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The Narrative Nonfiction Tradition – An Online Course led by Samuel Freedman

07 May 2026 4:00 pm

Categories: Featured, Public Events, Special Online Offerings, The Annex

Online, one night only, Columbia Journalism Professor Emeritus Samuel Freedman leads “The Narrative Nonfiction Tradition.” Whether in the form of memoir, history, or immersion reportage, the books of longform narrative that grip so many of us as readers, and try… Read more

2026 Poetry Program – June 22-28

22 June 2026 11:00 am

Categories: Featured, Public Events, Workshops

The Community of Writers is delighted to announce the Poetry Program which will be held in-person June 22-28, 2026 in Olympic Valley, California. Learn More Join our mailing list to learn when applications open and when teaching staff are announced.… Read more

Online and In-Person: Join us for an Extraordinary Evening of Poetry

26 June 2026 7:30 pm

Categories: Featured, Fundraisers, Public Events

June 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM Pacific Join us for an unforgettable evening of poetry live in the California Sierra Nevada, and streamed online from the comfort of your home. Our annual Benefit Poetry Reading will feature poems from our… Read more

2026 Summer Writers Workshops in Fiction, Memoir and Narrative Nonfiction

10 July 2026 11:00 am

Categories: Featured, Public Events, Workshops

The Community of Writers is delighted to announce the Writers Workshops in Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction and Memoir which will be held in-person July 10-17, 2026 in Olympic Valley, California. More information and to apply.… Read more

Sailing to Byzantium: A Short Course on William Butler Yeats

01 September 2026 3:30 pm

Categories: Featured, Public Events, The Annex

Brenda Hillman and Robert Hass return to the Writers’ Annex in the fall of 2026 for a short course on the poetry of William Butler Yeats. Working from a selection of the poets work, and with an eye to the… Read more