The San Rafael Public Library is pleased to be a part of the inaugural Marin Comics Fest!
Thi Bui was born in Vietnam and came to the U.S. as one of the refugee “boat people” of the 1970s. She studied art and legal studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and received an MFA in Sculpture from Bard College and a Masters in Art Education from New York University. She is a founding teacher of Oakland International High School, where she edited and published teenagers’ immigrant stories told as comics, and taught them to make their own movies. Her work has been published in The Asian American Literary Review and Hyphen Magazine. Her graphic novel The Best We Could Do debuted in March of this year. Follow Thi on Tumbler: https://thibui.tumblr.com/
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing.
Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel.
Sign up for the Marin, California, USA group here.
Sunday, October 15:
Join Sausalito NaNoWriMo Liaison, Elizabeth Menozzi’s prep session! Doesn’t matter if you consider yourself a “Plotter” or a “Pantsers” — come join me for some writing exercises geared toward planning out your novel. We’ll do some brainstorming, and cover character development, plot, and world-building. I’ll also have stickers to give away.
Sunday, October 29:
NaNoWriMo kick-off party! We can’t start writing yet, but we can meet up and introduce ourselves! Come meet your fellow Marin Writers and share a little about yourself and what you plan to write in November. Snacks will be provided, but BYO covered drink. Folks new to NaNoWriMo can ask questions about National Novel Writing Month and find out how it works and what to expect.
Sundays, November 5 – 26:
Join us for a month of literary abandon! Participants will gather in the library’s meeting room to begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30. We”ll meet every Sunday of the month: November 5, 12, 19, & 26.
Sunday, December 3: TGIO Party – Come join your fellow Marin Writers to celebrate our NaNoWriMo writing achievements! No matter how much or how little you wrote during NaNoWriMo, you’re on your way to writing a novel! Bring your own beverage (covered containers preferred) and a treat to share with the group. We’ll talk about our NaNoWriMo experiences and celebrate our achievements. For those who are interested, feel free to come prepared to share a paragraph or a page from your novel that you are particularly proud of. But, don’t worry, there won’t be any critiquing, just celebrating! 🙂
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing.
On November 1st, 2018 participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel.
Sign up for the Marin, California, USA group here.
Read more about how it all works here.
On Thursdays, November 1, 8, 15, and 29 participants will gather in the library’s meeting room to meet and work with fellow Marin NaNoWriMo writers.
Laurel Hilton, NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison (ML) for Marin, will be facilitating.
Feel free to come prepared to share your writing experience and/or a paragraph or a page from your novel that you are particularly proud of. But, don’t worry, there won’t be any critiquing!
With an increasingly visually focused world, whether through smart phones, web pages, info-graphics, or the like, many lessons regarding visual rhetoric can be derived from comics. This talk examines some approaches towards bringing up and engaging the topic of visual rhetoric via comics.
Join us for this informative presentation with John Bultena, social media fun person, music lover, gamer, & comic book reader, professor at UC Merced, and lecturer with the Merritt Writing Program.
The San Rafael Public Library is pleased to be a part of the inaugural Marin Comics Fest! Stop by and meet Alexis Fajardo, author and illustrator of the Kid Beowulf graphic novel series.
Alexis E. Fajardo is a student of the classics – whether Daffy Duck or Damocles – and has created a unique blend of the two in Kid Beowulf. When he’s not drawing comics Lex is working for them as Senior Editor at Charles M. Schulz Studio in Santa Rosa, California.
Join us for a fun afternoon of board games! We’ll have old and new favorites, with selections for all ages. There will be a Magic the Gathering master on hand to guide young planeswalkers. Come and play with us!
This is a drop-in event; no registration required!
Join us for a fun afternoon of board games! We’ll have old and new favorites, with selections for all ages. There will be a Magic the Gathering master on hand to guide young planeswalkers. Come and play with us!
This is a drop-in event; no registration required!
Don’t miss internationally known, bilingual performer, Jose Luis Orozco when he brings his wonderful music and humor to the Pickleweed Library to help us celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Don’t miss Marin Comic Festival 2017. Meet author, illustrator, actor, radio personality, Judd Winick. He will discuss his varied career as an illustrator and give a demo of his work.
The First 5 Express is a bilingual children’s activity center that travels across California to inspire families with children ages 5 and younger to make healthy choices and to understand the importance of a child’s earliest years. Join us in the BBQ area adjacent to the park to meet the Express!
The San Rafael Public Library is pleased to be a part of the inaugural Marin Comics Fest! Stop by and meet Alexis Fajardo, author and illustrator of the Kid Beowulf graphic novel series.
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