Scenes from the Sierra Writers Conference. Amy Tan in conversation with Sands Hall. Tan signs her Backyard Birding book. Nature, beauty, and love talk. Lynette Vrooman conference organizing superstar. Community joy. Conference speaker book display. Catharine Bramkamp, Kirsten Casey, Kim Culbertson, Farnez Fatemi, Iven Laurie, Joan Griffin, and Lisa Redfern

The #SierraWritersConference 2025 "felt like a calm place in the eye of a storm," said an attendee.

Making and being in #community is an antidote to the firehose of #stress blasting from all directions.

Find your oasis. Visit it often.

#AmyTan #SandsHall #CEShue #LynetteVrooman #Redfern #books👀📚💙

#SierraWritersConference online #bookstore featuring #books by all the presenters and conference planners categorized by subject and available at both #Powell's and #Amazon. 👀💙📚

#Ecosystems #WritingCraft #History #AmyTan #poetry #JohnMuirLaws #birding #romance #C.E.Shue #SandsHall #DorothyLazard

#SierraWritersConference

Feb. 27th - March 8th 2025

Online and in person at #SierraCollege campuses in #GrassValley #Truckee and #Rocklin #California

For #writers #readers and #thinkers

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Two new #books I picked up during the #SierraWritersConference - #CaliforniaAgainsttheSea and #Nocturnalia

Reader commentary is on my website at BLOG POSTS. Both books are excellent!

#SeaLevelRise #ClimateChange #Homeowners #NightAnimals #photography #NaturalWorld

I am grateful to have been in the same place at the same time as #ObiKaufmann at the #SierraWritersConference 2024.

Nobody #paints pictures of ancient #nature and modern life quite like him.

#CaliforniaFieldAtlas #watercolor #climate #science #TheStateofFire

For #NevadaCounty and #PlacerCounty #California writers and literary folks, the 2024 #SierraWritersConference is happening now! Tickets are still available. sierrawritersconference.wordpress.com

Here's a YouTube playlist featuring almost all of our presenters. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...