6th Annual Literary Forum - Virtual

presented by the Olney Writer's Group

Join us for a reading by local writers of newly-published works or works-in-progress. Please come out and support these talented authors from our own community!

Works are in a variety of genres, including memoir, fantasy, travel, young adult and children's.

A brief Q&A will be held at the end of each reading.

Join us in Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97436718206

Or Dial In:  301-715-8592; Meeting ID: 974 3671 8206 

Feel free to join the meeting ~10 minutes early to check your connection, settings, etc.

CHECK OUT TWO PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS FOR THE EVENT, FEATURING KAITLYN JAIN AND JOSEPH VIVENS

Participating writers include:

Kaitlyn Jain is the author of Passports and Pacifiers—Traveling the World, One Tantrum at a Time, about her family’s adventures around the globe. Kaitlyn has visited over 25 countries and nearly every state, dragging her four young kids where she can. To order her newly released book, visit www.kaitlynjain.com.

Joseph Vivens is the author of the Chunky and Friends book series. It was created to help families and educators jump start the conversation with children about making healthy choices for a healthy life. Joseph is releasing his third book in the Chunky and Friends series in Spring 2021. Visit ChunkyAndFriends.com for more information.

Bob Esty worked for ten years as an analyst in the Department of Defense and over twenty years as a Montessori teacher. He is now retired and spends his time playing music and writing fantasy.

Michele Miller is an artist, designer, and an application analyst. Her varied work life has led her path in many directions, storing images, and thinking one day she'd start painting and never stop. Turns out, she funneled those images into words and found her passion for writing.

Sue Esty, retired, wrote mountains of IT user manuals and technical documentation in her career. She has written plays for children. For this group she has written contemporary short stories and is in the midst of a post apocalyptic novel, and a novel of a young girl forced by circumstance to live in a tiny mountain community.

Bryan Byrd, leveraging his corporate writing career, and a world traveler, will read from his creative non-fiction book, Surviving Paradise: the Perils and Pleasures of the Caribbean, that takes you, like a fly on the wall, on a romantic, death-defying sailing adventure from Florida to the Virgin Islands. The book is expected to debut later this year.

Linda Meyer is a mother, teacher and writer. A long standing member of the Olney Writer’s group, Linda published a short story in Thursday Stories, an anthology authored and edited by the group. She is currently working on a novel based on the short story, and several other stories.

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