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Events
Classes:
The Whole Story: Greater Than the Sum of its Parts
SATURDAYS, SEPT. 25th & OCT. 2nd | Does your story never feel finished? Do you feel frustrated when readers say they want ‘more’ but can’t tell you what they mean by ‘more’? This workshop presents a breakthrough approach to creating a whole and satisfying story through the use of seven tools that apply to fiction of all lengths and genres. By the end of the class you will have mastered the seven tools that captivate readers and create a complete story, including indirect dialogue, the artful use of omission, and potent imagery. There will be handouts of examples, exercises, and class discussion. For writers of all forms of fiction as well as creative nonfiction.
Scheduled class sessions will take place via Zoom. Registered students, please contact the instructor directly for Zoom details.
https://www.sfgrotto.org/events/the-whole-story-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts-with-thaisa-frank-sept-25th-oct-2nd/
READINGS:
March 21
Panel-How I Got my First Book Published
7pm-9pm on the patio at Savor Restaurant
3913 24th Street in Noe Valley between Noe and Sanchez Street
March 26
Reading at The Make Out Room
with Susan Steinberg
3225 22nd St
(between Bartlett St & Mission St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
3225 22nd St San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 647-2888
May 11
Writers with Drinks
3225 22nd St San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 647-2888
June 9
The Roar Shack
LA (Address TK)
September 12
Why There are Words Reading Series
Studio 333 at 333 Caledonia St., Sausalito.
PAST EVENTS:
January 23, 2013
The Harvard Coop, Boston
January 22, 2013
The Book Court, Brooklyn
January 21, 2013
Oracle Club, NY
Tuesday January 8, 2013
Neil Haley of Total Education Radio
November 2, 2012
West Coast Live with Sedge Thompson
October 19, 2012
A GREAT GOOD PLACE FOR BOOKS
6120 La SalleAvenue Oakland, CA 94611
October 24, 2012
7 pm
Copperfield's Books
775 Village Court Santa Rosa, CA 95405
(707) 578-8938
October 28, 2012
Book Court 7 pm
Reading with Julian Tepper
163 Court Street New York, NY 11201
Note: The Book Court has been named
New York's best book store for 2012
October 30, 2012
The Oracle Club 7:30pm
10-41 47th Avenue,
Long Island City, NY
November 1, 2012
Harvard Coop
1400 Massachusetts Avenue + ! Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA 02138
Reading with Julian Tepper
October 13, 2012
Art of the Short Story Z Space (Laura Cogan
of ZYZZCA moderator)
with Catherine Brady
October 6
Litquake, Off the Richter Scale
Reading with Meg Pokrass
September 30, 2012
2012 West Hollywood Book Fair, on the
grounds of West Hollywood Park and in
the new West Hollywood Library.
September 6, 2012
6:00-7:00
Webinar with Elizabeth Stark details TBA
Wednesday, August 22nd, 7:30 PM
Stories Books & Cafe
with YUVI ZALKOW and BRUCE FERBER
1716 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Tuesday, August 21st, 7:00 PM
West Hollywood Library
with MEREDITH MARAN and MATTHEW SPECKTOR
625 North San Vicente Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
August 16
Panel with Matthew Specktor, editor of the
Los Angeles Review of Books
July 13, 2012
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore
2904 College Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Chew on This
Central Santa Rosa Library, 3rd and E St.
5:15 Authors' Reception
6:15 Wine & hors d'oeuvres, silent auction, book signing
7:45 Dinner with Authors
Saturday, March 3, 2012 4-10 pm
Authors on the Move
The Hyatt Hotel
Sacramento California
Dec 1
Authors Luncheon
Hillsborough Racquet Club
Wednesday, November 30
1 am to 8 pm
Copperfield's Books-Celebration of Opening
775 Village Court
Montgomery Village
Santa Rosa
Thaisa Reads at 3:15
Live Music 5 to 7 pm
Food & Drink, Prizes and Scavenger Hunt
November 3, 7 pm
Reading with Harriet Chessman and Elizabeth Rosner
Books Inc.
855 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301
October 25th
5:30 pm PST
Conversations Live Radio
October 24th
Featured author at Writers on Writing
San Francisco State place TBA
October 9th
Featured author at Litquake -
afternoon, time and place TBA
October 8th
Featured author at Columbus Ohio
Festival of Books
April 7th
Reading
Vroeman's Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: 626-449-5320
March 27th
Reading
Occidental College,
Eagle Rock California
details TBA
March 25-March 27th (Friday evening to
Sunday afternoon) Thaisa will conduct group and
individual sessions for fiction writers.
