One Year to a Writing Life
A
Writers’ Center favorite, author Susan M. Tiberghien, visits from
Switzerland to read from her new book, One Year to a Writing Life:
Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer’s Art and Craft.
“The most illuminating and exciting book I have read about the journey to a life in writing.”
—Marcia Mead Lèbre, Director Paris Writers’ Workshop
With vivid examples from literary masters such as Rainer Maria Rilke, May Sarton, Eduardo Galeano, Terry Tempest Williams, and Orhan Pamuk, One Year to a Writing Life is an essential guidebook of exercises, practical advice and wisdom for anyone looking to embrace, explore, and implement creativity in everyday life.
Susan is an American-born writer living in Geneva, Switzerland. She holds a BA in Literature and Philosophy and did graduate work at the Université de Grenoble and the CG Jung Institute of Zurich. Susan has published three memoirs and numerous narrative essays in journals and anthologies. She teaches and lectures at graduate programs, at C.G. Jung Centers, and at writers’ conferences in the U.S. and in Europe. She founded the Geneva Writers’ Group in 1993 which she continues to direct and where she teaches monthly workshops. www.susantiberghien.com
Susan is offering a special workshop before her reading, Life Stories: From Journal to Essay to Memoir, from 2 until 5 pm. Click here for details.
All readings include a question & answer period and a reception with books by the author(s) for sale.
Suggested
Donation: $5 ($3 for HVWC members and those under age 18)
Programs and events at The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center are made possible, in part, by grants from the Bydale Foundation, the David G. Taft Foundation, the Orchard Foundation, and the Thendara Foundation; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts; and by the Basic Program Support Grant of the Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government.