Writing Workshop for Kids Ages 9-12 with Regina Hansen

Writing workshop with Somerville resident, Regina Hansen! During the
workshop, children will learn how to get ideas for stories, and will do
several journal exercises for writing. They will be able to read aloud
from their own mini stories. Mini stories will include 6-word short
stories and "perfect paragraph" stories. They will leave with their own
notebooks and tips on how to use them to be a writer every day. Program
will run approximately 90 minutes. Recommended for ages 9-12, and
limited to 12 kids on a first come, first served basis.

Regina Hansen, PhD, teaches writing at Boston University and has also
taught writing to at risk teenagers in the John Hancock/Boston Police
Summer of Opportunity program. She is the 2011 recipient of the
Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship in literature and has taught
writing to 6-11 year-olds in a connection with that grant. She has also
received the Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant for Fiction and
was an honored writer at the PEN New England Chidlren's Book Caucus
Discovery Evening. Regina has published articles in the children's
history magazine Calliope. She has also published scholarly books and articles, and is a Girl Scout leader.