Speak Your Truth: FREE Poetry Workshop for Teens/Youth and Young at Heart - all ages welcome, 11 October | AllEvents

Speak Your Truth: FREE Poetry Workshop for Teens/Youth and Young at Heart - all ages welcome

Tahoe Literary Festival

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Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am

0.8 hours

Tahoe City Library

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Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am to 10:45 am (PDT)

Tahoe City Library

740 CA-28, Tahoe City, CA 96145-1943, United States

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Speak Your Truth: FREE Poetry Workshop for Teens/Youth and Young at Heart - all ages welcome
Tahoe Literary Festival presents a FREE workshop with Nevada County Poet Laureate Karen Terrey of Truckee. This event is hosted by Terrey, Tangled Roots Writing and Tahoe City Library.

For tickets, go to the Tahoe Literary Festival website and you'll find the FREE student ticket option under Reserve Tickets. https://www.tahoelitfest.com/

The fun workshop is free and open to teens and youth and anyone feeling young at heart. No previous experience writing poetry is required.

This one-hour workshop for teens/youth and anyone who wants to join. Learn and practice new methods for gaining access to what makes their voices authentic. This generative writing workshop will include reading out loud.

In addition to this free workshop, all students and educators are invited to join us for our FREE Community Literary Day on Oct. 10.

As well, all students and educators are invited to claim a FREE ticket to the Tahoe Literary Festival on Oct. 11. Go to the website https://www.tahoelitfest.com/

About Terrey:
Karen Terrey currently serves as the Poet Laureate of Nevada County. She is a poet, editor, writing coach, and the founder of Tangled Roots Writing. An alumna of the Community of Writers and a member of the Sierra Arts Foundation, her work has appeared in various journals. Her poetry chapbook, Bite and Blood, is available at local bookstores.

This free event is made possible with funding from TOT-TBID Dollars at Work program, Arts Council of Placer County and Tahoe Community Foundation.

Photo: Priya Hutner, Tahoe Literary Festival


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Speak Your Truth: FREE Poetry Workshop for Teens/Youth and Young at Heart - all ages welcome, 11 October | AllEvents
Speak Your Truth: FREE Poetry Workshop for Teens/Youth and Young at Heart - all ages welcome
Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am