Meet a Redbuddy! Interview with Naomi East

This winter, we’re doing a series where we introduce you to our Redbud students! In this, our inaugural post in this series, meet Naomi East, who recently completed Ben Murphy’s Writing the Novel class.

Interview, Meet a Redbuddy, Redbud, North CarolinaEmily CataneoJanuary 11, 2022interview, raleigh, Raleigh writing workshop, raleigh north carolina, north carolina, durham, chapel hill, reading, redbuddy, redbud writing projectComment

Meet a Redbuddy! Q&A with Casey Shapack

This month, we’re doing a series where we introduce you to our Redbud students! In this, our inaugural post in this series, meet Casey Shapack, who’s taken Writing the Novel, a few Advanced Workshops, and, most recently, Writing Feminist Works.

Courses, Interview, Writing Advice, Meet a RedbuddyEmily CataneoDecember 8, 2021interview, raleigh, Raleigh writing workshop, raleigh north carolina, students, meet a student, writing community

Meet Rachel Simon, our Writing for the Internet instructor

Meet Rachel Simon, deputy editor of Hello Giggles and writer whose work has appeared in NBC News, the New York Times, Glamour, and many others. Rachel will be teaching our first ever Writing for the Internet class, in which students will workshop pitches and stories and will talk about publication, submission, and polishing their work.

Interview, Teachers, CoursesEmily CataneoNovember 13, 2020nonfiction, internet, writing for the internet, online writing, online writing classes, online writing workshop north carolina, raleigh, durham, chapel hill

Meet Isabel Walsh, our new Fiction I instructor

If you’re new to Redbud, or new to our fiction offerings, look no further than Isabel Walsh’s Fiction I class, which starts next week! Isabel, an NC State MFA graduate and all-around wonderful writer and teacher, will be leading this Fiction I course on Zoom, on Monday nights. Read on to learn all about her!

Courses, Teachers, Interview, RedbudEmily CataneoAugust 12, 2020instructors, writing workshop north carolina, WRITING WORKSHOP RALEIGH, writing workshop chapel hill, writing advice, classes, online classes, north carolina

Introducing Allison Mitteer, our Teen Writers Teacher

Courses, Interview, Teachers, Writing AdviceEmily CataneoMay 29, 2020teens, teen writers, teenagers, writing camp, summer camp, online learning, writing for teenagers, online writing classes, online writing workshop north carolina

Meet Andrea Rice, Our New Memoir and Meditation Instructor

Memoir and Meditation?! That’s right! In our upcoming March/April round, we’ll be rolling out a new course that combines the traditional craft and workshopping of our Memoir I classes with meditation practice. Coming on board to teach this new offering is Andrea Rice, a former New York Times reporter and a current freelance writer and yoga instructor. We talked to Andrea about why meditation and memoir are a natural fit, what to expect from this class, her background in writing, her leash-trained cat, and more. Read on to learn all about her, and then sign up for the class, which starts at VAE Raleigh on Tuesday, March 17.

Interview, Teachers, RedbudEmily CataneoFebruary 23, 2020writing workshop north carolina, yoga, meditation, raleigh, Raleigh writing workshop, raleigh writing, writing tips raleigh, vae raleigh

Meet our Advanced Essay Instructor, Duncan Murrell

We’re so excited to welcome Duncan Murrell to Redbud! Duncan is an editor at Harper's Magazine, The Oxford American magazine, and The Normal School. He has also written for The Highline @ The Huffington Post, The New Republic, Men's Journal, Our State Magazine, and Southwest Magazine. His work has been recognized in Best American Essays and he holds a master’s in journalism and an MFA in fiction. Duncan will be teaching a class called Advanced Essay for us—this is a must-take if you’re interested in nonfiction. Read on to find out more!

Courses, Interview, TeachersEmily CataneoFebruary 16, 2020writing workshop north carolina, writing, writing tips raleigh, writing workshop, raleigh, raleigh writing, writing workshop raleigh, quail ridge books

Check Out Our Interview with Reading Series Founder Ina Carino at INDY Week

Raleigh poet Ina Cariño is the founder of Indigena, an ongoing reading series by and for people of color, queer people, and disabled people.

Interview, Emily, Events, Indy WEEKEmily CataneoFebruary 13, 2020poetry, reading, raleigh writing, writing workshop raleigh, writing workshop north carolina, LGTBQ+, mfa north carolina, INDY Week

A Q&A with Fiction Instructor Shervon Cassim

This week, we sat down with one of our fiction instructors, Shervon Cassim. Shervon teaches Fiction I and Fiction II for us, in addition to his role as assistant director to the NC State MFA program and his position as president of the North Carolina Writers Network’s board.

Interview, Courses, TeachersEmily CataneoFebruary 5, 2020fiction, writing workshop north carolina, writing workshop raleigh, writing, writing tips raleigh, chapel hill, north carolina writing workshop, North Carolina state university, mfa north carolina

Meet our New Playwriting/Screenwriting Instructor

We’re offering our first-ever screenwriting/playwriting class starting in January 2020! We sat down with instructor Annie Sarac, who holds a playwriting MFA from UNLV and has had plays staged in Ohio, Nevada, and California, to find out more about her and this exciting new course.

Interview, Emily, Courses, TeachersEmily CataneoDecember 17, 2019writing workshop north carolina, writing, writing tips raleigh, screenwriting, theater, playwriting, writing adviceComment

Meet the Folks Behind Epilogue, Chapel Hill's Newest Bookstore

We were thrilled to see a new bookstore open in Chapel Hill, especially one as stylish and welcoming as Epilogue—the pastries! the books! the murals! We’re excited to partner with them in the coming months: we’re hosting a literary trivia night at Epilogue on Friday, Dec. 13 and are hosting one of our six-week Fiction I workshops there starting in January. In advance of that, we wrote to Miranda and Jaime to learn a bit about how Epilogue came to be and their vision for the store going forward.

Interview, CoursesEmily CataneoDecember 2, 2019chapel hill writing workshop, chapel hill, bookstore, books

Meet our new Fiction I instructor, Ben Murphy

Ben Murphy teaches fiction and freshman composition at North Carolina State University, and is a graduate of the NC State MFA program. He’s going to be teaching our Fiction I class at Quail Ridge Books on Monday nights starting in January. We sat down to talk with Ben about his favorite authors, his teaching philosophy, and more.

Courses, Interview, Redbud, TeachersEmily CataneoNovember 25, 2019north carolina writing workshop, Raleigh writing workshop, durham writing workshop, writing, writing workshop north carolina, North Carolina state university, mfa north carolina

Meet Chris Tonelli of So&So Books

My definition of ekphrasis is p r e t t y loose...but in terms of this particular workshop, let's say that it means a piece of writing that is inspired by and/or responds to a work of art.

Interview, CoursesEmily CataneoNovember 7, 2019writing workshop north carolina, writing workshop raleigh, writing, poetry, fiction, ekphrasis

A Q&A with Fred Joiner, Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow

This week, we jumped on the phone with Fred Joiner, a Chapel Hill-based poet and Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow.

Writing Advice, Interview, EmilyEmily CataneoOctober 31, 2019poetry, arts, carrboro, chapel hill, poetry workshop, community

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