Aug 29, 2024
Torch’s 2024 Fall Season includes international poets, a screenwriting panel, workshops on character building and memoirs, the Wildfire Reading Series, and more!
Following successful spring and summer seasons, and our August birthday celebration, Torch is excited to kick off our Fall Season this September. This Fall season, you can expect insightful workshops on character building, conversations on screenwriting, a visit from two Irish poets in collaboration with Texas State University and Culture Ireland, and so much more! You can RSVP to Torch’s Fall 2024 events by visiting torchliteraryarts.org/events.
Our special events this season include:
September 12 Workshop: It’s Your World: Character and World Building with Jennine “Doc” Kreuger
September 25 In Conversation Series: Screenwriting Panel with Maya Perez and Shia Shabazz Smith
September 28 Wildfire Reading Series: Icess Fernandez Rojas, author of The Opposite of Breathing is Cement: Poetry and Prose at Resistencia Books
October 2-23 Workshop: Deborah Deep Mouton’s 4-week workshop on writing and developing a memoir
October 9,10, and 12 Writing Across the Diaspora Reading & Conversation: Irish poets Nithy Kasa and FELISPEAKS will read from their works in Austin and at Texas State University. The poets will also provide free public workshops.
November 7 Workshop: Questions for the Self: Using Found Text with Victoria Newton Ford
November 13 Wildfire Reading Series: Krystal Marquis, author of The Davenports at Black Pearl Books
November 15 and 16: Torch x Texas Book Festival: Poets Lynne Thompson and Morgan Parker will read from their works and speak on a panel during the 2024 Texas Book Festival
Stay tuned for more fall events!!
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About Torch Literary Arts
Torch Literary Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit established with love and intention in 2006 to publish and promote creative writing by Black women. We publish contemporary writing by experienced and emerging writers alike. Torch has featured work by Toi Derricotte, Tayari Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Crystal Wilkinson, Patricia Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Elizabeth Alexander, and others. Programs include the Wildfire Reading Series, writing workshops, and retreats. For more information about Torch Literary Arts, please visit https://www.torchliteraryarts.org/ or follow @torchliteraryarts on Instagram.
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Media Contact Information:
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