Promoting Your Poetry Book: What to Expect and Where to Begin with Laura Van Prooyen
Promoting Your Poetry Book: What to Expect and Where to Begin with Laura Van Prooyen
Thursday May 4th
5:30-7:30PM Phoenix MST
Do you have a book of poems you’re hoping to publish, have a book that is forthcoming, or you may even have a book that was recently released and you’re wondering now what? How do I connect with readers and promote this book? In this course, Laura Van Prooyen will share her experience as both author and publisher who focuses on how to build relationships around poetry and books. As a poet who published three books, each with a different small press, Van Prooyen can speak to the need for authors to be active in getting the word out. As the founder and publisher at Next Page Press, she can speak to the realities and expectations of small presses and the benefits of collaboration. In this course, you will receive “how-to” tips and thoughts for ways to build communities and participate in authentic promotion.
About the Instructor:
Laura Van Prooyen is author of three collections of poetry: Frances of the Wider Field (Lily Poetry Review Books) Our House Was on Fire (Ashland Poetry Press) nominated by Philip Levine and winner of the McGovern Prize and Inkblot and Altar (Pecan Grove Press). She is also co-author with Gretchen Bernabei of Text Structures from Poetry, a book of writing lessons for educators of grades 4-12 (Corwin Literacy). Van Prooyen is the Managing Editor for The Cortland Review, and she facilitates free online workshops with Community Building Art Works for healthcare workers and military families. She is the founder of Next Page Press www.nextpage-press.comand lives in San Antonio, TX. www.lauravanprooyen.com
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