For more information see: writingpad.com
March 13th
Touching Fire: Thaisa Frank and Elizabeth Rosner
discuss their creative processes, particularly with
regard to the intersection of history and imagination.
In San Francisco for Salon and Word of Mouth.
By invitation for others.
February 26th
West Coast Live
February 13th
Rhapsodomancy Reading Series
Doors open at 7:00pm - Reading begins at 7:30pm
The Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Ave.,
Los Angeles, 90027
(east Hollywood/Silver Lake: corner of
Hollywood & Hillhurst)
Tuesday, January 11, 6:30 pm
Pen Parentis Literary Salon
New York, NY
http://www.penparentis.org/reading-series/reading-series.html
Libertine Library Gild Hall at Gild Hall Hotel
15 Gold Street
Wednesday, January 12, 7:00 pm
The Museum of Tolerance
New York, NY
http://www.museumoftolerancenewyork.org
226 East 42nd Street
Sunday, January 16, 7:30 pm
Los Angeles, CA
Featherless reading series at Wordspace
http://featherless-la.blogspot.com/
3191 Casitas Ave. #156
January 26th
Interview on the Pia Lindstrom show
show at 12:30 EST and 9:30 PST.
Thursday, January 27, 6:30 pm
Berkeley, CA
University Press Books
http://universitypressbooks.com/
2430 Bancroft Way
December 14, 7-9pm
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Boulevard, W. Hollywood
310-659-33`0
Thursday, October 7th, 7 pm
Litquake Reading
Noe Valley Recreation Center Auditorium
295 Day St. San Francisco, CA
Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 pm
Reading from Heidegger's Glasses
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
November 3, 7pm
Copperfields, Santa Rosa
2316 Montgomery Drive
November 10, 7pm
Diesel Books, Oakland, CA
5433 College Avenue (at Kales near Manila and the incomparable Garibaldis)
510-653-9965
November 11, 7 pm
Why There Are Words
Studio 333
333 Caledonia Street
Sausalito, California 94965
November 12, 7 pm
Literary Death Match
the Elbo Room
647 Valencia in San Francisco
Wednesday December 8, 7 pm
Thaisa Frank reads with Ann Beattie
The Hammer Reading Series
The Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310.443.7000
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NEWS
ENCHANTMENT was on the SF Chronicle's Best Books of 2012
Blog Posts/Mentions:
Savvyverseandwit.com - review and book giveaway
Library Mosaic
Thaisa Frank: Yellow Pencils - 1stBooks
Carolineleavittville.blogspot.com - Thaisa Frank talks about Enchantment
Largehearted Boy: Book Notes: Thaisa Frank
Writes About the Music She Listened to While Writing Heidegger's Glasses
An Interview with Acclaimed Writer, Thaisa Frank - WellFedMuse
Thaisa Frank and Heidegger’s Glasses
Fictionaut Five: Thaisa Frank
Guest Thaisa Frank: Do I Choose My Material or Does It Choose Me?
The Revealing of Thaisa Frank
ONLINE INTERVIEWS:
New Flash Fiction interview
Interview at The Rumpus
Interview: Flash as a Seizure of Language
100 Word Story
AliveontheShelves.com
I have a GREAT interview for you today. Asking a stranger
random questions about their work can be a gamble — sometimes
you get great answers, sometimes... read more
LuxuryReading.com
Heidegger's Glasses reminded me that even though an episode in history
has been repeatedly told, sometimes a writer can come along with a
new angle to the... read more
One World Café presents Thaisa Frank
In this podcast, Thaisa Frank reads from her novel Heidegger's
Glasses and discusses how "her intuition led her to write about
circumstances that were an "accidental gift" because her imagination
coincided with facts in history... listen
January 7: Thaisa Frank’s Second Look at First Novels (& One Other)
Monday, November 1st: Diary of an Eccentric
Tuesday, November 2nd: ‘Til We Read Again
Wednesday, November 3rd: Life in Review
Thursday, November 4th: Truth, Beauty, Freedom, & Books
Friday, November 5th: Simply Stacie
Monday, November 8th: That’s What She Read
Tuesday, November 9th: Girls Gone Reading
Wednesday, November 10th: Books and Movies
Thursday, November 11th: Unabridged Chick
Friday, November 12th: Luxury Reading
Monday, November 15th: Reviews by Molly
Tuesday, November 16th: Rundpinne
Wednesday, November 17th: Life in the Thumb
Monday, November 22nd: Savvy Verse and Wit
Monday, November 29th: In the Next Room |