During the month of November Lyons Regional Library supports every kind of writer with its Writing In November programs. We also support National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November for our novel writers. We are an official NaNoWriMo “Come Write In” site.
Come Write In official site for NaNoWriMo
Date(s): (Saturday November 4th), (Saturday November 18th), (Saturday November 25th)
Time: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Location: 405 Main Street, Lyons Regional Library
Open to: All ages and levels of writing experience
Registration: Not required
The Lyons Regional Library District is proud to be a Come Write In site for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). We’ll be providing a space for writers to work collaboratively or individually. Come on in, settle down, and write, write, write!
Publishing Workshop with Sally King
Date: Wednesday, November 29th
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: 405 Main Street, Lyons Regional Library
Open to: All ages
Registration: Not Required
Learn more about self-publishing with artist and writer Sally King and more traditional forms of writing with Librarian McCourt Thomas.
Past WIN Events
Word Wednesdays with author Kayann Short PhD
Dates: Wednesday, November 1st
Time:Starting at 6:30 PM and ending at 8 PM (when the Library closes)
Location: Lyons Regional Library, 405 Main Street, Lyons.
Open to: All ages and levels of writing experience
Registration: Not Required
Have a writing project underway or an inspiration that needs nudging? Join other local writers at the Lyons Regional Library on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss projects, share tips, and offer a listening ear. Facilitated by Dr. Kayann Short, award-winning teacher and author of A Bushel’s Worth: An Ecobiography, this informal and free monthly gathering is for anyone with an interest in writing of any flavor.
Writing in November (WIN!) Workshop at Stonebridge Farm with Kayann Short PhD
Date: Saturday, November 11th
Time: Starting at 9 AM and ending at Noon
Location: Stone Bridge Farm, 5169 Ute Hwy, the Sunflower Community Room
Open to: All ages and levels of writing experience
Registration: Appreciated, but not required
Get writing throughout the month of November! Join the Lyons Regional Library District and Kayann Short PhD with a special writing workshop at the lovely Stonebridge Farms. Join other writers for a wonderful learning and discovering experience!
Registration is appreciated, so please call 303-823-5165 or info@lyonsregionallibrary.com if you’d like to attend.
Author David Baron comes to the Library for Writing in November (WIN!)
Date: Wednesday, November 15th
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: 405 Main Street, Lyons Regional Library
Open to: All ages
Registration: Not Required
Popular non-fiction writer David Baron will discuss writing and more at our Library. Baron is the author of “Beast in the Garden” and most recently “American Eclipse.” Baron is a journalist, author, and broadcaster who has spent his thirty-year career largely in public radio. He has worked as an environment correspondent for NPR, a science reporter for Boston’s WBUR, and health and science editor for PRI’s The World. His written work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Daily Beast, Boston Globe, Outside, Lonely Planet, Mental Floss, and Reader’s Digest.
Baron is an avid umbraphile who has witnessed six total solar eclipses, David has crossed the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia to catch the shadow of the moon.