Event Category: IWOSC Reads Its Own

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Twice a year our members present their work publicly. Presented free to everyone to enjoy the diversity of subject matter and style!

How to Write Funny 2020

“Dying is easy; comedy is difficult,” especially these days. But we persist because we can. From the farces of Feydeau, Baudelaire, and Wilde, on to George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Larry Gelbart, Terry Southern, Paddy Chayefsky, and Norman Lear, right on through to Dave Chappelle, Mindy Kaling, and Stephen Colbert today, blistering social satire and, yes, even a few organic laughs are necessary for our sanity.
How do we incorporate humor and zest to spice up our memoirs, novels, and screenplays (especially if they AREN’T straight up comedies)?

IWOSC Reads Its Own – February 2018

IWOSC Reads its Own
Sunday, February 11, 2018

A spellbinding afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and exemplary works – from poems to true stories to hilarious monologues and beyond, read aloud by distinguished IWOSC scribes.

An assortment of IWOSC’s talented member writers will read short excerpts from their work.

Location: Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena.

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – August 2017

Twice a year, a dozen or so members get together at a local bookstore and regal fellow writers and the public with some of their writing.

Our readers:
Craig Leener
Gerald Everett Jones
Lisa-Catherine Cohen
Madeline Sharples
G.L. Helm
Sylvia Cary
Neil Yuzuk
Kathryn Rishoff
Valente Alarcon
Bo Kim
Dan Lavery

Flo Selfman

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – January 2017

Twice a year, a dozen or so members get together at a local book store and regal fellow writers and the public with some of their writing.

Readers this time were:
Christy Wilhelm
Stefanie Stolinsky
Herbie J Pilato
Chuck N. Baker
Bert Wouters
Janiss Garza
Jim Caccavo
G. L. Helm
Wanda Maureen Miller
Pamela Tartaglio
Sue Zeidler
Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin
Lisa Verlo
Ginger Pennington
Ruth Frechman

IWOSC Reads Its Own – July 2016

IWOSC Reads its Own
Sunday, July 24, 2016

A spellbinding afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and exemplary works – from poems to true stories to hilarious monologues and beyond, read aloud by distinguished IWOSC scribes.

An assortment of IWOSC’s talented member writers will read short excerpts from their work.

Location: Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena.

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – August 2015

IWOSC Reads Its Own
Sunday, August 9, 2015

FREE!
Everyone is invited!

Guests and members came to hear some of IWOSC’s talented member writers as they read excerpts from their work. Published, not yet published, in progress…

The writing was varied — poetry, fiction, memoir, nonfiction.

Location: Vroman’s Bookstore

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – February 2015

IWOSC Reads Its Own
Sunday, February 8, 2015

Guests and members came to hear some of IWOSC’s talented member writers as they read excerpts from their work. Published, not yet published, in progress…

The writing was varied — poetry, fiction, memoir, nonfiction.

Location: Vroman’s Bookstore

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – October 2014

IWOSC Reads Its Own
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Twice a year IWOSC holds a special FREE event — “IWOSC Reads Its Own” — a spellbinding afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and exemplary works — from poems to true stories to hilarious monologues and beyond, read aloud by distinguished IWOSC scribes.

Thirteen of IWOSC’s talented member writers will read short excerpts from their work.

Their selections may be published, unpublished, or works in progress. We’ll be regaled with their wit, have our emotions stirred, or be plunged into deep thought, at Barnes & Noble in the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade.

FREE!
Everyone is invited!

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – August 2014

IWOSC Reads Its Own
Sunday, August 3, 2014

On August 3rd we were regaled with wit, had our emotions stirred, and plunged into deep thought, at the beautiful independent bookstore, Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California.

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – March 2014

FREE!
Everyone is invited!
A great group joined us for a afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and exemplary works — from poems to true stories to hilarious monologues and beyond — read aloud by the following distinguished IWOSC scribes.
The writing was varied — poetry, fiction, memoir, nonfiction.

IWOSC Reads Its Own – July 2013

IWOSC Reads Its Own

Join us for a spellbinding afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and exemplary works — from poems to true stories to hilarious monologues and beyond, read aloud by distinguished IWOSC scribes. We’ll be regaled with their wit, have our emotions stirred, or be plunged into deep thought as these talented member writers read short excerpts from their published, unpublished, or in-progress works at the beautiful independent bookstore, Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California.

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – June 2011

IWOSC Reads Its Own
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Fourteen of IWOSC’s talented member writers will read short excerpts from their work. Their selections may be published, unpublished, or works in progress. We’ll be regaled with their wit, have our emotions stirred, or be plunged into deep thought at the beautiful independent bookstore, Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena.

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – March 2012

IWOSC Reads Its Own
Sunday, March 4, 2012

Twice a year IWOSC holds a special FREE event — “IWOSC Reads Its Own” — a spellbinding afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and exemplary works — from poems to true stories to hilarious monologues and beyond, read aloud by distinguished IWOSC scribes. We’ll be regaled with their wit, have our emotions stirred, or be plunged into deep thought at the beautiful independent bookstore, Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena.

Some IWOSC’s talented member writers will read short excerpts from their published, unpublished, or in-progress works.

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IWOSC Reads Its Own – January 2010

IWOSC Reads Its Own
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Twice a year IWOSC holds a special FREE event — IWOSC Reads Its Own — a spellbinding afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and exemplary works — from poems to true stories to hilarious monologues and beyond, read aloud by distinguished IWOSC scribes.

Sixteen of IWOSC’s talented member writers will read short excerpts from their work. We’ll be regaled with their wit, have our emotions stirred, or be plunged into deep thought. First-time and return readers will share their work. Selections may be published, unpublished, or works in progress, several minutes in length.

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