Judith Barrington - News & Events:

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Monday, July 6 2009 - We're delighted to announce that Judith's chapbook, Lost Lands, is now in its second printing!
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Friday, June 5 2009 - 7:30 PM: Judith will read from new work in progress at Wy'east Book Shoppe & Art Gallery, 67195 East Highway 26, in Welches, Oregon. This reading is free and open to the public. For more information, see the Wy'east web site (or call 503-622-1623) or e-mail Sandra Palmer.
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Wednesday, June 3 2009 - 7 PM: Judith will read in the First Wednesday Series at The Blackbird Wine Shop, 3519 N.E. 44th, in Portland, OR. This reading is free and open to the public. For more information, please e-mail Julie Madsen.
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April 18th - 25th 2009: Judith Barrington will teach a memoir class in Alicante, Spain.


"YOUR MEMOIR AND ITS CHARACTERS": a week-long workshop with Judith Barrington at the Almàssera Vella in the village of Relleu (near Alicante, Spain). This course will address the craft of literary memoir with an emphasis on the writing about the characters who appear in your personal story, including you the narrator.

JUDITH BARRINGTON is the author of Lifesaving: A Memoir, which won the 2001 Lambda Book Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. She is also the author of Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art and three collections of poetry, including Horses and the Human Soul. She is a faculty member of the University of Alaska, Anchorage’s low-residency MFA Program and also teaches workshops in Britain.

ALMASSERA VELLA is a large, village house--Relleu’s original olive press with views of Moorish ruins and surrounding mountains. Opened in 2002 by Christopher and Marisa North as a Literature and Arts Centre, it has comfortable bedrooms, mostly private bathrooms, a large day-room, loggia, a 3000 book library, a refectory and a meeting place with fireplace. Outside there is an extensive rear terrace, swimming pool and almond orchard. In the nearby grounds there is a ruined Moorish farm-house and olive grove.

Check out the web site: http://www.oldolivepress.com/

RELLEU is an ancient mountain village in the dramatic Marina Baja mountains. It is a half hour drive from the sea at Villajoyosa and an hour from Alicante airport. Transport is provided from the airport to the village.

THE PRICE of the course is £525 all inclusive (7 nights room and board, and class)--Yes it’s in the newly-affordable British pound. Non participatory partners welcome at 10% reduction. The cuisine is Mediterranean, including excellent local wines. Further details about registration etc.: Christopher and Marisa North, Almàssera Vella, Carrer de la Mare de Deu del Miracle 56, Relleu 03578, Alicante SPAIN - (0034) 966 856003, christopher@oldolivepress.com

Judith will be glad to answer any questions: info@judithbarrington.com
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March 13: A brief review of Judith's chapbook, Lost Lands, appears in the current issue of the Women's Review of Books (see page 20).
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Saturday, Jan 17: Judith Barrington is the featured reader in the Manzanita Writers Series in Manzanita, Oregon.
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Friday, Dec 5, 7 PM: Judith Barrington is the featured reader at Antigone Books in Tucson. Click here for more information.
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Wednesday, Nov 9, 4 PM: Judith Barrington reads at the Wordstock Festival in Portland, as part of a reading by the finalists for the Oregon Book Award (her previous chapbook, Postcard from the Bottom of the Sea, is nominated).
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Nov 6 - 9: Judith Barrington will be on the program at "The Nature of Words"--a four-day conference in Bend, Oregon. She will be giving two workshops and a reading on 11/8. For more information, please click here.
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