FALL CLASSES
We are now in planning mode for our fall classes in October and November. Click here for more information on how to submit a proposal (deadline June 1). Meanwhile, members and writers can sign up for the popular Tutka Bay Writers Retreat, September 7-9, led this year by author Pam Houston.

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READING AND CRAFT TALK SERIES
Justin Torres
Friday, August 3, 7:00-8:30 pm
Location TBD 
Justin Torres' first novel, "We the Animals," was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2011. His work has also appeared in the New Yorker, Harpers, Granta, Tin House, and Glimmer Train. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he was the recipient of a Rolón Fellowship in Literature from United States Artists and is a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford.

SYNERGIES
Dan Beachy-Quick
Friday, August 10 7:00-8:30 pm
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson
Dan Beachy-Quick's poetry collections include Circle's Apprentice (2011), North True South Bright (2003); Mulberry (2006), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award for poetry; This Nest, Swift Passerine (2009), and Spell (2004). He is also the author of  A Whaler's Dictionary (2008), a collection of linked essays responding to Herman Melville's Moby Dick and Wonderful Investigations (2012). He has taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Colorado State University, and lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with his family.

CROSSCURRENTS
A conversation between Pam Houston and Alaska writer Heather Lende
Thursday, September 6, 7:00 pm
Loussac Library’s Wilda Marston Theatre
We recently announced that Pam Houston had stepped in as our new Tutka Bay Writers Retreat leader, September 7-9. Our visiting writer also participates in a Crosscurrents event prior to the retreat.
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49 WRITERS TUTKA BAY RETREAT 2012
Friday, September 7 through Sunday, September 9, 2012
Tutka Bay Lodge
Early registration for now open! Sign up by May 15 for the best rates.
Join 49 Writers at one of Alaska’s pristine wilderness lodges for a weekend of inspiration, relaxation, camaraderie, and instruction. Our retreat brings a world-class author to an inspirational Alaska setting where wilderness and luxury meet.
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WRITERS RESOURCES
Check out our new Resources page where you can find links to the 49 Writers Blog, plus links to our podcasts and to many useful organizations, workshops and residencies.