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National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
Unleash Your Creative Superpowers with National Novel Writing Month. One part writing boot camp, one part rollicking party. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) celebrates its 19th year of encouraging creativity, education, and the power of the imagination through the largest writing event in the world.
Every Tues. ~ Writing Your Life - Russian River Senior Center - Tell your life story in prose, poetry or creative non-fiction. 2-5p; Free - call to sign up, Russian River Senior Resource Center, 15010 Arm- strong Woods Road, Guerneville, 707- 869-0618, Scott Reid
Nov 8 & Nov 9 ~ Lee Slonimsky - Writ- ing Workshop ~ Healdsburg Center for the Arts Lee will be leading a writing workshop Looking out the window. This method requires careful observation, identifying images, patience, and free association, all elements that can help to create a successful poem. $15 Registra- tion Oct 8-9; 9 - 11a, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, 130 Plaza St., Healdsburg, 707-431-1970,
Nov 8 ~ Lee Slonimsky Reads from “Lion, Gnat” ~ Free, 6:30-8p, Healdsburg Cen- ter for the Arts, 130 Plaza St., Healds- burg, 707-431-1970, healdsburgcenter- forthearts.org/
Nov 19 ~ The Ballet Lover by Bar- bara Baer ~ Exposes the beauty and cru- elty in the professional world of ballet, the intense performances, the backstage intrigues, and the stars, Rudolf Nureyev and Natalia Makarova. Free, donations are always appreciated, 3-5p, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, 707-874-9392, occidentalcenter- forthearts.org/, info@occidentalcenter- forthearts.org
Every Monday ~ Snoopys Writers - Week- ly Writers Group - Nanowrimo Write- In’s November is National Novel Writ- ing Month (NaNoWriMo). Participants are welcome to come and boost their word counts with Snoopy’s Writers. Blog .snoopyswriters.blogspot.com.11- 2p, Snoopy’s Home Ice, Warm Puppy Cafe, 1667 West Steele Lane, Santa Rosa, snoopyswriters.com/, ggdeb@sonic.net
Bookmobile
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Oct ~ 26: Vintage Seniors 10-11:30a Oct ~26:Zinfandel Seniors 12:30-1:30p Oct ~ 26: Jennings Court Seniors 2 - 3p Oct ~ 28: Freestone 9 - 10a
Oct ~ 28: Valley Ford 10:30 - 11:30a Oct ~ 28: Bodega Bay Vet. l 12-1p
Oct ~ 28: Jenner 1:30-3p
Oct ~ 28: Monte Rio Beach 3:30-5 Pm Oct ~ 29: Geyserville Fundraiser 8-12 Oct ~ 31: Burbank 9:30-10:30a
Oct ~ 31: The Living Room 11-1p
Oct ~ 31: COTS Mary Isaak 4-5:30p Oct ~ 31: COTS Family Shelter 6-6:30p Nov ~ 4: SR Kawana Sp Rd 9:30-11:30a Nov ~ 4: Kenwood Market 12-1p
Nov ~ 4: Glen Ellen Post 1:30-2:30p Nov ~ 4: Boyes Hot Springs Fiesta 3-5p Nov ~ 11: SR Farmers TBA 10-1p
Nov ~ 11: Cotati Oliver’s 2-3:30p
Nov ~ 11: Roseland $ Tree, 4-5:30p Nov ~ 19: Freestone 9-10a
Nov ~ 19: Valley Ford 10:30 - 11:30a Nov ~ 19: Bodega Bay Vet 12-1p
Nov ~ 19: Jenner 1:30 - 3 Pm
Nov ~ 19: Monte Rio Beach 3:30-5p Nov ~ 26: Forestville Tree 4-6p
Nov ~ 28: Geyserville 5 - 6:30p
Copperfield’s
Petaluma - 140 Kentucky St. 707-762-0563
Santa Rosa Montgomery Village 775 Vil- lage Ct. 707-578-8938
Sebastopol 138 N. Main St. 707-823-2618
Healdsburg 106 Matheson St. 707-433- 9270
Oct 26 ~ Community Event: Nourished Book Launch Party + Fire Relief Benefit; 6p; Hotel Healdsburg Grange Hall
Oct 27 ~ An Evening Of Ghost Stories
With Ross Lockhart & Friends 7p; Petaluma Nov 2 ~ Jason Segel Mystic 7p; Mystic
Nov 4 ~ Tedx Sonoma County 1p; Jackson Theater At Sonoma Country Day School
Nov 4, Barbara Baer
Copper eld’s Healdsburg, Meet ‘n
Greet 12-2;
Nov 6 ~ Jumpstart 6:30p; Petaluma
Nov 6 ~ Thomas Moore – 7p; Seb.
Nov 7 ~ Jumpstart Writing – 10a; Pet.
Nov 9 ~ Nanowrimo – 6- 8p - Pet.
