6th, 2021 — “Interiority: Fiction’s Inner Landscape” – Grub Street

February 13th, 2021 — “Omniscience” – Grub Street

January 29th, 2021 — “Fictional Characters II: Heroes & Villains” – Grub Street

January 23rd, 2021 — “Novel Revision Series: POV and Psychic Distance” – Grub Street

January 15th, 2021 — “Fictional Characters I: Creating the Cast” – Grub Street

January 8, 2021

 Literary Cocktail Hour, a conversation with William Souder, author of Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck – sponsored by the Brattleboro Literary Festivalunnamed 

January 2 – 10, 2021

 Newport MFA in Creative Writing Winter Residencynewport mfa hat cropped

December 19, 2020

 “Novel Revision Series: Symphonic Endings” Grub Street IMG_4813

November 14, 2020

Novel Revision Series: Killer Openings” Grub Street IMG_0269

October 15 – 18, 2020 

Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro, VTimage7

October 10, 2020

 “Novel Revision Series: Descriptive Writing & Image Systems.” Grub Street IMG_0600

September 19, 2020

 “Novel Revision Series: Dialogue & the Scene.” Grub Street IMG_4624

September 16, 2020, 7pm

 EVERYWHERE STORIES On the Air (Sponsored by Press 53)unnamed

September 15, 2020

WILL POOLE’S ISLAND reissue: paperback & audio editionswill-pooles-island_audio_072220

August 1, 2020 –“Technique in Historical Fiction.” Grub Street(REMOTE)plymouth029

July 18, 2020

 “Sentence Level Music.” Grub Street – (REMOTE)IMG_0189

July 11, 2020

 Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Point of View & Voice” (REMOTE)IMG_0209

June 20 – 28, 2020

The Newport MFA in Creative Writing – Summer Residency (REMOTE)photo-on-6-21-20-at-7.08-pm-3

June 12, 2020

 Literary Cocktail Hour sponsored by the Brattleboro Literary Festival. A conversation with Danielle Trussoni, author of The Ancestor unnamed-1

May 30, 2020

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Interiority & Backstory” REMOTE!DSC00557

April 18,  2020

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Dramatic Structure & Narrative Drive” REMOTE!IMG_2734

March 21,  2020

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Concept, Premise, Theme”  REMOTE!Screen Shot 2020-03-23 at 12.41.48 PM

January 25, 2020

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Cast of Characters”IMG_3902

January 22, 2020

“Thunderbolt: True History of a Scottish Highwayman in 19th Century Vermont” – Putney  Public Library (Sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau)IMG_3888 

January 4 – 12, 2020

Newport MFA Winter Residency in Cuba: Havana & Playa Larga81854103_10214995776424040_9148142197151891456_o

December 7,  2019

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Killer Openings & Symphonic Endings”DSC09470

November 9, 2019

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Fictional Love Stories”IMG_3975

October 25, 2019, 7PM 

 Belmont Books Writer’s Craft Series: Climate Fiction and Writing the Anthropocene (with Julie Carrick Dalton & Sonya Larson)EHwvZRqW4AAOTCp-1

October 18 – 20, 2019

Brattleboro Literary Festival72700540_1364735320358393_3722420633292767232_o

October 12, 2019

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Dialogue & the Scene”IMG_2777

September 23 – October 3, 2019

National Geographic Expeditions: Douro River Cruise, Portugal & SpainIMG_3097 

September 7, 2019

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Point of View & Voice”Version 2

August 1 – 4, 2019

Cape Cod Writers Center Conference, Hyannis, MA. “Fiction’s Inner Landscape”; “Beyond Conflict: Sources of Narrative Drive.”DSC08448

July 27, 2019

 Grub Street: “Technique in Historical FictionIMG_2461

July 13, 2019

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Interiority & BackstoryDSC07992

June 22 – 30, 2019

Newport MFA in Creative Writing, June Residency65901954_10157250883629344_5347069558639296512_o

June 8, 2019

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Descriptive Writing & Image SystemsIMG_2435

June 6, 2019

Boston Lit Crawl, “A Little Box of Yes.” (Storymatic)IMG_2419

 

May 18, 2019

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May 2 – 10, 2019 

 Cuba Writers Program, Havana & Playa LargaIMG_2246 

April 15 – 23, 2019 

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Cuba: 13th annual Havana Art Biennial57597629_10157083491089344_662023145154150400_n

April 5 – 7, 2019

 The Muse & The Marketplace, Boston, MA. “Interiority in Fiction”; “Image Systems.”muse 19 cropped

March 27 – 30, 2019 

AWP Conference, Portland, Oregon. Cuba Writers Program: Reading. Green Writers Press Book Signing: A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing.55686742_10156198188985665_8113401970439487488_o

February 23, 2019

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Sentence-Level MusicIMG_2277

January 26, 2019

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Killer Openings & Symphonic Endingsimg_1146

January 5 –  13, 2019 

 Newport MFA in Creative Writing, January residency 49845078_10213807770923667_7480954034510102528_n

  

December 15, 2018 

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December 13, 2018

Brattleboro Words Project, 118 Main Street, Brattleboro. “The Round Schoolhouse & the Legend of ‘Thunderbolt’: History, Fiction, & Early Brattleboro Publishing”0-1

December 8, 2018

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Fictional Love Stories”Picture 11.20

November 7 – 18, 2018 

National Geographic Expeditions: Exploring Patagonia IMG_0837

November 2, 2018

Historical Writers of America Conference, Providence, RI: “Point of View in Historical Fiction”; “World Building in Historical Fiction”IMG_0753

October 27, 2018

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Cast of Characters”IMG_0748

October 12 – 14, 2018

Brattleboro Literary FestivalIMG_0705

September 29, 2018

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Point of View & Voice”IMG_0504

September 7, 2018 

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (RMFW) Colorado Gold Conference, Denver: “Essentials of Voice in Fiction.”41171262_2139533709594087_1291721352826322944_o

August 27, 2018 

Cornelia Street Café, New York City: Cuba Writers Program public readingDSC_0074

August 22, 2018

GrubStreet Open House: Student & Instructor Reading40012812_2007339289330634_2280127944795881472_o

August 18, 2018

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Interiority, Backstory, & Flashback”IMG_0065

July 21, 2018

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Descriptive Writing & Image Systems”IMG_3545

June 22 – July 1, 2018

 Newport MFA inaugural residencyIMG_3679

May 14 – 22, 2018

Cuba Writers ProgramIMG_3336

May 5, 2018

Grub Street: “Technique in Historical Fiction”landing of the pilgriams michele felice corne

April 20, 2018

Green Writers Press Reading & Earth Day Book Launch (launching paperback of A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER & FLY FISHING). Next Stage Art Project, Putney, VT. 31655702_10156607689502780_5075370352696098816_o

April 14, 2018

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Dramatic Structure & Narrative Drive”IMG_2396

April 6 – 8, 2018

Muse & the Marketplace, Boston. “Dreams, Visions, & Hallucinations in Fiction.” “Beyond Conflict: Sources of Narrative Drive in Fiction.” “Essentials of Backstory & Flashback.” DaNS7kBVMAAtBTB

March 18 – 27, 2018 

Cuba Off the Beaten Track (with Brattleboro Museum & Art Center) IMG_3138

March 3, 2018

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Zeroing in on Genre & Theme”IMG_8764

February 17, 2018

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Sentence-Level Music”IMG_4170

January 15 – 25, 2018 

National Geographic Expeditions: Exploring PatagoniaIMG_2969

December 16, 2017

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Killer Openings & Symphonic Endings”IMG_2481

November 26 – December 4, 2017

Contemporary Art in Cuba (with Eric Aho)IMG_2428

November 6 – 16, 2017

National Geographic Expeditions: Exploring PatagoniaIMG_2294

November 4, 2017

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: “Minor & Supporting Characters”DSC01280

October 21, 2017

Northern Woodlands Conference, Fairlee, Vermont. Discussion of place in fiction & readings from A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER & FLY FISHINGIMG_9842

October 19, 2017

Vermont Humanities Council Lecture, Thompson Senior Center, Woodstock, VT: “A Playground for Empire: Historical Perspectives on Cuba and the U.S.A.”Signal Corps Telephone Tent - Cuba 1898

October 12 – 15, 2017

Brattleboro Literary Festival: Short Story Showcase22539973_1898382286840353_4859956468329876828_n

