February 2017 - Iceland Writers Retreat

Dr. Nicole Miller read about her Iceland Writers Retreat experience at Politics & Prose

By Iceland Writers RetreatIn Alumni StoriesFebruary 28, 20170 Likes

During our recent trip to Washington D.C. to attend the annual AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) we had the pleasure of attending an event at the legendary Politics & Prose bookstore hosted by Iceland Writers Retreat alum Dr Nicole Miller. The wonderful evening of memoir and discussion featured readings from Phillip Lopate, Richard Hoffman, Brandel France de Bravo, Dorian Fox and Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich. Although they were all great, we have to say that our favourite was delivered by Nicole herself who entertained us with her colourful and humorous account of her experience at the Iceland Writers Retreat. Thank you, Nicole, for a terrific evening. We had a fabulous time!

Iceland Writers Retreat at the 2017 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Washington, DC

By Iceland Writers RetreatIn Events, IWR 2017February 14, 20170 Likes

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Iceland Writers Retreat booth at the 2017 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Washington DC this weekend. This was the first time we’ve attended this incredible event and we were thrilled to be able to meet so many interesting people and tell them about the Iceland Writers Retreat and our fabulous 2017 faculty. We had so much fun and even met some of our great IWR alumni! This year’s AWP was a massive success with over 12,000 people in attendance and around 800 exhibitors, with lots of lovely books, of course. Apart from our popular IWR bookmarks and flyers, and the wealth of literature on Iceland provided by Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature, the Icelandic Literature Center, and Iceland Naturally, all those who stopped by our booth got to sample some delicious OMNOM chocolate from Iceland and could pick up some handy notebooks and pens from Icelandair.