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		<title>World-Class Celtic Fiddlers on Orcas Island during Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re coming to Orcas Island for the Writers Festival, you may want to spend Friday evening just reading, writing, relaxing, or exploring the island. However, we thought you music lovers would want to know that there&#8217;s a trio of excellent Celtic fiddlers (some of the best in the world)  performing at Orcas Center, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Orcas Issues Blog &#8220;BullWings&#8221; interviews Barbara Lewis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Orcas Islander Margie Doyle published a substantial article on the past, present and future of the OIWF, featuring her conversation with Barbara Lewis. Here is the link to http://orcasissues.com/; just scroll down to September 7 and you&#8217;ll see Barbara&#8217;s smiling face.
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		<title>Former OIWF instructor featured on NPR</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Matthew Goodman, who taught Creative Nonfiction workshops at the OIWF the last two years, has been featured on NPR’s “On the Media” this week (September 3). Hear a brief interview (or read a transcript) at this link: http://www.onthemedia.org/ Goodman connects our wish to believe in hoaxes with this week&#8217;s news.
The Great Moon Hoax
August was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Magazine Gives OIWF Extra Credit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the September issue of Seattle magazine, a small feature called &#8220;Road Trip!&#8221; encourages readers to come to Orcas Island and sample the fare at two new restaurants, Allium and The Quilted Pig, led by acclaimed chefs. For &#8220;Extra Credit&#8221; they encourage folks to check out the Orcas Island Writers Festival. Though we do take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space available in Nonfiction Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of today, August 12, there are 2 spaces open in Sue Silverman&#8217;s Nonfiction Workshop. If you by chance tried to sign up a few days ago and the Eventbrite registration page would not let you, please try again as we have corrected a technical problem.  But the time is short to sign up, because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nance Van Winckel&#8217;s &#8220;Off-the-Page&#8221; work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re excited to have Nance Van Winckel returning to the Writers Festival this year. She&#8217;s doing some very cutting-edge work in bringing writing off the page. She&#8217;ll devote Day 3 (Sunday) of her Jumpstart! classes to exploring this topic. Check out some of the videos she&#8217;s posted to YouTube to get an idea of some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SHARK REEF online literary journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone participating in the Orcas Island Writers Festival is welcome to submit work to our local literary journal. (You can read an entry by Barbara Lewis at http://sharkreef.org/non-fiction/old-love) .
SHARK REEF endeavors to give voice to serious writers who have made a true commitment to work hard to produce original writing of high quality. We are particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deb Lund on Orcas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We loved our one-day workshop with Deb Lund on Saturday, June 5. Fourteen lucky writers spent the day with Deb Lund, author of the acclaimed “Dino” series books for children. We were so fortunate to have Deb guide us through some very helpful and creative prompts (especially the  wonderful writers’ cards that she designed).  Several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deb Lund Reading at Darvill&#8217;s Bookstore on June 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, June 6
2:00 pm &#8211; 3:00 pm
Deb Lund, author of the acclaimed &#8220;Dino&#8221; series for children, will do a reading/storytelling at Darvill&#8217;s Bookstore. Come to hear a good story, get your book signed, or to meet the Whidbey Island author. The event is free. Deb Lund will also be leading a writer&#8217;s workshop on June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skagit River Poetry Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 02:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Lewis, Festival Director, will be attending the Skagit River Poetry Festival this Saturday, May 22. If you&#8217;re there, walk up and say hello!

To learn more about the Skagit River Poetry Festival, visit: http://www.skagitriverpoetry.org/about.cfm.

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