May 3, 2018–Ernestine Hayes, Alaska Writer Laureate–Our Histories, Our Future
Alaska Writer Laureate Ernestine Hayes belongs to the Kaagwaantaan clan of the Tlingit nation. Her first book, Blonde Indian, an Alaska Native Memoir, received an American Book Award and an Honoring Alaska Indigenous Literature (HAIL) Award. It was also a Native America Calling Book of the Month and finalist for the Kiriyama Prize and PEN […]
April 5, 2018–Julia O’Malley–Changes at the Anchorage Daily News and the Future?
Julia O’Malley is a third-generation Alaskan, writer, teacher, and editor at the Anchorage Daily News. She’s written for The New York Times, the Washington Post, The Guardian, and National Geographic, among other publications. She started her journalism career as a high school intern at the Anchorage Daily News 23 years ago. Julia was the visiting […]
March 1, 2018–Stan Jones and Patricia Watts–How to collaborate on a book without ending up wanting to kill yourself, your collaborator, or both, and instead produce a book that someone actually wants to publish
Stan Jones is author of the Nathan Active mystery series, which is set in a fictional Inupiat Eskimo village modeled on Kotzebue. Five volumes have been published and the sixth–The Big Empty–is due out later this year from Soho Press. He is also co-author with Sharon Bushell of “The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon […]
Feb. 1, 2018–David G. Brown–Writing and Marketing a Book; Now is the Time to Ask and How I Choose My Book Topics
David G. Brown grew up and worked in Woonsocket, RI. He is the father of two sons, has two grandchildren, and lives with his significant better half, Maureen Hanlon. An avid reader and writer, he credits the Creative Writing program at Cuesta College (CA) and the Alaska Writers Guild for advancing his writing career. Brown […]
Jan. 4, 2018–Dr. Jennifer Burns–From Pole to Pole: Why Research on Seals in Antarctica is Relevant to Alaskans
Dr. Jennifer Burns is a Professor of biological sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She came to Anchorage in 2000, following a gradual move north from Berkeley (undergraduate degree) California, with stops in Santa Cruz (Postdoctoral research), Seattle (MSc) and Fairbanks (PhD). Her research focuses on understanding how the age and physiological status influences […]