8-31-23Faulkner (1).png

Workshop: Grant Faulkner and Faith Adiele, The Art of Brevity

Thursday, 8/31/2023
6:00 - 7:30
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room B
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400

Grant Faulkner leads an engaging workshop as he explores the art of brevity and teaches you the craft of crafting captivating very short stories using techniques from his book, The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story. He will be joined in conversation with award-winning author and writing coach Faith Adiele.

Faulkner is the Executive Director of NaNoWriMo and co-founder of 100 Word Story. He has published two books on writing, Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Actions to Boost Your Creative Mojo and Brave the Page, a teen writing guide. His work has been featured in literary magazines and anthologies, and his essays on creativity have been published in prestigious publications. Faulkner is actively involved in various writing organizations and serves on several councils. He co-hosts the podcast Write-minded.

Adiele is the author of two memoirs:  The Nigerian-Nordic Girl’s Guide to Lady Problems, a witty, tricultural e/audio chapbook about black women and fibroids, and Meeting Faith, a travel memoir about becoming Thailand’s first black Buddhist nun. Educated at Harvard University, the Nonfiction Writing Program at Iowa, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Faith has lived in West Africa and Southeast Asia, worked as a diversity trainer and community activist, and taught travel writing and memoir from Bali to Ghana to Switzerland. She is Associate Professor of Writing at California College of the Arts and CNF faculty at Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA Program. 

Connect: 

Grant Faulkner - Website | Grant Faulkner - Instagram | Grant Faulkner - Twitter

Faith Adiele - Website | Faith Adiele - Instagram | Faith Adiele - Facebook

Author Readings & Lectures

Engage with your favorite writers and discover your next read.

Read & Write

Discover new titles, share inspiring works and participate in challenges and contests. 

Spotlight

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Attending Programs

For questions about the program or help registering, contact sfplcpp@sfpl.org. All programs are drop-in (no registration necessary) unless otherwise noted. All SFPL locations are wheelchair accessible. For accommodations (such as ASL or language interpretation), call (415) 557-4557 or contact accessibility@sfpl.org. Requesting at least 3 business days in advance will help ensure availability.

Notice: This event may be filmed or photographed. By participating in this event, you consent to have your likeness used for the Library’s archival purposes and promotional materials. If you do not want to be photographed, please inform a staff person or the photographer. A sticker will be provided to help identify you so that we can avoid capturing your image.

Public Notice and Disclaimer

This program uses a third-party website link. By clicking on the third-party website link, you will leave SFPL's website and enter a website not operated by SFPL. This service may collect personally identifying information about you, such as name, username, email address, and password. This service will treat the information it collects about you pursuant to its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of each third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those third parties with whom you interact through our Library services. For more information about these third-party links, please see the section of SFPL’s Privacy Policy describing Links to Other Sites.

The views and opinions expressed in programs presented by groups unaffiliated with SFPL do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SFPL or the City.