Women's Writing Panel

The Josephy Center  and Fishtrap will host a Women’s Writing Panel with three women writers with strong ties to Wallowa Country in an evening of readings and discussion. Memoirist Liz Enslin, novelist Mary Emerick, and journalist Anna Bird will each read for 15-20 minutes, and Amy Zahm will then moderate a panel addressing the special joys and problems of being a woman writer. 
 
Enslin’s book, While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal, was recently nominated for an Oregon Book Award in creative non-fiction. Mary Emerick chose to write her years of Alaskan experience in novel form, and The Geography of Water, published recently by the University of Alaska Press, is receiving glowing reviews. Enslin and Emerick both live in Wallowa County now. Anna Bird, who graduated from Joseph High School and the University of Oregon, is a staff writer at 1859 Oregon Magazine in Bend, where “The Storied Life of Alvin Josephy” appeared in the November 2015 issue. Admission is by a donation. Books will be for sale by Mary from the Bookloft. A non-fiction writing workshop will be offered on Saturday, March 5 at Fishtrap, please call for details 541-426-3623.