Texas Writers Conference
April 1-3, 2013
Lectures, Coffeehouse, Workshops
All events & workshops are free and open to the community.
April 1, 2013
Workshops
1-2:15 pm – Open Mike sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta. Open to faculty, students, community
2:25 – 3:40 pm – Workshop with Juan Perez “Creativity and our Voices”
6:00 – 8:30 pm – CREATIVITE EXPLORED: Juan Perez featured writer. IDST creativity classes, Sigma Tau Delta, student displays
Cailloux Activity Ballrooms
April 2, 2013
Workshops
10:50 am Bill Groneman, New York firefighter on his new book, Memoir of a New York Firefighter
Cailloux Activity Center Ballrooms
April 3, 2013
Workshops
1:00 – 2:15 pm: Kevin Higgins, songwriter on “Creativity and Inspiration
2:25 – 3:40 pm: Thom Moon Poet: “ The Wildness of Creativity”
Cailloux Activity Center Ballrooms
April 3, 2013
Texas Music Coffeehouse Series – “Spoken Word Coffee House”
Slam poetry, Thom Joy Poet and music; Kevin Higgins and Barbara Malteze
7:00 – 9:00 pm, The Lion’s Den, Cailloux Activity Center
The Texas Writers Conference features writers from all genres and is held each spring. This event gives the community, students, faculty and staff an opportunity to interact with writers from across the country. Writers showcased in the past include Sandra Cisneros, Joy Harjo, Robert Flynn, Red Steagall, Buck Ramsey, N’Tazake Shange, Kinky Friedman, Ish Kundawala and many more. The event includes afternoon workshops, an open mike, and an evening reading by the showcased writer or panel of writers.
For more information:
Dr. Kathleen Hudson
khudson@schreiner.edu
830-792-7409