On Saturday, June 13, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Braum’s, 7101 S. Broadway, Tyler, poet and author Patricia Taylor Wells will briefly discuss the history of chapbooks before encouraging participants to use a wide range of materials (colored paper, decorative stickers and cut-outs, ribbon, and fabric squares at no charge) to create their own chapbook covers and pages. Tools such as staplers, glue pens, scissors, and hole punchers will be available.

Participants may bring their own poems for their chapbook but will need to layout and print their pages by using Microsoft’s instructions for creating a booklet or book (8.5 x 11) folded on short side of page. There will be examples of chapbooks to go by. If unable to bring pre-printed poems, covers can be designed at the workshop for later use.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/east-texas-writers-guild-workshop-compiling-a-poetry-chapbook-tickets-1983877917255

About Patricia Taylor Wells:

Patricia Taylor Wells is an award-winning, multi-genre author, poet, and storyteller. She holds a BA in English and French, and over the years, she has facilitated critique groups for writers with the Atlanta Writers Club and the Knoxville Writers Group. She especially enjoys writing poetry and draws inspiration from the wide range of experiences she has gathered from her travels and from living in a variety of places. Patricia helped inspire Tyler Today Magazine’s column, “Authors Among Us,” along with its Editor-in-Chief, to benefit local authors.