Master Class: Marketing Your Writing Through Social Media

Finding the inspiration for creative writing is never easy. But once it’s written, it can be just as difficult to leverage the power of the Internet to promote your work. Social media can be a powerful promotional tool – and to help you better understand the opportunities available online, Thurber House is excited to present a one-day master class entitled Marketing Your Writing Through Social Media.

Instructor Heather Whaling is the president of Geben Communication and a frequent speaker on the value of social media as an extension of public relations. At work, she helps brands and individuals integrate traditional and digital PR. During this class, Heather will provide tips and best practices to promote your writing online.

The class will be held on Saturday, May 19 from 1 – 3 pm at Thurber Center, 91 Jefferson Avenue. The deadline for registration is May 16. Enrollment is limited to 25 students, so be sure to sign up soon – for more information, and to enroll online, click here.

Special Events With Erik Larson and Christopher Buckley

Two huge special events are just around the corner – do you have your tickets yet?

Renowned historical non-fiction author Erik Larson will be joining us on Friday, May 4. His new book, In the Garden of Beasts, is set in Germany in 1933, when a benign man named William E. Dodd took his post as United States ambassador, just as Adolf Hitler began his rise to power. The book tells Dodd’s story, as well as the story of his unfaithful wife – and the impeccably researched story of Hitler’s Germany before World War II.

Thurber Prize for American Humor winner Christopher Buckley is a brilliant political satirist. He will return to the Thurber House stage on Wednesday, May 16. His newest work of satire, They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?, features a Washington lobbyist and his female aide who start a rumor that the Chinese secret service is planning to assassinate the Dalai Lama, in order to push a top secret weapons system through Congress. The series of events that follow are vintage Buckley.

Both events will be held at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad Street. A wine and hors d’oeuvres reception for limited guests will be held before each reading, and tickets are available for the reception and reading, or the reading only. Ready to purchase your ticket before they are sold out? Click here!