Saturday, July 9, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.—Author Janet Ruth Heller will do a workshop for teenagers about the editing and publishing process at the Boston Public Library. This workshop is free of charge and open to the public. The location is the Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116. For more information, please contact teen librarian Anna Draves at 617.859-2334 or use the website www.bpl.org/teens
Janet Ruth Heller has published the poetry books Exodus (WordTech Editions, 2014), Folk Concert: Changing Times (Anaphora Literary Press, 2012) and Traffic Stop (Finishing Line Press, 2011); the scholarly book Coleridge, Lamb, Hazlitt, and the Reader of Drama (University of Missouri Press, 1990); the award-winning book for kids about bullying, How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Arbordale, 2006); and the middle-grade chapter book for children, The Passover Surprise (Fictive Press, 2015).