October 7, 2017

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: Dialogue & the Sceneatonement_water_fountain_james_mcavaoy_keira_knightley

October 1, 2017

Tattered Cover Bookstore, Colfax Avenue, Denver, ColoradoIMG_1980

September 21 – 24, 2017

Historical Writers of America Annual Conference, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM21765416_10155684502284344_3772155892072339192_o

September 19, 2017

Phoenix Books, Burlington, Vermont: Green Writers Press reading IMG_1871

September 16, 2017

 Burlington Book Festival, Burlington, Vermont bbf reading (low res)

August 28, 2017

Cornelia Street Café, New York City: Cuba Writers Program Reading with Ann Hood, Alden Jones, and Michael Ruhlman

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August 26, 2017

Grub Street: Fictional Love Storiesthe-end-of-the-affair-2

July 26, 2017

Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: “Nantucket: Art, Literature, and the Sea.”Untitled.001

July 22, 2017

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: Point of View & Voicemoby7

July 5 – 11, 2017

Featured Expert, National Geographic Student Expeditions in Cuba: Trinidad, Santa Clara, & the northern coast19983834_10155468233854344_5830137272681372404_o

July 1, 2017

New Hampshire’s Toadstool bookstores: Keene (11AM) & Peterborough (2PM)Reading from A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER & FLY FISHINGIMG_1372

June 29, 2017

 Harvard Book Store, Cambridge. MA. Discussion & reading from A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER & FLY FISHING (with Crystal King & FEAST OF SORROW)IMG_1366

June 24, 2017

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: Interiority, Backstory & FlashbackIMG_1202

June 22, 2017

Mitchell’s Book Corner, Nantucket, MA. 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. Book signing: A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER & FLY FISHING & WILL POOLE’S ISLAND19399507_1545051202201208_8109909465495854784_n

June 14, 2017

Bixby Library, Vergennes, VT. Vermont Humanities Council Lecture: “A Playground for Empire: Historical Perspectives on Cuba and the U.S.A.”havana-tank

May 27, 2017

Orvis Flagship Store, Manchester, VT. A joint Orvis/Northshire Bookstore event, 11AM – 2PM: A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER & FLY FISHINGIMG_1019

May 20, 2017

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: Descriptive Writing & Image SystemsIMG_1163

May 16, 2017

 The Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, VT. Reading from A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER & FLY FISHING (with Dede Cummings of Green Writers Press)IMG_7938

May 13, 2017

– Stratton Mountain School, Stratton. Vermont Humanities Council Lecture: “A Playground for Empire: Historical Perspectives on Cuba and the U.S.A.”The_Administration's_Promises_Have_Been_Kept

May 5 – 7, 2017 

Grub Street’s The Muse and The Marketplace Conference, Boston. Craft Talk: “Essentials of Voice”

April 27 – May 5, 2017

Cuba Writers Program: Havana & Cienfuegos (with Ann Hood, Michael Ruhlman, & Alden Jones)

April 15, 2017 

Grub Street Novel Revision Series: Dramatic Structure & Narrative Drive100_1484

April 7, 2017

Green Writers Press Spring Book Release Party, Next Stage, Putney, VT17634382_10156077206452907_4262802853035488038_n

March 10 – 19, 2017

Green Writers Press Cuba: Havana, Trinidad, Cienfuegos, & The CoastIMG_7078

February 11, 2017

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Sentence-Level Music”img_4028

January 15, 2017

“Writers Resist,” Brattleboro, Vermontc2psp4ouoaekxuw

January 10, 2017

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Killer Openings & Symphonic Endings”img_0272

December 10, 2016

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Dialogue & the Scene” img_0256

November 28 – December 6, 2016

Art and Culture of Cuba: Havana, Cienfuegos, Trinidad. Brattleboro Museum & Art Centerimg_0158

October 22, 2016

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Point of View & Voice”img_8353

October 14-16, 2016

Brattleboro Literary Festivalimg_0098

September 17, 2016

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Interiority, Backstory, & Flashback”img_9796

September 16, 2016

Landgrove Historic Association, VT. Vermont Humanities Council Lecture: “A Playground for Empire: Historical Perspectives on Cuba & the USA”img_9997

August 27, 2016

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Descriptive Writing & Image Systems”img_9890

July 30, 2016

Bookstock Lit Festival, Woodstock, VT: “Will Poole’s Island: The Making of an Historical Novel.”

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July 21, 2016

Brattleboro Museum and Art Center: “The Life and Times of Francisco de Goya.”09 GOYA Maja desnuda

July 16, 2016

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Dramatic Tension & Narrative Structure”img_9740

July 6 – 15, 2016

Featured Expert

National Geographic Student Expeditions: Santa Clara & Havana, Cuba

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June 25, 2016

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Zeroing in on Genre & Theme”img_9068

May 21, 2016

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Killer Openings & Symphonic Endings”img_7738

May 10 -18, 2016

First Annual Cuba Writers Program (with Alden Jones & Ann Hood)

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What a great group of writers, and so much fun! Definitely doing this again next year. (If you’re interested, Google the website for details.)

May 8, 2016

Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, VT. Vermont Humanities Council Lecture: “A Playground for Empire: Historical Perspectives on Cuba and the U.S.A.”IMG_9205

April 29 – May 1, 2016

Teaching Scholar, Muse and The Marketplace Conference (GrubStreet), Boston. Lectures: “What’s Your Book ‘About’?” & “Fiction’s Inner Landscape”IMG_9185

April 2, 2016

Rockingham Public Library, Bellows Falls, VT. Vermont Humanities Council Lecture: “A Playground for Empire: Historical Perspectives on Cuba and the U.S.A.” (Listen to an audio recording of this lecture here.)

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March 26, 2016

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Dialogue & the Scene”IMG_7201

March 7 – 15, 2016

Private Cuba Trip (Brattleboro Museum & Art Center)

Havana, Trinidad, Playa Larga

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February 26, 2016

Grub Street, Boston: “Novel Revision Series: Minor & Supporting Characters”IMG_9183

February 25, 2016

Brattlleboro Museum and Arts Center: 7pm Lecture: “Georgia O’Keeffe: American Visionary”Slide67

January 25, 2016

Book and history talks: Will Poole’s Island. The Laurentian Club of Canada (& combined Mont Tremblant book clubs)

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Special thanks to the lovely Beryl Puddifer for orchestrating a most enjoyable mini-book tour in the Laurentians. Thanks also to the well-read members of the Laurentian Club and the Mont Tremblant book clubs. You all are an inspiration! 

December 27, 2015 – January 8, 2016

Featured Expert
National Geographic Expeditions: Exploring Patagonia

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December 6 – 14, 2015

Featured Expert
National Geographic Expeditions: CubaIMG_7781

November 14 – 22

Private Cuba Trip (Brattleboro Museum & Art Center)

Havana, Trinidad, Playa Larga

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Thanks to the indefatigable Dede Cummings for putting this group together and helping me share some of what I love about fascinating, contradictory Cuba. Great fun to travel with you all!

November 1 – 9

Private Cuba Trip (Creative Travel Arts)

Havana, Trinidad, Cienfuegos

Very much enjoyed this trip! Thanks to Cherry, Chris, Suzanne, Dan, Roger, Miriam, Mark, Ellen, Debbie, Julie, and Dayron for being such great traveling companions

Thanks to Cherry, Chris, Suzanne, Dan, Roger, Miriam, Mark, Ellen, Debbie, Julie, Dayron, and Haarlen for being such great traveling companions!

October 17, 2015

Book and writing talk: Will Poole’s Island

Monadnock Writers’ Group Speakers Program

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Really enjoyed meeting this group of writers! Special thanks to Denny Caldwell for making it happen.

September 17 – 27, 2015

Featured Expert

National Geographic Expeditions: Northern Spain by Private Rail

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Saying goodbye to the great crew of the Transcantábrico Gran Lujo in Bilbao. What a journey!

September 3, 2015

Brattlleboro Museum and Arts Center Lecture: “Hemingway in Spain & Cuba”

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Thanks to Danny Lichtenfeld, the staff and volunteers at BMAC, and all the wonderful people who showed up for the talk. A most enjoyable evening!

