Writing Workshop for Kids with Regina Hansen

Join for a writing workshop for kids ages 9-12! 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 on the theme of winter. 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.

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
Children's Book Caucus Discovery Evening. Her article on vampires and
disease was recently published the chidlren's history magazine Calliope and she has two more articles coming in Calliope's July issue. She has also published scholarly books and articles, and is a Girl Scout leader.

This program is limited to 12 kids. Tickets will be distributed in the
children’s room one hour prior to beginning of each session, if needed.
Regina will also teach writing workshops during February and April
school vacation weeks.