EVENTS 2023
Writing Workshops
Oct 14-15 HUGO HOUSE SEATTLE "Belonging: The Landscape of Home" (online)
Jan 21-22 HUGO HOUSE SEATTLE "Feeling Your Way into the Essay" (online)
PAST Events, Appearances, and Workshops
Janary 22 5:30 pm zoom
Humanities Washington presentation sponsored by Jefferson Clemente Foundation (free)
February 14 one-day Hugo House writing Workshop zoom
March 13-14 Hugo House weekend writing Workshop zoom
April 15 Book Club appearance Boston (contact Christine for your own book club visit
May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9: Iowa Summer Writing Festival Workshop "Wrestling with Self in Memoir"
August 8-29 Hugo House Seattle "Telling One Story to Tell Another" summer catalog to be live soon
2020
Events, Appearances, and Workshops
JULY-AUGUST
July 11 Hugo House Seattle VIRTUAL Write0-O-Rama ZOOM 1-5 p.m.
July 16 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau VIRTUAL Talk "From Homer to #hashtags" Sponsored by MidColumbia Libraries, Tri-Cities, WA
July 16-18 Hugo House Seattle VIRTUAL weekend Writing Workshop: "The Geography of Home" 10-4 Saturday and Sunday
July 29 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau Virtual Talk: "From Homero #hashtags"
August 4 Community of Writers, Squaw Valley, CA Memoir Writing Conference panel "Who Am I Now?"
August 6 Reading at Community of Writers
August 13th Reading of Wild Ride Home on Zoom Sponsored by Village Books, Bellingham WA
August 18 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau Talk "From Homer to #hashtags" Skagit Valley Libraries
PAST EVENTS
February 4th Book Launch for Wild Ride Home at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend SOLD OUT
February 8th Book Launch for Wild Ride Home at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend SOLD OUT
· February 13th Reading: Hugo House, Seattle
· February 18th Reading: Third Place Books, Seattle (Ravenna store)
· February 22nd TEDx Talk: TEDx Everett, Everett, WA "The River Runs Through Us" (poetry, dance, music)
February 28th Reading: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, WA with booksigning 5 p.m.
March 18th Author Talk: Port Townsend Public Library Port Townsend, WA 5 pm POSTPONED
March 21st Reading: Village Books, Bellingham (Fairhaven store) POSTPONED
· April 22nd Reading: Shakespeare & Company, New York with poet Marie Howe POSTPONED
· May 5th Reading: Gibson's Bookstore, Concord, NH POSTPONED
May 15-16 Reading and Workshop A Book for All Seasons, Leavenworth, WA with Erica Baumeister
Seattle, WA POSTPONED
May 21 Live Stream Reading: Wellesley Books, Boston with moderator Sands Hall
May 30-31 Writing Workshop Hugo House, Seattle "Writing About Family" via ZOOM!
June 10 Humanities Washington Talk: "From Homer to hashtags" Olympia WA POSTPONED
June 20-21 Writing Workshop Iowa Summer Writing Festival University of Iowa "Creating Character in Nonfiction" POSTPONED
June 21-26 Writing Workshop Iowa Summer Writing Festival, University of Iowa "Wrestling with Self in Memoir"POSTPONED
June 23rd Reading: Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City Postponed
July 11 Hugo House Seattle VIRTUAL Write0-O-Rama ZOOM 1-5 p.m.
July 16 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau VIRTUAL Talk "From Homer to #hashtags" Sponsored by MidColumbia Libraries, Tri-Cities, WA
July 16-18 Hugo House Seattle VIRTUAL weekend Writing Workshop: "The Geography of Home" 10-4 Saturday and Sunday
July 29 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau Virtual Talk: "From Homero #hashtags"
August 4 Community of Writers, Squaw Valley, CA Memoir Writing Conference panel "Who Am I Now?"
August 6 Reading at Community of Writers
August 13th Reading of Wild Ride Home on Zoom Sponsored by Village Books, Bellingham WA
August 18 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau Talk "From Homer to #hashtags" Skagit Valley Libraries
PAST EVENTS
February 4th Book Launch for Wild Ride Home at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend SOLD OUT
February 8th Book Launch for Wild Ride Home at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend SOLD OUT
· February 13th Reading: Hugo House, Seattle
· February 18th Reading: Third Place Books, Seattle (Ravenna store)
· February 22nd TEDx Talk: TEDx Everett, Everett, WA "The River Runs Through Us" (poetry, dance, music)
February 28th Reading: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, WA with booksigning 5 p.m.
