Category: Writers Forum

Writers?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ Forum is hosted by Dr. Betty Parker Duff and is a new program at WERU designed to bring you the voices of Maine writers from all over the state but especially from the coastal region.

Writers Forum 4/12/12

Host: Ellie O’Leary
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Writing

Program Topic: the writing life

Key Discussion Points:
a)Off the Coast magazine
b)Unity College
c)assembling an issue of a literary magazine
d)Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, www.MaineWriters.org

Guests:
A) Michele Leavitt, instructor at Unity College, mleavitt@unity.edu
B) Zach Wigam, Unity College, student
C) Josiah Coyle, Unity College, student

Call In Program: No
Political Broadcast: No

Writers Forum 2/9/12

Issue: Writing

Broadcast Time: 10 – 11 a.m.
Program Topic: the writing life
Key Discussion Points (list at least 3):
a)Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
b)Martin Dibner Writing Fellowship
c)upcoming events for writers in Maine
Guests by name and affiliation:
A) Joshua Bodwell, executive director of Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
www.MaineWriters.org

Call In Program: No
Political Broadcast: No
Host: Ellie O’Leary
Engineer: Amy Browne

Writers Forum 12/8/11

Broadcast Time: 10 – 11 a.m.
Program Topic: the writing life
Key Discussion Points:
a)cancer
b)Grace Paley
c)translation
Guests:
A) Carol Glover, author of Loving Hannah: Childhood Cancer from the Other side of the Bed, www.LovingHannah.com
B) Beatrix Gates, Down East poet, www.BeatrixGates.blogspot.com

Call In Program: No

Host: Ellie O’Leary
Engineer: Amy Browne

Writers Forum 11/10/11

Broadcast Time: 10 – 11 a.m.
Program Topic: Off the Coast poetry magazine & poetry in general
Key Discussion Points:
a) What is Off the Coast poetry magazine?
b) Poetry–free verse & traditional rhyme & meter
c) Making a living from a variety of creative jobs
Guests:
A) Valerie Lawson–co-editor of Off the Coast (off-the-coast.com)
B) David R. Brown–co-editor of Off the Coast (off-the-coast.com)
Call In Program: no
Host: Joan Clemons, co-host Ellie O’Leary
Engineer: Amy Browne

Writers Forum 10/13/11

Producer/Host: Joan Clemons
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Maine writers
Key Discussion Points:
How to successfully coordinate several art forms (photography, prose, poetry)
Turning a diary into a published book
A new way for Maine authors to publish their work
Guests:
Kathleen Ellis (kathleen.ellis@umit.maine.edu)
Catherine Schmitt (catherineschmitt.com)
Jane Karker (maineauthorspublishing.com)