This retreat offers a combination of daily workshops, discussions, brief writing assignments and a quiet space to focus on your work free of distraction. Whether you are a new, emerging, or experienced writer, and whether your writing is for personal journals or publication, writers of all levels are welcome. The retreat offers support, inspiration, and guidance.

Each morning, you'll participate in a writing workshop with prompts for motivation and discussions of technical and creative issues. Afternoons are free to read, explore the idyllic surroundings, work on existing projects or on brief daily writing assignments. In the evening, you'll reconvene with the group for discussions of writing topics, including different approaches to writing memoir, understanding how the publishing world works, the role of writing in one's life, and the process for publishing a body of work by publishing simple, inexpensive chapbooks. There will always be time for optional sharing of work.

Weather permitting, before breakfast, people can watch the light rise over the grounds, or watch the sunset over the river while sharing writing in progress. Afternoons can be spent relaxing by the pool, with majestic views of the Hudson. Great people, great food, inspiration, instruction, and creativity await. When we gather in a supportive community, we make important breakthroughs in our daily life and in our writing. The retreat begins with dinner on Thurs. at 6pm and ends with lunch on Sunday around 1pm.

Dates/Times: Thurs., June 15 at 5pm through Sunday, June 18 at 1pm

Presenter: Magie Dominic

Fee: $375 (includes private room, all workshops and all meals)

About the Presenter:

Presenter: Magie Dominic, writer and artist, studied at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh and lives in New York City. Her memoirs, The Queen of Peace Room and Street Angel, have been nominated for the Canadian Women's Studies Award, Book of the Year Award/Memoir. She has written for the Toronto Globe and Mail and The Village Voice. Her writing and art archives are with New York University Fales Library Permanent Collection and her theater archives are with New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2020. Her artwork has been exhibited in Toronto and New York, including a presentation at The United Nations.

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