Wednesday, September 18, 6:30pm
Carver Branch Library Meeting Room

Writing about yourself might seem easy; who knows your story better than you, right? But finding the best way to express your identity, experiences, and emotions can be difficult and daunting. This workshop aims to help demystify writing about the self. To do so, we first explore the basic elements of personal narrative by looking at a variety of examples that use form and medium differently to tell the authors' stories. You will then be encouraged to explore your own experiences and identity to craft the start of your personal narrative, leaving you ready to embark on your memoir or with the seed for a community building storytelling project. Led by Badgerdog teaching artist Mac Irvine, this workshops is free and open to adults, age 18 and up. Please register via Eventbrite as space is limited.

Thursday, September 19, 7:00pm
Windsor Park Branch Library Meeting Room

In this six-week workshop series, we will explore the different techniques for developing "real people," with close attention paid to how character-writing shapes stories and essays. We will examine short fiction, short narrative essays, and experimental prose. By studying the different ways classic and contemporary authors have developed characters, we will hone methods for creating our own, and see how character details stack to form a narrative. You'll leave the workshop with a cast of characters rich enough to fill future novels, short stories, essays, and memoirs. Led by Badgerdog teaching artist Ellie Paolini, this workshops is free and open to adults, age 18 and up.Please register via Eventbrite as space is limited.

Saturday, October 5, 1:00pm
Central Library Special Events Center

Wednesday, October 16, 6:30pm
Carver Branch Library Meeting Room

Often, the largest challenge we face as writers is getting started. We know the cliches: the dreaded blank page, waiting for inspiration to strike, writer’s block, and drifting away from our word processor to browse the Internet “for a minute.” Using writing activities inspired by improvisation and stream of consciousness, we’ll let our words loose and allow raw ideas to flourish. Led by Badgerdog teaching artist Marissa Macy, this workshops is free and open to adults, age 18 and up. Please register via Eventbrite as space is limited.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 7:00-9:00pm
Austin Central Library

Join us in celebrating the mystical, the esoteric, the unusual & the spooky at our next APL After Dark, a quarterly, themed, adults-only evening in the Austin Central Library! Explore Mysterious Planchette's antique collection of ouija boards and seance tools, and meet the man behind the collection. Learn about the art and mystery of Tarot with Typewriter Tarot, and about paranormal investigation and local hauntings with folks from The Night Owl Podcast, Austin's best podcast on true tales of the paranormal. You can even chat with ufologists UFO Jane and Robert Powell! Sport your spooky (or hilarious) Halloween costume. Purchase tickets here!

Friday, November 8
Central Library

Saturday, November 9
Central Library

Wednesday, November 20, 7:00pm
Central Library Special Events Center