(Tucson, AZ) Local author Meg Files will kick off the Fall 2024 Writer in Residence program on September 5. Her residency will run through November 21, 2024.
The Writer in Residence program brings local authors to the Library to consult with writers of any age, experience, or genre. Interested participants can schedule a time to meet with the resident and get advice, feedback, pointers, and tips on writing, publishing, and self-publishing. It is generously funded by the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Meg will be available for eight 30 minute one-on-one sessions per week at Quincie Douglas Library and Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library. Limit of one session per week. The consultations schedule is as follows:
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Thursdays, September 5 through November 21
4:30 to 6:30 pm at Quincie Douglas Library, 1585 E. 36th St.
Registration opens on the Thursday one week prior to each session. To register, visit the Library's event calendar. -
Mondays, September 9 through November 18
1 to 3 pm at Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr.
Registration opens on the Monday one week prior to each session. To register, visit the Library's event calendar.
Please note, sessions tend to fill up quickly.
In addition, Meg will host three workshops:
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How to Be an Original Writer
Saturday, September 21 from 10:30 am to noon
Quincie Douglas Library, 1585 E. 36th St.
Register online here. -
Read It and Weep: Evoking Emotion in Writing
Thursday, October 24 from 5:30 to 7 pm
Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr.
Register online here. -
Says Who? Point of View Choices in Writing
Saturday, November 9 from 10:30 am to noon
Quincie Douglas Library, 1585 E. 36th St.
Register online here.
About Meg Files:
Meg Files is the author of the novels Meridian 144 and The Third Law of Motion, Home Is the Hunter and Other Stories, and the novella A Hollow, Muscular Organ. Her poetry books are The Love Hunter and Other Poems, Lit Blue Sky Falling, and, most recently, The Beasts. Her book Writing What You Know is about using personal experience and taking risks in writing. She edited the anthology Lasting: Poems on Aging.
Meg taught creative writing for many years at colleges and universities, including Pima Community College, where she directed the Pima Writers’ Workshop for 28 years. Her awards include a Bread Loaf Fellowship. She was the James Thurber Writer-in-Residence at The Ohio State University. She directs the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards and Masters Workshop.
Learn more about Meg on her website.
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