The Gardiner Library will host a Writing Workshop series with author Lawrence Carr starting Monday March 25 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The workshop will focus on Fact or Fiction helping those interested in writing their stories and memoirs.
The series consists of four workshops continuing Monday evenings April 1, April 8 and April 22. Each session is $15 or the entire series can be pre-registered for $45. Pre-registration for the workshops is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.
Laurence Carr writes fiction, plays and poetry. His newest book of poetry, Threnodies: Poems of Remembrance, was published by Codhill Press. His novel, Pancake Hollow Primer, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for first novel in 2012; and he co-edited of A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley, winner of five national awards including the USA Best Book Award for anthology. Laurence is also the editor of Riverine: an Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers. He’s been widely published and over 20 of his plays have been produced throughout the U.S. and Europe including The Wakeville Stories and Vaudeville. Laurence teaches dramatic and creative writing at SUNY New Paltz. Visit www.carrwriter.com for more information.
All workshops and classes are held in the library community room, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike in Gardiner.