May 2, 2019 — Melissa Saulnier — Raising funds for and building awareness of community needs
Author Melissa Saulnier will describe how she is raising funds for and building awareness of community needs. Melissa is writing a mystery trilogy, Fallen Race, about a young woman’s introduction to dangerous secrets when she inherits her grandmother’s estate. The stories involve history of the Vatican’s Observatories, antediluvian relics, science, and ancient mysteries. Formerly working […]
April 4, 2019–Pam Cravez–The Biggest Damned Hat: Tales From Alaska’s Territorial Lawyers and Judges
Pam Cravez will be telling stories from her book, The Biggest Damned Hat: Tales from Alaska’s Territorial Lawyers and Judges, and talking about the practice of law prior to statehood. Cravez interviewed more than 50 Alaska lawyers for the book, all of whom began practicing law prior to statehood in 1959. Published by UA Press […]
March 7, 2019–Laura Atwood–Changing Perceptions of Anchorage Animal Care and Control …by Making Connections and Creating Community
As the Public Relations Coordinator for Anchorage Animal Care and Control (AACC), Laura Atwood engages with the Anchorage community every day, whether through social media, shelter tours, school presentations or press interviews. Since starting at AACC in 2014, her goal has been to change the perception of Anchorage’s open-admission animal shelter from “the pound” to […]
Feb. 7, 2019–Adrienne Lindholm–How Nature and Writing Help Us Make Sense of the World
Adrienne Lindholm is a writer, speaker, and mother who lives in Eagle River, Alaska. She’s the author of several books on backpacking, and her stories and essays have appeared in a variety of magazines and journals. Released in August 2018, her newest book, It Happened Like This, is a coming-of-age memoir that Outside Magazine calls […]
Jan. 3, 2019–Jamey Bradbury–Cornered, Stuck, and Stymied: How Limitations Make Us More Creative
Jamey Bradbury of Anchorage will discuss creativity and her acclaimed book The Wild Inside. In a review of her recent book, John Irving wrote: “The Wild Inside is an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel — think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King.” Jamey’s fiction has appeared in Black Warrior Review, Spark […]