Terroir Creative Writing Festival April 14, 2012

Three weeks until the Terrior Creative Writing Festival opens Saturday April 14 at the McMinnville Community Center.  Registration is at 8 am, talks, workshops and readings begin at 9 am and go until 4:30.

Barbara Drake, poet, teacher and co-founder of the Terroir Creative Writing Festival  and indicated she was coordinating the program for the Festival.  There is an impressive program of authors, Chelsea Cain , LEANNE GRABEL , WILLY VLAUTIN ,  MATT LOVE , CHARLES GOODRICH , and EVELYN HESS and many others.

Willy Vlautin will talk about finding inspiration in Oregon.  Matt Love will discuss creative non-fiction and Leanne Grabel will have a workshop on writing and producing your own play.

A chance to meet writers, talk writing and books and listen to writers reading their work.

Oregon writers coming together, Terroir Creative Writing Festival

In Arts Alive Part Two Emily Chadwick, one of the founders of Terroir Creative Writing Festival and guest Debra Voorhees and Craig Bodmer talk with Arts Alive host Lynda Phillippi.  The Festival will be all day Saturday April 14th at the McMinnville Community Center.

Emily Chadwick

An early registration discount is available until March 23.

The Terroir Creative Writing Festival brings Oregon writers together for a day of celebrating this special place, as well as the joys of writing and books.  Some of the benefits of attending the are meet nationally acclaimed Oregon writers, share your passion for words and books, attend workshops, talks, readings and book signings, and earn more about your craft.

Some of the Festival workshop leaders and speakers include: Chelsea Cain, Willy Vlautin, Matt Love, Charles Goodrich, Leanne Grabel, Molly Johnson, Bill Siverly, Michael McDowell, Lex Runciman, Mary Slocum, Linda Kuhlmann, Marilyn Worrix, Barbara Drake, Phoebe Newman

This is third year of the Terroir Creative Writing Festival sponsored by Arts Alliance of Yamhill County with funding from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition.

The full Arts Alive TV show of the Terroir Creative Writing Festival interview will air on McMinnville Community Media

Terroir Creative Writing Festival bringing Oregon writers together

In Arts Alive TV show Part One the organizers of the Terroir Creative Writing Festival Barbara Drake and Emily Chadwick and guest Debra Voorhess talked with Arts Alive TV show host Lynda Phillippi about the Festival.

The Terroir Creative Writing Festival  will be all day on Saturday April 14th at the McMinnville Community Center. The registration form is available at the Festival Website.  There is a per-registration discount through March 23.

Barbar Drake

Terroir (terr whah) refers to the site- and region-specific characteristics of a wine. Climate, soil and landscape define the wine grapes’ character and helps give the wine its distinctive identity.

Like the vines that line the hillsides of Yamhill County, our words take on the qualities of place, growing rich in the soils of life experiences.

The Terroir Creative Writing Festival brings Oregon writers together for a day of celebrating this special place, as well as the joys of  writing and books.  There will be workshops and speakers on fiction, poetry, writing creative non-fiction, memoir and more.

This is the third year for the Festival, which is sponsored by the Arts Alliance of Yamhill County  funding from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition.