ONGOING: Please contact Elizabeth directly for more information about her in-person and/or Zoom sessions for generative writing called “First Words.”
February 27, 2024
Lecture at Sonoma State University: “Legacies of Trauma and Resilience”
2024 Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series
January 12-28, 2024
Under the Volcano
A Guided Writing Residency in Tepoztlán, Mexico
“Master Class with Elizabeth: Writing of Witness”
November 6-12, 2023
Kauai Writers Conference
Elizabeth’s Master Class meets in the afternoons, Nov 6-9
“MAKING IT NEW: Writing in Hybrid Forms”
May 17, 2023
7 pm Eastern Time
Atlanta History Center (virtual event)
Conversation with Jennifer Rosner & Elizabeth Rosner
YouTube recording is now available!
September 12, 2021
4 pm Pacific Time
Alta Mesa Center for the Arts
Online discussion with Elizabeth about SURVIVOR CAFE
“Trauma, Listening, and Reconciliation”
Register here to get Zoom link
PREVIOUSLY…
Lecture on Writing Fiction
OPEN PAGE WRITERS
11 am (Pacific Time) January 9, 2021
Register here
UNDER THE VOLCANO
Tepoztlán, Mexico
January 9-19, 2020
Manuscript Seminar with Elizabeth Rosner
COMMUNITY OF WRITERS
Squaw Valley, CA
July 6-13, 2020 (Canceled due to COVID-19)
SANTA FE WORKSHOPS
San Miguel de Allende, MEXICO
Oct. 8-12, 2020
Memoir Workshop with Elizabeth (Canceled due to COVID-19)
KAUAI WRITERS CONFERENCE
Nov. 9-15, 2020
Cutting and Polishing (master class) + Conference
(Canceled due to COVID-19)
Past PUBLIC EVENTS for
SURVIVOR CAFÉ: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory
December 8, 2019
Book and Author: Elizabeth Rosner, Survivor Café
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
2:00-3:30 pm
Skokie, IL
Free with museum admission
Reservations required
November 21, 2019
Lecture and community event, 7 pm.
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI
details TBA
October 15, 2019
Hugo House, Seattle WA
7 pm. Reading & discussion of Survivor Cafe
Spotlight Nonfiction event.
February 20, 2019
in conversation with Dani Shapiro
7:30 pm
Kepler’s Foundation
Menlo Park, CA
February 24, 2019
Lecture at Richmond Museum of History
2:00 pm
400 Nevin Ave
Richmond, CA
March 6, 2019
on-stage interview at Jewish Book Week, LONDON
12:30 pm
Jewish Book Week, Kings Place
March 7, 2019
conversation with Anna Veprinska
6:30 pm
Wiener Library
29 Russell Square, LONDON
March 23, 2019
7:30 pm
Conversation with Devi S. Laskar about her debut novel
Atlas of Reds and Blues
Kaleidoscope Cafe
Point Richmond, CA
May 4-5, 2019
moderator for two panels at Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley
Saturday May 4, 11:45 pm
Saturday May 4, 3:15 pm
Please see full schedule for Festival
May 23-31, 2019
Love Comes in at the Eye,
a writers retreat in Connemara, IRELAND
Led by Jacki Lyden and Elizabeth Rosner
AND PREVIOUSLY…
**PAPERBACK LAUNCH:
September 5, 2018
Oakland, CA
7:00 pm
East Bay Booksellers
5433 College Ave
Oakland, CA 94618
September 16, 2018
Woodstock, NY
3:00 pm
The Golden Notebook
in conversation with Martha Frankel
29 Tinker St
Woodstock, NY 12498
October 4, 2018
Montclair, CA
7:00 pm
A Great Good Place for Books
6120 La Salle Ave
Oakland, CA 94611
November 4, 2018
San Francisco, CA
9:30 am
The Forum at Grace Cathedral
1100 California St.
San Francisco, CA 94108
AND BEFORE THAT…(hardcover events)
June 7, 2018
Oakland, CA
6:00 pm
Main Library
First Floor Reading Area
125 14th Street
May 24, 2018
Walnut Creek, CA
1:00 pm
“Under One Tent” Contra Costa Jewish Books & Arts Festival
Fireside Room in Rossmoor
1001 Golden Rain Rd
May 24, 2018
Hayward, CA
7:00 pm
Cal State East Bay
The Biella Room
University Library
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd.
