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Keynote: Casey Parks, award-winning journalist and author of Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery, opens the conference at 10:00am.

Location: Most workshops will be held in-person in the Roger Rook building on the Clackamas Community College Oregon City campus. The keynote address and select workshops will be available to attend virtually via Zoom.

Address: 19600 Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, OR 97045, United States

Workshops: After the keynote address, participants can choose between five morning sessions and five afternoon sessions covering topics including poetry, mystery fiction, science fiction, graphic novels, playwriting, and composition.

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Saturday, May 18 • 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Writing the Magical, Writing the Real: On Making Magical Stories Believable

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A caterpillar dissolves until it is entirely liquid and then puts itself back together as a butterfly. If we could talk to trees, tap into their roots and fungal networks, what would they say? A fairy has flitted around the room and landed atop my wrist before zooming out the window. Magic is all around us if we know how to look for it. For thousands of years, humans have been telling stories about magical creatures and occurrences existing among the mundane. In this workshop, we’ll discuss techniques for seeing the magic in the world, as well as the craft elements that make magical stories more believable.
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Emme Lund

Emme Lund is an author living and writing in Portland, OR. She has an MFA from Mills College. Her work has appeared in Electric Literature, TIME Magazine, The Rumpus, Romper, the Portland Mercury, and Autostraddle, among many other venues. Her debut novel, The Boy with a Bird in His... Read More →

Saturday May 18, 2024 1:30pm - 2:45pm PDT
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