Nov 9 ~ SRJC Reads: Letters To Dr. Q
- 7p; Montgomery Village
Nov 10 ~ Iris Jamahl Dunkle - 7p; Seb.
Nov 13 & 14 ~ Jumpstart - 6:30p; Pet.
Nov 14 ~ Jumpstart Writing Workshops - 10a; Petaluma Store
Nov 15 ~ Nanowrimo - 6-8p; Pet.
Nov 15 ~ Bill Mckibben - 7p;
Sebastopol
Nov 18 ~ Getaway Carnival Jeff Kinney - 2p; Petaluma
Nov 19 ~ Nanowrimo- 10:30-5:30p Pet. Nov 20 ~ Jumpstart - 6:30p; Petaluma Nov 21 ~ Jumpstart - 10a; Petaluma .
This year, NaNoWriMo expects over 400,000 people—including over 70,000 K-12 students and educators on our Young Writers Program website—to start a 50,000-word novel in the month of November. Throughout the month, they’ll be guided by this year’s theme: Superpowered Noveling.
Join the League of Extraordinary Writers “NaNoWriMo ignites people’s superheroic creative powers every year by empowering them to write their stories. It takes courage, grit, resilience—and wild imaginative leaps—to write 50,000 words of a novel in a month. Our stories save us from villainous forces that we encounter everyday. Our stories determine the future of our world,” says Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of NaNoWriMo.
Last year, NaNoWriMo welcomed 384,126 participants, in 646 different regions, on six continents. Of these, more than 34,000 met the goal of writing 50,000 words in a month. This year, participants will be inspired by weekly “pep talks” penned by published authors, including Roxane Gay, Kevin Kwan, Julie Murphy, and Grant Faulkner. NaNoWriMo will also provide participants access to mentorship from authors including Emily X. R. Pan, Mur Lafferty, and Jasmine Guillory.
Discover Hidden Powers with the Young Writers Program
This is the 12th year of the Young Writers Program (YWP), which brings NaNoWriMo’s unique style of creative writing into classrooms. The YWP helps young writers—participating both in classrooms and independently—set individualized word-count goals and divide their work into daily, achievable milestones.
“NaNoWriMo gives kids a crazy task, but a real, authentic one: tell your story, whatever story matters to you. It doesn’t matter how you tell it, just that you get it out into the world. Students, even those who thought they hated writing, get invested. It becomes the best part of their day. By the end of the month, they’ve worked hard, developed confidence and new skills, and have their very own novel to show off!” says Marya Brennan, Young Writers Program Director.
Last year, NaNoWriMo unveiled a brand-new website for the Young Writers Program and continues to launch new features, including an improved suite of admin tools, an interactive youth-friendly writing space, and the ability for educators to create multiple virtual classrooms.
Resources such as Common Core-aligned lesson plans and Young Novelist Workbooks are also available. The YWP website recently earned a five star review from Common Sense Education, the nation’s leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids interact with media and technology.
Readers’ Books, 130 E. Napa St., Sonoma, 707-939-1779, readers- books.com, info@readersbooks.com
Nov 1 ~ Labor History and Resistance in the Time of Trump. 5p
Nov 1 ~ Jean Hegland reads from her new book Still Time. 7p
Nov 2 ~ Poet-in-the-schools author Phyllis Meshulan reads from Land of My Father’s War. 7p
Nov 7 ~ Presentation School presents Mark Lukach, author of My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward. 6p
Nov 8 ~ Will Shonbrun reads from his new book Road to Find Out. 7p
Nov 9 ~ Jonah Raskin presents his new mystery set in Sonoma, Dark Land, Dark Mirror. 7p
Nov 11 ~ Random Acts. 5p
Nov 12 ~ Barbara Baer reads from Ballet Lover. 2p
Nov 25 ~ Celebrate 26 years! Readers’ Books Birthday Party.
Nov 29 ~ Kathleen Hill’s Last Wed. Food Book Group discusses Alice Water’s biography Coming to my Senses. 7p
In addition, NaNoWriMo sends out 2,500 free classroom kits each year filled with posters, stickers, and other offline resources. Writing Teams Assemble Around the World. This November, 976 Municipal Liaisons (MLs) will coordinate hundreds of local, in-person writing events, working with local businesses, libraries, and community centers to bring creative writing into cities and regions across the globe. Our Come Write In program (CWI) includes partners at over 1,100 libraries, bookstores, and other community spaces.
“Some of NaNoWriMo’s most significant impact comes from our local volunteers, who build a real-world community where writers can revel in creativity. The power of that support system, and the ways it can nurture and inspire, can be legitimately life-changing for our participants,” says Paige Knorr, Community Manager.
National Novel Writing Month is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that believes your story matters. We provide the structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds—on and off the page. nanowrimo.org & ywp.nanowrimo.org
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