Janet’s Speaking Events

Janet Ruth Heller will read a poem about the Ladies Library at the Artifactory Poetry Reading and Kalamazoo Area History Event on Sunday February 28, 2016

Sunday, February 28, 2016 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.–Artifactory:  Poems about Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo History at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum–Local writers will read poems about items in the Kalamazoo Valley Museum collections, the Kalamazoo area, and regional history. Kalamazoo Valley…
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Janet Read from and Autographed Her Books on December 12 in Kalamazoo and Portage, Michigan

Saturday, December 12, 2015—Janet Ruth Heller, author of the award-winning picture book about bullying for children How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; rpt. 2008, 2012), the middle-grade chapter book about sibling rivalry The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015),…
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Writing Workshop with Janet Heller about “Fixing Common Errors in Fiction and Nonfiction Manuscripts” at the Portage District Library on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 6 p.m.

Author Janet Heller will discuss “Common Errors in Fiction and Nonfiction Manuscripts and How to Fix Them” at the Portage District Library and comment on work submitted by workshop participants.  Free event.  Writers are encouraged to bring one of their…
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