Candlelight Writers Workshops at River Bend

Candlelight Writing Workshops are held spring, fall, and winter at River Bend Bookshop, as a motivator for writing, as a community builder for writers, and as a teaching tool. 

Here's what is going on at River Bend for writers:

Writers' Accountability Group

Candlelight Writing Workshops and River Bend sponsor a Writers' Accountability Group that meets regularly at the bookshop.  It's free and open to all writers to share a few paragraphs of ongoing work.  Group meetings are scheduled for January 13th and February 10th, at 6:30pm.

Workshops - Registration Required

Register now: Send an email to janegordonjulien@gmail[dot]com

For Information Visit Candlelight Writing Workshops

Winter Workshop 1: Mastering the Fundamentals of Story

A four-week course designed to help you hone your writing skills. 

When: 6:30 p.m., four Wednesdays starting Jan. 8 at River Bend Bookshop, 2217 Main St., Glastonbury

Cost: $150 / Course is now full.

Winter Workshop 2: The Art of the Essay

Are you yearning to start writing again? An essay is one of the simplest forms to begin. 

When: 6:30 p.m., four Wednesdays starting Feb. 5 at River Bend Bookshop, 2217 Main St., Glastonbury

Cost: $160 / Space is limited.

Writing Prompts

Candlelight Writing Workshops offers free weekly writing prompts. Go to https://janegordonjulien.com/notes-on-writing/ and challenge yourself.

Candlelight Writers Workshops at River Bend are hosted by Jane Gordon Julien.  Jane, an essayist and journalist, is a longtime contributing writer to The New York Times. Her work has been published in magazines and newspapers throughout the country, including the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Northeast Magazine, and NBC/Today.com and was recently included in the anthology, “Words Matter.” She has served as an adjunct journalist professor at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and a guest lecturer at the University of Connecticut. Jane holds a master’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College, where she was an assistant editor at the literary journal Lumina, and a bachelor’s degree from the highly acclaimed University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism.