Writers Programs

Name: PAINT & SIP: Lazy River
Start: 2026-07-16T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-16T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Hessel School House – Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center

October 2025
WRITERS WORKSHOP: Development of a Novel from the Fearless Standpoint
Featured October 31, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm WRITERS WORKSHOP: Development of a Novel from the Fearless Standpoint

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Step into the beauty of Michigan’s autumn woods and channel the season’s transformative energy to unlock your boldest storytelling yet. Join acclaimed author and educator Joseph D. Haske for an immersive 3-day writers workshop designed to help you break through creative barriers and develop your novel with fearless clarity. Whether you're at the beginning of […]
November 2025
WRITERS WORKSHOP: Development of a Novel from the Fearless Standpoint
Featured November 1, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm WRITERS WORKSHOP: Development of a Novel from the Fearless Standpoint

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Step into the beauty of Michigan’s autumn woods and channel the season’s transformative energy to unlock your boldest storytelling yet. Join acclaimed author and educator Joseph D. Haske for an immersive 3-day writers workshop designed to help you break through creative barriers and develop your novel with fearless clarity. Whether you're at the beginning of […]
January 2026
Telling the Hard Stuff: A Confessional Poetry Workshop with Ellen Lord
Featured January 17 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Telling the Hard Stuff: A Confessional Poetry Workshop with Ellen Lord Saturday, January 17, 2026 1:00 -3:00 PM Confessional poetry asks us to speak the truths we often keep hidden. In this two‑hour workshop, we’ll explore how vulnerability becomes art, how the “hard stuff” transforms into language that resonates, and how craft supports courage. Together, […]
February 2026
Book Reading & Signing with Julie Buchholtz
Featured February 28 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Book Reading & Signing with Julie Buchholtz Saturday, February 28, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Join us for a special afternoon with author Julie Buchholtz as she reads from her second book and shares the story behind its creation. Through gentle, lyrical storytelling, Mama sings to her child of mino-bimaadiziwin—living in harmony with nature—and […]
March 2026
Book Reading & Signing: A Good Animal with Sara Maurer
Featured March 28 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Book Reading & Signing: A Good Animal with Sara Maurer Join us for an intimate afternoon with debut novelist Sara Maurer as she reads from and signs copies of her acclaimed first novel, A Good Animal. Set against the emotional landscape of the rural Midwest, the novel explores the complicated bonds between people, place, and […]
June 2026
3rd Annual Writer Symposium
Featured June 13 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
3rd Annual Upper Peninsula Writer’s Symposium Join fellow writers for the 3rd Annual Upper Peninsula Writer’s Symposium on Saturday, June 13, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT in Hessel, Michigan. This inspiring day of creativity, craft, and community features a keynote address by renowned author Karen Dionne, along with your choice of three […]
Children’s Book Reading, Signing & Craft with Author Suzanne Lipshaw
Featured June 30 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
NEW EVENT! Join us for a special morning with children's author Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw at the Hessel School House on Tuesday, June 30, from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Suzanne will share a reading from her award-winning middle-grade novel Decoding the Moon, followed by a book signing and a hands-on craft activity inspired by the story. […]
July 2026
Writers Workshop: Session 1 Create a Writing Mini-Trail Guide
Featured July 10 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Friday, July 10 • 9:00 AM-12:00PM Create Your Writing Mini-Trail Guide (Session 1) A 3-hour workshop to help you map a trail plan for your book journey. Would you think to go into an unknown mountain range without camping gear? Without food and water? Without a map? Would you consider starting a business and applying for […]
Writers Workshop: COMBO Ticket
Featured July 10 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Friday, July 10 • 9:00 - 5:00 PM This ticket includes all three sessions of the Writers Workshop Series with book coach, Julie Covert. Create Your Writing Mini-Trail Guide Lunch & Learn: Q & A with a Book Coach Pathways to Publishing Combo Ticket Price: $110.00, includes lunch To register call 906-484-1333 or register online. […]
Writers Workshop: Session 2 Lunch & Learn – Q&A with a Book Coach
Featured July 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Friday, July 10 • 12:00 -1:30PM Lunch & Learn: Q&A with a Book Coach What’s a book coach do? Great question! A book coach can help you form and test your book ideas, create a solid structure, help you get through tough spots, and guide you to getting published. Do you have a book in […]
Writers Workshop: Session 3 – Pathways to Publishing
Featured July 10 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Friday, July 10 • 2:00 - 5:00 PM Session3: Pathways to Publishing You’ve finished your manuscript. Congratulations! Now what? The obvious answer is “get it published.” Which brings the next question—how? Should you find an agent to sell your manuscript to a publisher? Submit it to smaller presses? Work with a hybrid publisher, or publish it […]
PAINT & SIP: Lazy River
Featured July 16 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Hessel School House - Avery Arts & Nature Learning Center 3206 West Cedar Street, Hessel, MI, United States
Thursday, July 16 • 5 – 7 pm (Adults only) Bring your choice of beverage and a friend as we paint together! Using acrylic painting techniques, artist Karen Mazzoline will guide you through the process of creating your very own lazy riverbed! Learn how to layer and blend colors of lush blues and greens while […]

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