The Timid Poet Underground’s Open Mic Night on Saturday, December 7, 2024

The Timid Poet Underground’s Open Mic Night on Saturday, December 7, 2024 Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Sharing starts at 7 p.m. Location: 2208 Winchell Avenue / Kalamazoo MI 49008 Come to share your creative work or just listen! Published writers may sell their books. Snacks and facilities provided by the Phoenix Community Church UCC. For more information, visit https://timidpoetunderground.blogspot.com   or https://facebook.com/timidpoetunderground  . You can also see the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/395998663449702/ Who are the Timid Poets? We are just some folks who want to share our poetry, stories, and music. We are a variety of ages, and we have many different professions.  We are experienced writers and beginners.  This is a safe place for the timid and the nervous introvert as well as the brave and confident extrovert. You’re welcome if you’re lesbian, gay, straight, bi, queer, trans. You’re welcome if you’re religious, spiritual, atheist, or agnostic.  The cool kids, the nerds, the geeks, the jocks—everyone is welcome!  No matter what race, nationality, or creed, we want to hear your voice!

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Janet Ruth Heller will speak about her books for children at the MASL conference in Bay City, Michigan on Friday, October 25, 2024

Janet Ruth Heller will speak about and autograph her books for children at the Michigan Association of School Librarians conference in Bay City, Michigan on Friday, October 25, 2024 at the DoubleTree Hotel from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  She will discuss her school visits and creative writing workshops with librarians from different Michigan schools.  She will sign copies of her award-winning fiction picture book about bullying, How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006; 7th edition 2022) and The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015, 2016), a middle-grade fiction chapter book about sibling rivalry.  Janet's website is https://www.janetruthheller.com/ Other Michigan authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults who will speak at this event are Amy Dua, Heather Shumaker, Deb Pilutti, Mimi Olson, Michele Beresford, Matt Faulkner, Melanie Swiftney, Suja Sukumar, Naomi V. Dunsen-White, Kim Childress, and Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw.  All these individuals are members of the Michigan chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. #picturebooks #chapterbooks #schoolvisits #schools #literatureforchildren #childrensbooks #MichiganAssociationofSchoolLibrarians #bullying #bullyingawareness #autographing #creativewriting #workshops #siblingrivalry #youngadultbooks #societyofchildrensbookwritersandillustrators…

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