Events

  • “Tsuris and Other Literary Pleasures” – An International Creative Writing Conference will be held at Bar-Ilan University May 6-8, 2012. Visiting writers will be Joseph Skibell and Ethelbert Miller.
  • The Meter-al-Meter Poetry Festival in Jerusalem in Hebrew,
    July 12-14,2011 at the Botanical Garden, near Nayot.
    For details:
    http://www.poetryplace-festival.org/
  • Workshops with Dara Barnat   The following workshops will take place in Tel Aviv near Kikar Rabin. To reserve a spot for poetry, short story, or memoir send an email darabarnat@yahoo.com . You can choose to attend workshops for as many genres as you wish. The groups will be not more than 10 but not less than 5. If there are less than 5 people the workshop will not take place and I will inform those who have signed up. When you have signed up I will send you further necessary information. Look forward to seeing you there!   Each workshop meeting is 110 NIS (220 NIS for two meetings).   Poetry:   Tuesday, July 5 and Sunday, July 10 (5:30-8:00)   In these sessions we will be focusing on poetry of the everyday…the poetry that celebrates our everyday, seemingly mundane, experiences in the world. We will be both reading poetry by others and writing and sharing our own.   Short Story:   Tuesday, July 12 (5:30-8:00)   In this session we will be focusing on writing short scenes that must convey a great deal of experience, including characterizations, dialogue, setting, and plot. We will be doing a close reading of a short story and writing and sharing our own scenes.   Memoir:   Sunday, July 17 and Sunday, July 24 (5:30-8:00)   In these sessions we will be exploring the stories of our lives and how to adapt these stories into written works. We will be addressing issues of memoir writing, including narrative structure, setting, dialogue, and “character.” We will also be reading and discussing selections from a recent memoir. In these sessions if people have memoirs or memoir essays they are working on there will be an opportunity to share and receive feedback.  
  •  TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, The Department of English and the Public Affairs Office Embassy of United States of America, Tel Aviv are pleased to invite you to a poetry presentation by M.L. Liebler July 5.5:15 p.m. Tel Aviv University, Webb Building, room 103  With an introduction by Prof. Karen Alkalay-Gut  M. L. Liebler is a internationally known & widely published Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist and arts organizer, and he is the author of 13 books including the Award winning Wide Awake in Someone Else’s Dream (Wayne State University Press 2008) featuring poems written in and about Russia, Israel, Germany, Alaska and Detroit. He also won the prestigious Barnes & Noble/Poets & Writers 2010 Award.
  •  Master Class with Abby Frucht   Sept. 4 or Sept. 20, 2011 9 am – 4 pm at Evan Fallenberg’s The Studio for Writers (and Readers) in Bitan Aharon. These classes are full but you can sign up on the waiting list at evanfallenberg@gmail.com
  • Book Launch of THE LAST STANZA – An anthology of poems from Tel Aviv
    Bob Dylan may be coming to Tel Aviv BUT exactly one week after StanzAviv will come to Zimmerman Bar (Dylan’s original surname)!  WHAT: An evening of poetry & music and entry is FREE to all!       WHERE: Zimmerman Bar, 2 Brenner St (corner of Allenby, opposite Shuk HaCarmel, Tel Aviv).        WHEN: 7.45pm -10 pm, Mon 27 June (one week after Dylan).         WHY: We are launching ‘The Last Stanza – An Anthology of Poems from Tel Aviv’. The book will be on sale at the event, so please bring some shekels. ALL proceeds go to the ARDC (African Refugee Development Center).   WHO: This event (otherwise known as STANZA 6) is brought to you by StanzAviv, a creative collective of writers and performers who like their poetry in a pub.         Please invite your friends & arrive on time, as the ‘Times They Are A Changin’.     Looking forward,     Dan Savery Raz      You can see the event here:
    http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107014772722901
  • Tuesday 21st June, 2011, 10:30 – 2:30. Workshop with Professor Seymour Mayne, the 2010 Reuben Rose judge – Seminar Room 261, Gilman Building, Tel Aviv University. Cost Voices members NIS 30, non members NIS50. Please register by calling or emailing Wendy Blumfield, 04 837 6820,
    wendyb@netvision.net.il as soon as possible as places are limited. Lunch may be purchased at the
    cafeteria.