- Dates
- 2008-08-04 – 2008-08-08
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- literatureeducationpublicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Jennifer Nix announced the first annual Beaver Island Writers Gathering and Literary Event for August 4–8, 2008, at Bluebird Farm. The five-day program was planned for up to 45 fiction and nonfiction writers and was to include workshops, craft and publishing seminars, readings, and a public literary event on August 7. The notice named prospective writers, editors, a literary agent, tuition, and an application process.
Evidence limits
This is an advance program announcement. It does not establish registrations, attendance, the final faculty, or that the retreat or public event occurred.
Sources
- The organizer announced a five-day August 4–8 retreat intended for about 45 students and a public literary event on August 7, and invited attendees, volunteers, and sponsors. It is an advance organizer notice, not proof of registration, attendance, or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001040
- Beaver Beacon, January 2008, "Writers' Retreat Coming".Announces the August 4–8 retreat, up to 45 participants, faculty and guests, public August 7 literary event, tuition, applications, and volunteer opportunities. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the prospective literary event notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island plans its first Writers Gathering and Literary Event, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-writers-gathering-2008/, accessed [date], citing Jennifer Nix, “Beaver Island Writers Gathering -- August 4-8, 2008,” Beaver Island Forum, January 11, 2008. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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