July 18 – 24, 2015

Guest Author

Writing in Prague program (Putney Student Travel)

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An inspiring travel and writing experience with my colleagues Brenna Casey and Nate MacNamara, and a coterie of highly talented young writers. Look out, world!

July 12 – 17, 2015

“Life Stories: Creative Adventurers, Adventurous Creators” (5-part lecture series)

All-Star 2 Family Conference

Star Island, Isles of Shoals, NH

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Special thanks to Gene and Nancy Taylor, to the participants of AS2 for your generous welcome, and to Peter Erickson for showing me the ropes of fly fishing his sublime granite islet . . .

May 1 – 3, 2015

Talk on “Voice and Dialog in Historical Fiction”
GrubStreet’s Muse & The Marketplace Conference, Boston, MAIMG_9188

April 24 – 26, 2015

Talks on the Jungian Shadow in YA Fiction and Image Systems in Fiction
New England Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Conference. Springfield, MA

Really enjoyed this conference – thanks to Pam Vaughn for the photo and to all those who participated for your attentiveness and great questions!

Really enjoyed this conference – thanks to Pam Vaughn for the photo and to all those who participated for your attentiveness and great questions!

 March 18, 2015

Reading from WILL POOLE’S ISLAND (with Warren Wilson Alumni): Cambridge Boat Club, Cambridge, MA

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Thanks to Tracy Wynn, Helen Fremont, my fellow readers, and all the Wallies that came out on a raw and windy March evening beside the frozen Charles!

March 8, 2015

Book and history talkWillow Dell Historical Association“The Barn.” South Kingstown Land Trust, RI

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What a great event! I forgot to get a picture so this one will have to stand in. My heartfelt thanks to Janet, Dede, and all the wonderful, well-read, and friendly members of WDHA who came out!

November 30, 2014

Reading & Book Talk: Duxbury Free Library, Duxbury, Massachusetts

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Most grateful to Carol Jankowski of the Library and Brooke McDonough of Westwinds Books for the warm welcome, and to Bill Benjes for making the connection!

November 22, 2014

Book Signing: World Eye Bookshop, Greenfield, MA

Special thanks to Mary Mayshark-Staveley and the kind staff at World Eye Bookshop!

Special thanks to Mary Mayshark-Staveley and the kind staff at World Eye Bookshop!

October 25, 2014

Book Talks/Signings: The Toadstool Bookshops in Peterborough and Keene, NH

 

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Nice to be back in New Hampshire. Thanks to all who came out, and to the wonderful folks at Toadstool Peterborough and Toadstool Keene!

October 23, 2014

Signing: Bank Square BooksMystic, Connecticut

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What fun to hang out and talk books with these two scholarly gentlemen, John Francisconi of Bank Square Books and my old friend Ron Samul!

October 4, 2014

Book Talk & Reading: Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro, Vermont

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A most enjoyable reading, book talk, and Q & A with the talented fellow Vermont writer Don Bredes – just one episode in a stellar literary weekend

September 20, 2014

Book Talk: Burlington Book Festival, Burlington, Vermont

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My sincere thanks to all the wonderful Fletcher and BBF organizers and volunteers!

September 7, 2014

Official Book Launch and Reading, WILL POOLE’S ISLAND
Next Stage Arts Project, Putney, Vermont

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Speaking to the hometown crowd. Very proud to live in such a warm and supportive community! Gratitude to Dede Cummings for the photo and so much more.

August 23, 2014

Signing: Nantucket Bookworks, Nantucket, Massachusetts

A beautiful morning on the Rock with the wonderful Suzanne Keller and Dick Burns

A sunny morning on the Rock with the wonderful Suzanne Keller and Dick Burns!

August 5, 2014

Reading & Signing: Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut

 

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After the reading, with the talented Jennifer Powers!

June 21, 2014

Signing: Nantucket Book Festival: “Under the Tent: Local and Notable Authors in the Atheneum Garden.”

The Atheneum Garden, downtown Nantucket, MA

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Great day Under the Tent with the indefatigable Dede Cummings

May 2, 2014

Grub Street’s Muse and the Marketplace 2014, Boston, MA

“Narrative as Time Machine: World-Building in Historical Fiction”

At Muse14 with my wonderful cousin, the author Eleanor Henderson

At Muse14 with my wonderful cousin, the author Eleanor Henderson

  

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