POSTPONED:MAY 15, 2020 BACK AT THE M.I.!

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DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED---WATCH THIS SPACE FOR UPDATES!

Writers Lunch: Storytelling: the Writers Tradition

NEW DATE TBD

Mechanics' Institute

57 Post Street

San Francisco, CA  94104

Have you ever wondered how your stories, told through the generations, shaped your legacy and informed your writing? Would you like to explore your storytelling voice and learn how to tell an unforgettable story? Enjoy three storytellers and their personal tales! Discover basic tips for creating and crafting authentic stories that draw from your cultural roots.

The author and two contributors to Story Power will join in a lively telling and discussion. Story Power is available for pre-order via this link.

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Kate Farrell will give a brief overview of the oral tradition and how it guides the craft of writing. She will tell a story from Story Power and discuss how her German immigrant heritage influenced her work.

Humaira Ghilzai will share how Afghan folktales, proverbs, and the power of oral storytelling shaped her as a writer, blogger, and cultural advisor.

Sheryl Bize-Boutte will share experiences from her Creole relatives' expressive storytelling and how it helped to inform her writing.

READING AT CAFE UCCELLO ON FEBRUARY 23, 2020

I will be joining Polyglot Author Kiran Bhat 

and 

Other Bay Area Local Writers 

for an

 Authors Large and Small Reading 

at 

Cafe Uccello

February 23, 2020

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Cafe Uccello

340 14th Street

Oakland, CA

Kiran Bhat is the author of the poetry collections Autobiografia (Letrame Editorial, 2019) and Kiran Speaks (White Elephant Press, 2019), as well as the Kannada-language travelogue Tirugaatha (Chiranthana Media Solutions, 2019) and the novel We of the Forsaken World (Iguana Books, 2019). He has traveled to over 130 countries, lived in 18 different places, and speaks 12 languages. He considers Mumbai his spiritual base, but currently lives in Melbourne.

After Kiran's reading, we're hosting a selection of Bay Area authors, including Pamela McCorduck, Joan Gelfand, Sheryl Bize-Boutte, Christopher Bernard and others.

All welcome!