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Coveside Writing Workshops - June 7 & 8, 2008

Back by popular demand for one weekend only, this unique weekend workshop will help you find the story only you can tell. Come to the cove--your muse is waiting. Email: covesideworkshop@anitariggio.com.

Beware the Brindlebeast (Special Edition) commemorates the 40th Anniversary of The National Theatre of the Deaf on sale here!

NTD's BEWARE THE BRINDLEBEAST TOUR concludes May 23, 2008

The Little Theatre of the Deaf (the children's touring group of the National Theatre of the Deaf) will conclude their performances of Beware the Brindlebeast and How Ladybug Got Her Name. The year-long tour has been terrific! Under the direction of new NTD Executive Director Aaron Kubey, the cast of four talented actors simply DAZZLE!! Cast members Ian Sanborn, Vikee Waltrip, Karla Marrero and Marnie Sellers make every word, every character come alive! Contact tour@ntd.org to book a performance for the 2007-2008 season.

From the National Theatre of the Deaf website:

"Beware the Brindlebeast is the quintessential read-aloud picture book, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted, Anita Riggio.  The National Theatre of the Deaf celebrates its 40th Anniversary by performing this warm-hearted tale where children hang on every suspenseful turn, and adults detect an underlying message: The way we deal with our personal beasts has everything to do with the quality of our lives."

download the poster (as seen above) [.pdf]

Little Theatre of the Deaf
"The most rewarding kids' show in town"
-The New York Times

Such a Pretty Face nominated for BBYA

My short story Bingo is included Such A Pretty Face, an anthology of YA short stories on beauty published by Abrams. Edited by Ann Angel, contributors to this collection are: Norma Fox Mazer, Louise Hawes, J. James Keels, Ron Koertge, Chris Lynch, Lauren Myracle, Jamie Pittel, MaryAnn Rodman, Ellen Wittlinger, Jacqueline Woodson, Tim Wynn-Jones.

Finding True North: the audio seminar in writing from the inside out

Dedicated with affection and admiration to my first group of students: Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Jan Kozlowski, Gael Lynch, Laurie Murphy, Mary Pierce and Susan Fraser -Perrotta.

These writing exercises are the basis of my Coveside Writing Workshops™
and word for word, comprise the first seminar taken by incoming MFA in Creative Writing candidates at Lesley University. In this MP3 audio file (also available on disc) I coach you through a pyramid of five powerful guided writing exercises: 1) Writing from the inside out 1, 2) Writing from the inside out 2,
3) Heart to Heart, 4) Hand in Glove, 5) Disinterested Stranger. Each exercise builds to the next one, creating a rich pyramid of resonant material. Shaping, sculpting and carving this material are the steps that follow.

The first step is Finding True North.

Purchase downloadable files here.

MFA in Creative Writing at Lesley University announces the Evelyn Finnegan Scholarship in Writing for Young People

I join program director Steven Cramer, and WFYP faculty: Pat Lowery Collins, David Elliot, Susan Goodman, Chris Lynch in thanking the Finnegan family--and in sending up my own whoo-hoo!

To learn more visit:
http://www.lesley.edu/gsass/creative_writing/index.html

Blogs on writing...

Check out http://wordswimmer.blogspot.com/ posted by my good friend, writer Bruce Black who shares his thoughts on the ever challenging writing process, and http://childrensbookschica.blogspot.com/ written by writer, marketer and former student, Jessica S.

Author pals, Jack Ganto and Judy Irvin Kuns

Anita with friends, An Na, Ann Angel and Jackie Woodson

My writers’ group, L to R: Ellen Wittlinger, Pat Lowery Collins, Nancy Werlin and Anita.