A monthly reading series in Arlington, VA.

In your writing, do you shy away from highly charged scenes involving violence, sex, danger, mental illness, intoxication, or a character going through any type of intense physical or emotional state? During this presentation, we’ll confront the challenges of conveying the thrills and fears of the most intense moments of your work in fresh ways […]

A reading with Faith Adiele, Rick Bass, Ron Currie, Jr., and Robert Levy as part of the Stonecoast MFA Program.

In this workshop, participants will examine how to tell stories based on autobiographical material, whether in the form of a memoir or work of fiction. Writers will consider issues like the limits of memory, our responsibility to our subjects who may read our work, and research to embellish our stories and make them come alive. […]

Whether writing a fiction or non-fiction story, there are certain fundamental tools all writers need in their toolkit to be successful. Come to this interactive three-session workshop where we’ll cover issues like characterization and dialogue, plot and scene structure, as well as the when and where of world-building. You’ll leave this class feeling more confident […]

Do you have trouble making the people you're writing about in your fiction and non-fiction or other writing feel as real on the page as they do in life? In this three-session course, we'll tackle the problem of characterization head-on by discussing vital aspects of building memorable character portraits. We'll look at examples from published writing in varied genres […]

Porter Square Books hosts a conversation with Elizabeth Graver, author of Kantika, and Aaron Hamburger, author of Hotel Cuba.