Category: events

• events nonfiction

  Events for October and Beyond: 3-hour memoir workshop this Saturday

  This weekend Angel Ackerman will be at the Blank Slate Community Center for a special three-hour memoir workshop designed for anyone whether you have no writing experience or have been writing professionally. We’re going to look at samples of various memoirs– example the style in which you can tell your…

  9 Oct 2025
• events

  The event list

  This list expands just about every day. Join us for any of these events (or all of them). Most of them are free! Closing out 2025 Ringing in 2026

  2 Oct 2025
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  Hands-on Memoir Workshop in Yardley

  For those of you still considering joining me for a hands-on workshop, the three-hour memoir workshop at Blank Slate Community Center in Yardley, Pa., is two weeks away. The workshop is $40 but includes materials, instruction, and a memoir or memoir-adjacent book of your choice from the Parisian Phoenix bookshelves. These titles include: I…

  29 Sep 2025
• events reflection

  A belated Parisian Phoenix birthday

  In a few days, it will be my dad’s birthday. Shortly before Christmas, it will be the fourth anniversary of his death. Two weeks ago, it was also the fourth anniversary of Parisian Phoenix Publishing. I missed it— because I was knee-deep in annual medical appointments and production schedules. I completely…

  27 Sep 2025
• craft tips events from the publisher

  More thoughts on Writing Craft

  My classes at Northampton Community College have proven to be a lot of fun— and working with the students there have revived some lost thoughts of resources I had forgotten. Among them is the annual Guide to Manuscript Publishers compiled by Emily Harstone and published by Authors Publish. These books, in addition to having a…

  25 Sep 2025
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  Events with our authors TODAY

  13 Sep 2025
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  Upcoming Events

  (Most of which are free!)

  2 Sep 2025
• events from the publisher reflection review

  Drag Culture and Existentialism

  Now, if Existentialist explores the meaninglessness of existence, (I talked about Existentialism yesterday) I would propose that drag culture celebrates our existence in every form and every nuance. Both Existentialism and Drag Culture force us to explore and critique society’s values, but wheres Existentialists are rather sullen about their conclusions, drag culture…

  31 Aug 2025
• coming soon events

  Upcoming events

  (Most of which are free!)

  22 Aug 2025
• events new releases news

  Storytelling to benefit CHOP

  On Saturday (August 16), I am still on deck to teach a three-hour, hands-on memoir workshop (with the same quirky flavor as this newsletter) at Blank Slate Community Center in Yardley, Pa. If sign ups don’t increase, we may postpone the event until fall. The $40 price tag includes personalized guidance, materials and a free…

  13 Aug 2025