icon caret-left icon caret-right instagram pinterest linkedin facebook x goodreads bluesky threads tiktok question-circle facebook circle twitter circle linkedin circle instagram circle goodreads circle pinterest circle

UP Coming Events

 

 



June 6 – 8, 2025
Hobart Festival of Women Writers

 

More Information Here

 

 

June 9 - 13 & June 23 - 27, 2025

CAMP CONROY BUILD A BOOK summer camp

 

As shown in Beaufort Lifestyle

Sepember 1 – 30, 2025
30 POEMS IN 30 DAYS: WRITING JAPANESE POETIC FORMS
with Miho Kinnas at writers.com

 

More Information & Registration Here

PAST EVENTS

ISLAND WRITERS NETWORK - GENERAL MEETING 
SPEAKER
ELIZABETH ROBIN
 
MIHO KINNAS
 
FINDING, CREATING CRITIQUE GROUP AND MAKE IT WORK
 
Discussion Points:
 
What a critique group is not What is it?
 
      Why a critique group is useful/different from other feedback?

       How to critique?
 
      Basic "rules" to a session.
 
      How to form/who to invite?

April 20 - May 26, 2025 (daily)

Photo Exhibition: Awakenings

The Island Rec Center

20 Wilborn Rd. Hilton Head

Free Admission

 

THIS EVENT will travel to Town Hall this summer.

 

492084193-3375234242611842-6291046568635069003-n.jpeg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 27, 2025 (6 to 7 pm)
Piccolo & Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
Washington Square Park
(downtown at the corner of Broad and Meeting Streets from)
with Richard Garcia

 

The venue was moved to Buxton Books. 

 

 

 Unknown-1.jpegUnknown.jpeg500734671-10236232833218919-2480717449334733931-n.jpeg

 

 

 

Atlanta Botanical Garden

ATLANTA HAIKU FESTIVAL PANEL: Diane Alleva Caceres, Abigail Friedman, Miho Kinnas and Crystal Simone Smith Photo by Marc Caceres

Discussion Points

 

We shared a few haiku each. 

 

1.      What is haiku?


2.      What drew you to haiku, compared to other poetic forms?

         Why do you write haiku?

         How does haiku help you understand our world?

 

3.      What personal experiences and themes inform and shape your haiku?  

4.      How do you prepare for, write, and edit your haiku?

         What is your creative process? 

5.      What advice would you give to those new to writing and/or reading haiku?

 

Q&A