William Fremd High School's Writers Week is an annual celebration of writing. During Writers Week, Fremd students, faculty, and staff learn about the art and craft of writing from nationally-known and local authors, as well as from student and faculty authors. Since its beginning in 1995, Writers Week has brought more than one hundred writers to the Fremd campus in Palatine, Illinois.
Have you read the Writers Week blog? News about your favorite speakers, their future plans, and even letters to Fremd students.
Updates:
Coming to Writers Week XV:February 23-27, 2009
CRISTINA HENRIQUEZ
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Author of Come Together, Fall Apart: A Novella and Stories
Author of forthcoming novel The World in Half (April, 2009)
Visit www.cristinahenriquez.com
LIN BREHMER
Thursday, February 26, 2009
WXRT 93.1 Morning Host
Creator of "Lin's Bin" (available as a podcast)
Visit http://www.93xrt.com/wxrt-dj-bio-lin-brehmer/1515725
MARY FONS
Monday, February 23, 2009
Performance poet
Member of Neofuturists theater group
Visit www.maryfons.com
ANTWAN LEWIS
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
WGN Channel 9 reporter
Lead reporter of "The Fugitive Hunters"
Visit http://www.wgntv.com/bio_antwan_lewis
DAPHNE WILLIS & CO.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Singer-songwriter; newest CD "Exhibit A" available on iTunes
Fremd Graduate ('05)
Visitprofile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=86797136
BURT CONSTABLE
Tuesday, February 23, 2009
Daily Herald columnist
Visitwww.dailyherald.com/writers/?by=Burt%20Constable
RAY McNIECE
Friday, February 27, 2009
Author of six poetry books, including Our Way of Life
The voice of Woody Guthrie in the NPR documentary Hard Travelin'
Visit www.raymcniece.com
CHUCK PERKINS & VOICES OF THE BIG EASY
Friday, February 27, 2009
2008 CD: A Love Song for NOLA--featuring New Orleans music and poetry
Visit voices.e-poets.net/PerkinsC/ and cdbaby.com/cd/voicesbigeasy
BILLY LOMBARDO
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Author of The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories
Creative writing teacher/Sponsor of Polyphony
Visit steppenwolf.org/boxoffice/productions/bio.aspx?id=357&crewId=1287
SIMONE ELKELES
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Author of How to Ruin My Teenage Life, How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, Leaving Paradise, and Perfect Chemistry (December, 2008)
2008 Illinois Author of the Year
Visit www.simoneelkeles.com
M. GLENN TAYLOR
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Author of The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart
2008 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection
Visit www.trenchmouthtaggart.com
More Writers Week XV guest announcements coming soon ...
Now available: Writers Week XIV Highlights DVD
featuring all of the Writers Week XIV guests
most of the student writers and musicians
a sampler of faculty writers
over two hours of words and music
$10
contact aromano@d211.org or
glanderson@d211.org
