Enid Writers Club and Enid Symphony invite the public to a literary event, Summer Wine: A Harvest of Words. Laugh, cry or be terrified as writers hypnotize you with the subtle art of story. The EWC is the oldest writing club in Oklahoma with writers ranging from published novelists to poets to storytellers who just love to make you sweat.
Summer Wine: A Harvest of Words
Tuesday, August 20, 7:00 pm
Enid Symphony Hall
Free, wine by donation
Come early to chat over a glass of wine. Writers include Chantell Tiatrakul, Hugh Hairs, Dennis McDonald, Karen Evans, Lucie Smoker, Marsha Kay Oldham, Jim Arnold, Martha Draper, Paula Benge and Peggy Chambers. Emceed by Don Chambers. For more information on Enid Writers Club, visit www.enidwriters.com. For the symphony, visit www.enidsymphony.org.
Writer bios:
Chantell Tiatrakul is an Enid transplant by way of the Pacific Northwest. She writes a variety of genre always laced with romance. She’ll be reading her award-winning flash fiction, "Seeing Clearly."
Dennis McDonald is the author of three books of horror. He has lived in Enid his whole life and pen stories of the frightening and macabre. His latest book is a zombie novel titled Undead Flesh set in northern Oklahoma after a massive earthquake causes the dead to rise.
Karen Evans is president of the Enid Writers Club. On the last day of summer in 2010 her oldest grandson sustained a spinal cord injury while riding in the bed of a pickup truck. This is Karen’s personal account of the dreaded phone call in the middle of the night.
Mystery author Lucie Smoker will be reading from her award-winning suspense novel, Distortion, published in 2012 by Oklahoma's own Buzz Books USA and featured by London's Crime City Central and The Houston Press.
Marsha Kay Oldham enjoys learning and writing different forms of poetry. Active in the Enid Writers Club, Don Blanding Poetry group, Poetry Society of Oklahoma, First Wednesday Poets, Oklahoma Writer's Federation, Oklahoma Pen Women, Society if Urban Poets, and the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Marsha Kay and her husband John live on their farm NE of Garber.
Martha Draper grew up in a Wakita, Oklahoma family that owned and operated the weekly newspaper business. A natural writer and educator for over 30 years, Martha is reading from her memoir to be completed in 2014, Heralding Wakita.
Paula Benge lives in Enid with her husband and two children. She will be reading from her first novel-in-progress currently named Signs of a Girl. This fictional story follows a college freshman softball player and the unexpected events that shape her as an athlete and a girl.
Peggy Chambers has been writing for several years and is a twice published author, working on a third. She spends her days as a legal assistant and her nights and weekends making up stories. Her short-short flash fiction story is called “The Helicopter."
