BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Each year\, a devoted group of authors\, novelists\, poets\, essayists and journalists gathers for the Marblehead Festival of Arts Wr iters&rsquo\; World Workshops. This series of presentations highlight th is extraordinary segment of the Festival\, to be held June 30-July 4 at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 28 Mugford Street. The workshops pr omise fascinating presenters and lively conversation\, according to co-c hairs Betty Dew and Deborah Kearns.\n \;\nOn Saturday\, June 30 at 1 0:00 am\, author and teacher Phyllis Karas returns to Writers&rsquo\; Wo rld. Karas teaches writing at Boston University School of Journalism and is the author of nine fiction and non-fiction books\, including the 200 6 New York Times bestseller\, BRUTAL: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger&rsquo\;s Irish Mob and Where&rsquo\;s Whitey\, released j ust last year. In her workshop\, Karas will discuss &ldquo\;Rejecting Re jection: Unraveling the Secrets to Making Lemonade and Getting Published .&rdquo\;\n \;\nOn Saturday at 1:00 pm\, Peter Berkrot will conduct a workshop on oral communication. Berkrot has narrated over 100 audioboo ks of all genres. He is a stage\, screen\, and television actor\, is als o an acting coach and an audiobook reader for the Library of Congress.\n  \;\nBerkrot will draw on his extensive experience to discuss &ldquo \;Strategies for Effective Oral Read­\;ing.&rdquo\; When someone give s a presentation\, reads aloud in class\, reads for children or for a ca sting director\, or just wants to give the brain a workout\, there are s trategies that everyone can learn to create a powerful speaking experien ce.\n \;\n \;\nJanuary O&rsquo\;Neil will lead a poetry workshop on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 pm. O&rsquo\;Neil is Executive Director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival and a professor at Salem State Univers ity. She is the author of Underlife (CavanKerry Press 2009) and the fort h­\;coming Misery Islands (CavanKerry Press 2014).\n \;\nThe hard est part of writing poems is getting started. Join O&rsquo\;Neil as she leads a fun and stimulating workshop that will help participants jumpsta rt their writing. Through prompts and poetry exercises\, all will leave this workshop with two to three poem drafts. There will be time at the e nd for sharing work for those who wish to do so\, with supportive feedba ck from O&rsquo\;Neil. Whether you have never written a poem\, or just n eed help getting started\, this is the workshop for you.\n \;\nLesli e Brunetta will head two workshops on Monday\, at 1:00 and 3:00 pm. Brun etta is the co-author\, with arachnologist and evolutionary biologist Ca therine L. Craig\, of Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Sp inning\, Waiting\, Snagging\, and Mating (Yale University Press)\, which was long-listed for the Royal Society Winton Prize as the best science book for nonscientists.\n \;\nBrunetta&rsquo\;s 1:00 pm presentation features a slide show presentation about the publication of Spider Silk . Spider webs didn&rsquo\;t just suddenly appear: they have evolved over hundreds of millions of years. Join science writer Leslie Brunetta to l earn about the many different ways spiders use silk and why they can hel p us understand how evolution really works. Whether you&rsquo\;re a gard ener\, Charlotte&rsquo\;s Web or Spider-Man fan\, or amateur arachnologi st of any age\, you&rsquo\;ll find much to appreciate in the amazing sto ry of spider silk.\n \;\nIn her 3:00 pm presentation\, &ldquo\;Co-Au thoring: Getting to the Greater Sum\,&rdquo\; Brunetta asks some im­\ ;portant questions. Are you a writer looking for an idea you can really sink your teeth into? Or are you an expert who feels that your field is underappreciated because 1) when you and your colleagues speak or write\ , the general population doesn&rsquo\;t understand\, but also 2) popular reporting on your area of expertise is superficial and often misleading ?\n \;\nFind out how co-authoring differs from ghostwriting&mdash\;a nd how the friction that inevi­\;tably results from a writer and expe rt working together can spark larger ideas\, greater insights and more c ompelling writing than either writer or expert could produce alone.\n&nb sp\;\nOn Tuesday\, July 3\, there will be a Roundtable Discussion about Writers&rsquo\; Groups at 1:00 pm.\n \;\nOn Wednesday\, July 4\, at 2:00 pm\, the Mugford Street Players will continue a long-established tr adition of reading selections from the winning Writers&rsquo\; World exh ibit entries. Please join the Players\, along with the authors\, to enjo y their contributions to the Festival of the Arts and the art world. Fol lowing the readings\, a reception for the Mugford Street Players and win ning writers will be held in the Literary Arts Café\;.\n \;\nT he Literary Arts Café\;\, located at Unitarian Universalist Church \, is open during Writers&rsquo\; World exhibit hours: Saturday\, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm\; Sunday\, 12:00 to 5:00 pm\; Monday and Tuesday\, 1:00 to 5:00 pm\; and Wednesday\, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Café\; will of fer a comfortable atmosphere in which readers may gather to read submitt ed works\, and writers may gather to discuss their works and to share th oughts and ideas with others.\nThe Café\;&rsquo\;s menu will offer a variety of items including coffee and tea\, both hot and iced\, root beer floats\, water\, other drinks and a delectable selection of light f inger foods and pastries. Visitors are encouraged to settle down for a w hile\, enjoy the food and the literature\, and join the discussions that are certain to follow.\n \;\nFor more information\, visit www.Marbl eheadFestival.org. URL:http://marblehead.patch.com/events/marblehead-festival-of-arts-hosts- writers-world-f688452c SUMMARY:Marblehead Festival of Arts Hosts Writers' World LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead: 28 Mugford St\, Mar blehead\, MA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR