Glitterary Word Festival, YWA hosted by Eugene Public Library

2010 Glitterary Word Festival
A multi-day literary arts festival
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2010 Glitterary Word Festival!
A special thank you to guest author Helen Frost!

Here is a summary of the events:

Tuesday, April 20, Live interview with author Helen Frost on KLCC Public Radio's Northwest Passage, 87.9 FM

Tuesday, April 20, Lane Literary Guild Windfall Reading, Life in the Details, with poets Helen Frost and Pamela Steele, www.laneliteraryguild.org

Wednesday, April 21, Frost visited McKenzie High and McKenzie Middle School

Thursday, April 22, Frost visited Springfield Midde School

Saturday, April 24, Active literary arts adventures for all ages inspired by the theme THINGS, in the Eugene Public Library
• Winners of YWA’s creative writing contest, THINGS, read their works, followed by a light luncheon reception.
• Helen Frost held an all-ages writing workshop.
• Hands-on stations inspired by the contest theme, THINGS.

Sunday, April 25, Helen Frost lead a poetry-writing workshop for adults: Finding A Story in the Language of the Poem, at the Eugene Public Library

Helen Frost is a poet and a noted young-adult book author. She has taught writing at all levels from pre-school through university. Extending her teaching into community, she has collaborated with artists in other disciplines, including African drumming and dance to help young people deal with violence in their lives. Her most recent adult collection of poetry is, as if a dry wind. She has also published five novels-in-poems for children and young adults, anthologies, a play, and a book about teaching writing. In 2009, Helen was awarded an NEA Poetry Fellowship. She and her husband have two sons and presently live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Through the years she has lived in Scotland, Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon and Alaska. When she lived in Eugene, she took part in the Lane Literary Guild, and was its president in 1989. Frost’s poetry is finely textured with small detailed observations that radiate warm regard. Shreds of lichen, curls of hair—vivid stories emerge from surprising fragments. You may find out more about Helen Frost by visiting www.helenfrost.net