May 22, 2018
Waltham, MA
6:30 pm
Waltham Public Library
with Randy Susan Meyers
May 21, 2018
Newton, MA
7:00 pm
Newtonville Books
May 17, 2018
Pittsburgh, PA
7:00 pm
Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures
May 14, 2018
Burnt Hills, NY
6:00 pm
Town of Ballston Community Library
April 28-29, 2018
Bay Area Book Festival
Berkeley CA
April 28: panel on “The Art of Memory”
11:45 am to 1 pm
Brower Center, Tamalpais Room
April 29: “Thriving Past Trauma”
10 am to 11:15 am
Freight and Salvage: on-stage interview with Dr. Edith Eger, author of THE CHOICE
April 21-22, 2018
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles, CA
April 21: panel on “Memory: How it Shapes You”
3:00-4:00 pm
Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4
April 10, 2018
Commonwealth Club of CA
110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105
6:00 pm
March 5, 2018
JCCSF, in-conversation with Helen Epstein
3200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118
7:00 pm
February 24, 2018
Search for Meaning Festival, Seattle WA
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August 31, 2017
SPECIAL HOMETOWN EVENT~!
Schenectady Public Library, Schenectady NY
6:30 pm
September 12, 2017
Books Inc., Berkeley
LAUNCH & celebration
7:00 pm
September 14, 2017
Powells Books on Hawthorne, Portland OR
In conversation with Rene Denfeld, author of The Child Finder
7:00 pm
September 15, 2017
Elliott Bay Books, Seattle WA
7:00 pm
September 16, 2017
Browsers Bookshop, Olympia WA
7:00 pm
September 19, 2017
Green Apple Books, San Francisco CA
In conversation with Josephine Rowe, author of A Loving, Faithful Animal
7:00 pm
September 25, 2017
Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park CA
In conversation with Nicole Krauss, author of Forest Dark
7:30 pm Buy Tickets Here
October 6, 2017
Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA
7:00 pm
October 12, 2017
Why There Are Words, Sausalito CA
7:15 pm
October 13, 2017
Litquake: Lit by the Lake, Oakland CA
6:30 pm
October 16, 2017
Book Passage, Corte Madera CA
7:00 pm
October 19, 2017
Jewish Community Library, San Francisco CA
In conversation with Anne Germanacos, author of Tribute
7:30 pm
October 28, 2017
Gallery Bookshop, Mendocino CA
7:00 pm
November 7, 2017
Berkeley Arts & Letters, Berkeley CA
In conversation with Cristina Garcia, author of Here in Berlin
7:30 pm
November 14, 2017
Cafe Society at Kaleidoscope, Pt. Richmond CA
In conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, author of A Train Through Time
7:00 pm
November 16, 2017
Kramerbooks, Washington, DC
6:30 pm
November 18-19, 2017
Miami Book Fair International
details TBA
February 24, 2018
Search for Meaning Festival, Seattle WA
details TBA
WRITING CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND RETREATS
ONGOING: “First Words”
Generative writing class (usually) offered first Sunday of the month
in North Berkeley, 1-6 pm. $95 per session; group size limited.
Please contact me directly for more info: elizabeth@elizabethrosner.com
NOTE: Will travel to teach! In other words, I am available to offer workshops in your location, if you wish to discuss arrangements for a visit.
February 10-17, 2018
Rancho La Puerta
Stay Tuned. Details to come.
