ATHENS, Ga., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education is offering a series of five writing workshops on April 30 - May 1, 2011. The workshops will be taught by Michael Garrett, an internationally respected editor and published author.

By Andrew Z. Galarneau, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Jul. 3--Before you settle in to your beach reading list, get in touch with your inner writer at the Chautauqua Institution's weeklong celebration of wordsmiths talking about their craft.

By Amy Driscoll, The Miami Herald Jan. 14--KEY WEST -- Deep in the Florida Keys, inside a tiny jewel box of a building that once housed the Cuban consulate, about 400 devotees have gathered to worship the written word alongside the rock stars of the literary world. Ian McEwan. Amy Tan.

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