Category: events
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Virtual events
Most of our readers are from Pennsylvania, but I do have readers and authors from various areas of the United States (and a couple in other countries). The team here at Parisian Phoenix would like to host virtual events. And I might reuse a phrase I used last summer for…
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An exciting Memorial Day weekend
Storytelling as a First Draft workshop at Hellertown Library Join oral storyteller and author Larry Sceurman and his publisher Angel Ackerman of Parisian Phoenix Publishing for a short, interactive program on how to transform that story you’ve told for years into print. They will discuss deciding on your audience and format, and…
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Friends of Pete Food Drive rescheduled due to rain
It will now be held May 21. STAY TUNED. We still hope to attend. ORIGINAL POST: Wednesday, May 14, Parisian Phoenix will be joining Friends of Pete for their spring food drive at Greater Lehigh Valley Meals on Wheels. Friends of Pete is an amazing, supporting networking group that gathers at locations at various points of…
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Friends of Pete
EDITED: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED DUE TO RAIN. It will now be held May 21. STAY TUNED. Wednesday, May 14, Parisian Phoenix will be joining Friends of Pete for their spring food drive at Greater Lehigh Valley Meals on Wheels. Friends of Pete is an amazing, supporting networking group that gathers at locations at various…
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Upcoming Workshops
At the end of May, (Saturday, May 31 at 10:30 a.m.) Larry Sceurman and I will be hosting a workshop at Hellertown Library, Storytelling as a First Draft. It’s a free workshop and you can contact the library to reserve your spot. For more information on Hellertown Library events, click here. Join oral storyteller and author…
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Jill Peters speaks to GLVWG
Jill Peters, one of the early presidents of the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, spoke to the organization Saturday April 26 about team writing and working on the book Hear Us Out: Six Questions About Belonging and Belief (Fortress Press, 2023). She approached the group with wisdom and charisma, and…
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Reflections on a Battle between Bookshop.org and Amazon.com
I’m thinking about how the world keeps changing. Now I’m not putting a judgment on that reality, but as I approach my 50th birthday in May I have reached that age where the experiences I cherish the most are very different from what happens in my everyday life now. Small…
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New Workshop debuts at Hellertown Library May 31
Larry Sceurman and I will be at Hellertown Library on May 31 for a workshop on preserving personal stories— whether they be family history, fiction, or personal. We’re going to discuss the stories we tell each other and how to use them as a first draft of a written work.…