March 18th Author Talk: Port Townsend Public Library Port Townsend, WA 5 pm POSTPONED
March 21st Reading: Village Books, Bellingham (Fairhaven store) POSTPONED
· April 22nd Reading: Shakespeare & Company, New York with poet Marie Howe POSTPONED
· May 5th Reading: Gibson's Bookstore, Concord, NH POSTPONED
May 15-16 Reading and Workshop A Book for All Seasons, Leavenworth, WA with Erica Baumeister
Seattle, WA POSTPONED
May 21 Live Stream Reading: Wellesley Books, Boston with moderator Sands Hall
May 30-31 Writing Workshop Hugo House, Seattle "Writing About Family" via ZOOM!
June 10 Humanities Washington Talk: "From Homer to hashtags" Olympia WA POSTPONED
June 20-21 Writing Workshop Iowa Summer Writing Festival University of Iowa "Creating Character in Nonfiction" POSTPONED
June 21-26 Writing Workshop Iowa Summer Writing Festival, University of Iowa "Wrestling with Self in Memoir"POSTPONED
June 23rd Reading: Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City Postponed
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Jan 27-28 Hugo House, Seattle "Chapter 1: Beginning Your Memoir"
June 17-22 Iowa Summer Writing Festival "Mini-Memoirs for Podcast, Radio, and Reading Aloud" Weeklong Workshop June 23-24 Iowa Summer Writing Festival "Revision Tactics: Nonfiction" Weekend Workshop April (date tba) Hugo House Seattle "Wrestling with Time in Memoir" Events 2017 |
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February 25-26 2017 "Short Nonfiction that Packs a Punch" Hugo House Seattle
April 3-6 Gill St. Bernard's School Gladstone, NJ. "Weather" a Creative Writing Intensive with multiple grades
May 5-6 "Creating Character in Nonfiction" Hugo House Seattle
August 5-6 "Giving Readings that Matter" Hugo House Seattle
April 3-6 Gill St. Bernard's School Gladstone, NJ. "Weather" a Creative Writing Intensive with multiple grades
May 5-6 "Creating Character in Nonfiction" Hugo House Seattle
August 5-6 "Giving Readings that Matter" Hugo House Seattle
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RECENT EVENTS 2015
January 19, 20, 21 "From Fragment to Form" A poetry workshop in Port Townsend, WA Hemp studio, North Beach 3 consecutive evenings
February 21-22 "The Mountain is Out: Landscape as the Lens for the Essay" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle (poster painting by Lisa Gilley)
April 25-26 "You're Making a Scene: Writing scenes for Nonfiction" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle
June 13-21 IOWA SUMMER WRIITNG FESTIVAL
September 12-13 "The Next Scene" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle
October 24-25 "Revision Tactics in Nonfiction" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle
November 13-14 Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ "Finding Your Passion in Writing and Your Life" Visiting Poet/Regional Teacher Workshop
December 5 Write O Rama Hugo House Seattle
2014
September 16-18 "Trust in the Details: Finding the AHA! in Your Essay" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle
October 3-4 "Grabbing the Gut" Continued: Personal Essays that Matter Imprint Books/Writers Workshoppe, Port Townsend
November 6-7 : School Visit & Teachers' Writing Workshop, Delbarton School, Morristown, N.J.
August 20-24 "The Next Step" Nonfiction Writing Workshop, Port Townsend
June 15-20 Workshop University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Iowa City, IA "Telling One Story to Tell Another: Nonfiction of Depth and Width"
May 31-June 1 Workshop Grabbing the Gut: Personal Essays that Matter Imprint Books/Writers Workshoppe, Port Townsend
June 14-15 Workshop University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Iowa City IA "From Sow's Ear to Prada Purse: The Art and Design of Rewriting
Nonfiction"
April 29-May 1 Workshop, HUGO HOUSE, Seattle, WA "Trust the Details: Finding the A-Ha In Your Essay."
April 15-16 U.S. Navy, Bremerton
February 28 Reading, AWP ASSOCIATED WRITING PROGRAMS Conference, Seattle.
12:00-1:15 Robert Muroff Bookfair Stage, Washington State Convention Center, Level 4
February 6-8 Retreat, Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, Conway, New Hampshire: "The True and Lively Word: Writing Sermons and Prayers for the Wilderness."
