Lake County News | California

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – For five days this spring, from April 22-27, aspiring or published writers interested in writing memoirs, personal essays or travel articles based on personal experience will have the opportunity to focus and luxuriate in the writing process at the beautiful Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake.

Entitled, “Life into Literature,” the retreat will be led by noted Bay Area author Laura Fraser and will feature additional workshops with San Francisco authors Peter Orner and Victoria Costello, as well as Stanford University instructor and novelist Tom Barbash.

Laura Fraser is the author, most recently, of “All Over the Map,” which Booklist called “a winning coming-of-middle-age memoir.”

Members of Lake County literary groups are invited to meet retreat participants and faculty over dinner that night and afterwards adjourn to hear short readings from retreat participants.

For further information, visit the Tallman Hotel Web site, www.tallmanhotel.com/events , or Laura Fraser’s site, www.LauraFraser.com .

Those interested in participating in the full five-day retreat, or the Thursday night dinner, can contact the Tallman Hotel at 707-275-2244, Extension 0.

For Lake County residents wishing to participate in the retreat without overnight accommodations, please contact the hotel to be placed in a waiting list at a reduced price.