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.