Events / Workshops

Ann is an engaging and experienced public speaker who brings with her a humorous and observant worldview and joy in her audience. She is a skilled reader, and has a voice made for radio

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WORKSHOPS OFFERED

Ann was a founding member of the contemplative pedagogy initiative at Montclair State University where she taught freshman writing for eight years. She devised unique teaching methods using meditation and a focus on personal experience or belief, and uses these techniques in her workshops. She has also practiced yoga and other disciplines for over twenty years.

BOOK CLUB WORKSHOP As part of a club’s reading of DARING TO DATE AGAIN, Ann offers a two-hour workshop featuring a short reading from the book, light analysis of what makes a memoir work, and the writing and sharing of short memoir pieces written by members of the club. Super fun!

MOVEMENT & MEDITATION WORKSHOP This three-hour workshop adds a kinetic element to the usually sedentary activity of writing. 5-15 participants:

  • Sitting and walking meditations clear the mind, sharpen powers of observation, and encourage reflection on an assigned task or issue
  • Meditation exercises access memory, soften peaks and valleys of memory, and develop sensory impressions
  • Movement exercises increase writing comfort
  • Writing exercises sharpen technique
  • Suitable for reading clubs, libraries, bookstores, classrooms

Suitable for individuals, classes, reading or writing groups, or bookstore venues Previous workshops given at:

  • Putney Public Library, Putney, VVT
  • Greenville Branch of Jersey City Library, Jersey City, NJ
  • Bloomfield Public Library, Bloomfield, NJ
  • Hoboken Public Library, Hoboken, NJ
  • Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
  • Write Action, Brattleboro, VT

EVENTS

RADIO The Author’s Show, August 8, 2016: www.theauthorsshow.com

ArtistFirst, July 12016: http://www.artistfirst.com/Authors-First_2016-07-12_Ann_Evans.mp3 

KGUA, Gualala, California, June, 2016: https://soundcloud.com/kgua/ann-evans-author68 

Jenningswire: http://www.jenningswire.com/authors/podcast-daring-to-date-again/ 6/7/2016

Author’s Corner, NPR, April, 2015http://www.authorscorner.org/reading/readings-for-week-of-april-13-2015/

Beyond Fifty Radio: Daniel Davis http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-59781/TS-946352.mp3

Kim Power Stilson http://www.byuradio.org/episode/5671e277-7f51-4126-bce7-80de529a531e/the-kim-power-stilson-show-da

Donna Seebo Show, http://www.alphagroupusa.com/delphi-vision/ondemand-archive/delphi-on-demand-archive.html, #194, January, 2015

Michael Dresser Show, November, 24, 2014

BOOK FESTIVALS Tucson Festival of Books, March 2015, featured on two panels

TELEVISION Interviewed on the Discovery Channel’s Sex In America special, 2015

BOOKSTORE AND OTHER READINGS A selected list of readings: Little City Books, Hoboken, NJ, with Min Jin Lee The KGB Bar, New York, NY The Hudson School, Hoboken, NJ Live Lit, Montclair State University: read several times. Symposia Bookstore, Hoboken, NJ …and other bookstore appearances.  

BLOG Ann has several hundred posts on her blog, found at annandersonevans.com/blog. She writes about reinventing yourself, setting the rules, breaking out of your comfort zone, and the pleasures of life.