Workshop in Customer Service/Communication
Shipyard NAVFAC
EVENTS 2013
October 26-27 2013 Writing Your Way In, A writing workshop for secondary school teachers, Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ
October 26-27June 16-21 "Writing to Be Heard: Nonfiction for the Audience with a Short Attention Span"
One-Week Workshop University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Iowa City, IA
July 26, 27, 28 "Making Shape out of Chaos: Intensive Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop" Port Townsend, WA
FEBRUARY, 2013
"As You Like It" Shakespeare production with poet-in-residence Christine Hemp at Grant Street Elementary School, Port Townsend
SEPTEMBER 2102
29-30 Writing Workshop in Port Townsend WRITER'S WORKSHOPPE "Transforming Prose into Art"
September 13 "DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE" Speech at LOMA Conference, Sheraton, Seattle, WA
JULY, 2012
July 7-8 PORT TOWNSEND, WA
"IN WITH THE TIDE"
WRITING WORKSHOP, Port Townsend WA
July 21-17 University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival
JANUARY 2012
January 25 Washington Business Center Lunchtime Talk: "What is Customer Service Exactly?"
FEBRUARY, 2012
Poet-in-Residence, Quilcene Elementary School, Quilcene, WA
Poet-in-Residence Grant Street Elementary School, Port Townsend, WA
UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Webinar: "Writing with Muscle"
APRIL, 2012
April 11-14 VISITING WRITER, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster PA
April 26 WBO: Women Business Owners of Seattle & Puget Sound Lunchtime Talk: "Dealing with Difficult People"
MAY, 2012
May 2, KING COUNTY LIBRARY, Burien Branch
TALK: "OWNING ALL OUR HATS"
May 5, 2012 JEFFERSON COUNTY LAND TRUST POETRY WORKSHOP on site at Tamanawas Rock, CHIMACUM, WA
May 23, KING COUNTY LIBRARY, Vashon Branch
TALK: "OWNING ALL OUR HATS"
January 19, 20, 21 "From Fragment to Form" A poetry workshop in Port Townsend, WA Hemp studio, North Beach 3 consecutive evenings
February 21-22 "The Mountain is Out: Landscape as the Lens for the Essay" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle (poster painting by Lisa Gilley)
April 25-26 "You're Making a Scene: Writing scenes for Nonfiction" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle
June 13-21 IOWA SUMMER WRIITNG FESTIVAL
September 12-13 "The Next Scene" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle
October 24-25 "Revision Tactics in Nonfiction" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle
November 13-14 Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ "Finding Your Passion in Writing and Your Life" Visiting Poet/Regional Teacher Workshop
December 5 Write O Rama Hugo House Seattle
2014
September 16-18 "Trust in the Details: Finding the AHA! in Your Essay" HUGO HOUSE, Seattle
October 3-4 "Grabbing the Gut" Continued: Personal Essays that Matter Imprint Books/Writers Workshoppe, Port Townsend
November 6-7 : School Visit & Teachers' Writing Workshop, Delbarton School, Morristown, N.J.
August 20-24 "The Next Step" Nonfiction Writing Workshop, Port Townsend
June 15-20 Workshop University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Iowa City, IA "Telling One Story to Tell Another: Nonfiction of Depth and Width"
May 31-June 1 Workshop Grabbing the Gut: Personal Essays that Matter Imprint Books/Writers Workshoppe, Port Townsend
June 14-15 Workshop University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Iowa City IA "From Sow's Ear to Prada Purse: The Art and Design of Rewriting
Nonfiction"
April 29-May 1 Workshop, HUGO HOUSE, Seattle, WA "Trust the Details: Finding the A-Ha In Your Essay."
April 15-16 U.S. Navy, Bremerton
February 28 Reading, AWP ASSOCIATED WRITING PROGRAMS Conference, Seattle.
12:00-1:15 Robert Muroff Bookfair Stage, Washington State Convention Center, Level 4
February 6-8 Retreat, Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, Conway, New Hampshire: "The True and Lively Word: Writing Sermons and Prayers for the Wilderness."
