Thanks to Flint Festival of Writers’ partner East Village Magazine for this review of the 2019 Flint Festival of Writers. Read the entire article on their website here. By Harold C. Ford ‘Writing is the painting of the voice.” …Voltaire The latest Read More
The Flint Festival of Writers is excited to host acclaimed children’s author and Flint resident LaTashia Perry as its 2019 featured reader. Perry is the author of the Kids Like Mine series of books and the creator of the 4 Kids Like Mine brand, Read More
The Flint Festival of Writers will be taking place September 13-14, 2019, and all sorts of stuff is going to be going on. This blog entry will be your one stop to find out all of the essential information! Please check back Read More
Toni Morrison. Ralph Ellison. Kurt Vonnegut. You know, they were all eleven once. Every writer has to start somewhere, and one of the many wonderful programs at our award-winning Flint Public Library helps our young writers do precisely that! Please join the Read More
The Flint Festival of Writers is excited to partner with PEN America in 2019 to host a free workshop led by 2019 PEN/Osterweil Award for Poetry Honoree Jonah Mixon-Webster. Mixon-Webster is the author of Stereo(TYPE), which explores the intersection of space and body, race and Read More
If you take a stroll past the Ferris Wheel building on Saturday, September 14th, from noon to 4 p.m. you might hear a literary commotion coming from the first floor. The third annual Flint Festival of Writers Book Fair is our biggest Read More
The Flint Festival of Writers is delighted to welcome 2017 Featured Reader Kelsey Ronan back to lead the nonfiction workshop, “Writing Our Stories.” Many of us have a story about ourselves that we’re burning to share. In this workshop we’ll discuss how to establish a Read More
Where do you turn for advice when it comes to your work as a writer? Perhaps you are fortunate to have a knowledgeable teacher or a group of peers who give you feedback on your work. Maybe there is a trusted book Read More
The Flint Festival of Writers announces that renowned literary institution PEN America will partner with the festival in September 2019 to host a free workshop with 2019 PEN/Osterweil Award for Poetry Honoree Jonah Mixon-Webster.
The 2019 Flint Festival of Writers will include two, hands-on workshops where the written word and visual arts will collide: Bookmaking with Vickie Larson and Poetry by Design with Elizabeth O’Connell-Thompson. O’Connell-Thompson’s Poetry by Design will lead attendees through the resources available Read More