February 24, 2018
Search for Meaning Festival
Seattle University
March 7-10, 2018
AWP Conference
Tampa, FL
details TBA
PREVIOUSLY…
November 26 – December 3, 2016
Rancho La Puerta
“Writing & Reading Together, with Elizabeth Rosner”
http://www.rancholapuerta.com/special-events/elizabeth-rosner-2/
July 31 – August 4, 2016
Catamaran Writing Conference
Pebble Beach, CA
Details and Registration
June 27 – July 1, 2016
Green Mountain Writers Conference
Chittenden, VT
Details and Registration
February 10-14, 2016
San Miguel Writers’ Conference
Details and Registration
ELECTRIC CITY paperback book tour 2015 (gone but not forgotten)
September 10: 7:30 pm reading at Noepe Center (Edgartown, MA)
September 30: 7 pm reading at Newtonville Books w Tova Mirvis (Newton, MA)
October 8: 7 pm Why There Are Words, (Sausalito, CA)
October 9: 7 pm reading at 27 Powers (Alameda, CA)
October 11: 7 pm in conversation with Daniel Mendelsohn (Oakland, CA)
October 12: 7 pm reading at Books Inc. w Harriet Chessman (Palo Alto, CA)
October 14: 6 pm Litquake event honoring Squaw Valley (SF, CA)
October 15: 6 pm Litquake Women’s Night, Historical Fiction (SF, CA)
October 16-18: Beverly Hills Literary Escape (LA, CA)
October 19: writing workshop in Beverly Hills (LA, CA)
October 21: in conversation with Northwest Woodworking Studio (Portland, OR)
October 22: 7 pm reading at Elliot Bay Books (Seattle, WA)
October 26: 7 pm reading at Annie Blooms Books (Portland, OR)
November 3: 7:30 pm reading at Mrs Dalloways w Janis Newman (Oakland, CA)
November 5: 7 pm Stanford Book Club (Orinda, CA)
November 9: 7 pm reading at Coburg Community Center (Rexford, NY)
November 10: 7 pm Woman’s Club of Albany (Albany, NY)
November 11: 7 pm reading at RJ Julia Booksellers with Harriet Chessman (Madison, CT)
November 12: 8 pm reading @ Parkside Lounge with “Shades of Blue” anthology (NY, NY)
November 14: 3-5 pm reading w “Shades of Blue” anthology (The Patisserie, Milford, PA)
November 16-17: lecture for Jewish Federation (Broward County, FL)
Below is the list of events from 2014…
Friday, October 3rd
7:00pm Poetry Reading for Catamaran Literary Review
Tannery Arts Center
1050 River Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Saturday, October 11th
3:30pm Litquake: Off the Richter Scale
Hotel Rex
562 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Sunday, October 12th
2-4:00pm Emeryville Celebration of the Arts6121 Hollis Street Suite 900
Heritage Square, Emeryville, CA 94662
Tuesday, October 14th
6:30pm Litquake Panel: Does Literature Make You an Empath?
Mechanics Institute Library
2nd Floor Library
57 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Wednesday, October 15th
7:00pm Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Saturday, October 18th
7:00pm Copperfields
850 4th Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
Tuesday, October 21st
7:30pm Pegasus Books on Solano
1855 Solano Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Wednesday, October 22nd
7:00pm Books Inc.
855 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Thursday, October 23rd
6-8:00pm Alley Cat Bookshop & Gallery*
3036 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
* This will be a SPECIAL EVENT featuring a reading from GRAVITY
and a showing of artwork by Lola Fraknoi
Saturday October 25th
1 – 1:45 pm California Capital Book Festival: Fiction Panel
Sacramento Convention Center
1400 J Street
Sacramento, California
Tuesday, October 28th
7:00pm Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Wednesday, October 29th
6:00pm In-conversation with Martin Amis
Mechanics Institute
57 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
(tickets for purchase)
7:30pm Temple Sinai
(poetry reading with Sharon Coleman and Richard Silberg)
808 Summit St.
Oakland, CA 94609
Sunday, November 2nd
1:15 pm Lafayette Library & Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Boulevard
Lafayette, CA 94549
Wednesday, November 5th
7:00pm BookCourt
163 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Thursday, November 6th
6:00pm Inquiring Minds
6 Church Street
New Paltz, NY 12561
Sunday, November 9th
2:00pm The Open Door
Schenectady County Public Library
99 Clinton St.
Schenectady, NY 12305
Monday, November 10th
7:00pm Nott Memorial
Union College
Schenectady, NY
Thursday, November 13th
7:00pm Books Inc.
1760 4th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Friday, November 14th
7:00pm Orinda Books
276 Village Square
Orinda, CA 94563
Tuesday, November 18th
7-9:30 pm Inside Storytime
La Movida Wine Bar
3066 24th Street
San Francisco, CA
Wednesday, November 19th
7:00pm A Great Good Place For Books
6120 LaSalle Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611
Miami Book Fair International
November 21-24
Details TBA
EVENT CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS!
Thursday, December 11th
7:00pm Why There Are Words
333 Caledonia St.
Sausalito, CA 94965
Saturday, December 20th
7:30pm Under the Influence
The Emerald Tablet, A Creativity Salon
Details
PAST OFFERINGS:
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference
July 31-August 2, 2014
www.mcwc.org
Holland Lake Lodge
Writers Workshop/Retreat
Swan Valley, Montana
September 11-18, 2014
