Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. Half of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein to die. The other half is praying for her to hold on. At 83, “the contemptuous S.O.B.” doesn’t have much time […]
Festival U 2024 – A Fundraiser for SDWF One Day ~ Online ~ 8 Amazing Workshops for only $60 Spaces are limited Get Tickets SDWF is Proud to Partner with Zibby’s Bookshop! SDWF Festival U is our yearly fundraiser and online day of learning. The virtual program runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and […]
Join us for this dynamic interactive workshop where you will learn 3 game-changing tools to write better scenes! In-class exercises! Take home tools! Bring 3 pages, and we will critique as many as possible! This session is for YOU!
Please join us for our November IMWA monthly meeting featuring award-winning poet Katie Manning, author of eight poetry collections. An accessible and versatile form, the poetry chapbook is a collection of no more than 30 poems, united around a central theme. Along with the expediency and freedom of a contained, shorter project, the chapbook can […]
The10th annual San Diego Memoir Showcase true-life stories based on the 2024 theme “But I Did It Anyway.” will be performed on stage by professional actors in a live show taking place one night only on Friday, December 6, 2024, at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre in the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center located in […]
Author Jennifer Coburn – SDWF Instructor in Residence, launches her latest novel, The Girls of the Glimmer Factory at the Winn Room at the Coronado Library on January 22nd. From the author of Cradles of the Reich comes a poignant and inspiring tale of resistance, friendship, and the dangers of propaganda, based on the real story of Theresienstadt, for fans […]
Join us for our next IMWA meeting - The Art of Essay Writing with Lisa Lee Herrick. Zoom information will be sent to all members. To renew your membership or join please email Tjjones1@gmail.com About Lisa: Lisa Lee Herrick is the daughter of Hmong refugees, and she is an award-winning Hmong-American writer, illustrator, and producer […]
Join us at Warwick's on Thursday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate the publication of What Just Happened? and hear Robert Kirk, K'Cee Scoggins, Dr. Heather Berberet, Chuck Dunning, Suzi Finkelstein, and Nancy O'Sullivan read portions of their amazing stories. There will be book signings, raffles, and more! Reserve your seat today here
Please join us Saturday (3/1) at 2:30 p.m. PT for our March IMWA meeting with on "Writing About Survival and Resilience:" with memoirist Brittany Means, author of Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways. Brittany is also a panelist at the San Diego Writers Festival this year! Praise for Hell If We Don’t Change Our […]