Workshop in Customer Service/Communication
Shipyard NAVFAC
EVENTS 2013
October 26-27 2013 Writing Your Way In, A writing workshop for secondary school teachers, Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ
October 26-27June 16-21 "Writing to Be Heard: Nonfiction for the Audience with a Short Attention Span"
One-Week Workshop University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Iowa City, IA
July 26, 27, 28 "Making Shape out of Chaos: Intensive Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop" Port Townsend, WA
FEBRUARY, 2013
"As You Like It" Shakespeare production with poet-in-residence Christine Hemp at Grant Street Elementary School, Port Townsend
SEPTEMBER 2102
29-30 Writing Workshop in Port Townsend WRITER'S WORKSHOPPE "Transforming Prose into Art"
September 13 "DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE" Speech at LOMA Conference, Sheraton, Seattle, WA
JULY, 2012
July 7-8 PORT TOWNSEND, WA
"IN WITH THE TIDE"
WRITING WORKSHOP, Port Townsend WA
July 21-17 University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival
JANUARY 2012
January 25 Washington Business Center Lunchtime Talk: "What is Customer Service Exactly?"
FEBRUARY, 2012
Poet-in-Residence, Quilcene Elementary School, Quilcene, WA
Poet-in-Residence Grant Street Elementary School, Port Townsend, WA
UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Webinar: "Writing with Muscle"
APRIL, 2012
April 11-14 VISITING WRITER, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster PA
April 26 WBO: Women Business Owners of Seattle & Puget Sound Lunchtime Talk: "Dealing with Difficult People"
MAY, 2012
May 2, KING COUNTY LIBRARY, Burien Branch
TALK: "OWNING ALL OUR HATS"
May 5, 2012 JEFFERSON COUNTY LAND TRUST POETRY WORKSHOP on site at Tamanawas Rock, CHIMACUM, WA
May 23, KING COUNTY LIBRARY, Vashon Branch
TALK: "OWNING ALL OUR HATS"
December, 2011
December 14th Hemp interviewed live on Dr. Pat Show 11:30a.m. and online streaming
CLICK ON Dr. Pat IMAGE above to HEAR THE SHOW
left: Click image to listen to performance
NOVEMBER, 2011
November 5 "Reading and Conversation from the Couch" The Writers Workshoppe, Port Townsend, WA
November 12-13 Writing to Be Heard: Nonfiction Writing Workshop, The Writers Workshoppe, Port Townsend, WA
OCTOBER, 2011
October 18-19 "Giving the Winning Presentation" U.S. NAVY, NAVFAC, Keyport, WA 2-day seminar
October 20 "Customer Service for All Occasions" U.S. Navy, NAVFAC, Keyport, WA
AUGUST, 2011
August 25 Emcee for the Jefferson County Land Trust Auction, Port Townsend, WA
JULY, 2011
July 7 Christine Hemp live on Iowa Public Radio 10. a.m. Central Time Interview with Dennis Reese, "Talk of Iowa"
July 10 Hempsonian Institute of Higher Yearning airs each week starting Sunday July 10 10. am. KPTZ radio 91.9
check www.hempsonianinstitute.com
July 14 Upstage Dinner Theater, Port Townsend, WA "To the Underworld and Back" Reading, Musical Performance, and Booksigning for "That Fall." 7:30 p.m.
JUNE, 2011
June 22 Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, IA Reading and Booksigning for "That Fall" 7:30 p.m.
June 12-17 University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival: "Shaping Strategies: How to Structure Your Essay" June 18-19
"From Prose to Poetry, Back and Beyond: Transforming and Transcending Genre"
June 19-24: "Writing To Be Heard: Nonfiction for the Audience with a Short Attention Span"
MAY, 2011
Release of That Fall, Hemp's poetry collection chosen for the New Women's Voices Series at Finishing Line Press
May 15 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. "Hempsonian Institute of Higher Yearning" airs on KPTZ Radio Port Townsend 91.9 FM
MARCH 2011
Seattle Business Magazine article published in March issue: "Setting Sail" by Christine Hemp
FEBRUARY 2011
February 1-2, 8-9 Poet-in-Residence, Quilcene Elementary School, Quilcene, WA
February 17 UCLA Anderson School of Management; Presentation at Fowler Art Museum for Executive Education Dept.
February 18 Gavin de Becker & Associates; Communication Training Seminar
JANUARY 2011
January 19 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, WA; Poetry Writing Workshop 6 p.m.
January 25 Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA; Foothills Reading Series 12 noon Little Theater
January 28 Microsoft Corporation; "Vibrant Communication" Communication Training Seminar
2010
October 22, 2010 “How to Give a Winning Presentation” WA Business Center, Bellevue, WA City Hall
November/December 2010 Teambuilding Seminars U.S. Navy HRSC-NW, Keyport, WA
2009-present Poet-in-Residence, Grant Street Elementary School, Port Townsend, WA