Sunday, October 13: “Road Maps: Village Bookstore Writers Read From Their Memoirs” in Littleton, NH

The Village Bookstore and Corner Café in Littleton, New Hampshire launches a Sunday Afternoon Series: 81 Main Street, Littleton, NH  O3561; 603-444-5263 or 800-640-WORD; NHvilbksto@myfairpoint.net.

Sunday, October 13:  “Road Maps: Village Bookstore Writers Read From Their Memoirs” begins the series. Using biographies and personal-essay collections for sale at the bookstore, memoir-writing coach Helen-Chantal Pike, of Waterford, VT, leads writers who have met regularly since Fall of 2012:

1. Steve Cahill (“Sorrow in the Blood”) of East Burke, VT
2. Judy Janoo (“Family Chords”) of East Burke, VT
3. Kate Kelly (“Whose Expectations?”) of Bethlehem, NH
4. Dianne Morneau (“A Walk in These Shoes”) of Twin Mountain, NH
5. Rosemary Critelli (“Trump: Pup Star”) of Jefferson, NH
6. Gail Kimball (“Rock and Roll”) of Littleton, NH
7. Jennifer Carbonneau (“The Last Supper”) of Littleton, NH

Join in for an hour or so. Share in the laughter. Essays are for all ages, reflecting humor, wonder, and wisdom. The next five-part series of mid-day memoir classes at the Village Bookstore starts Tuesday, October 22.

Memoir writing instructor Helen Pike is a contributor to The Northland Journal and The North Star Monthly. She blogs about surviving her move from the Jersey Shore to the North Woods at www.HelenPike.com. An award-winning author of 10 books and a former university lecturer in media studies, Helen learned how to listen for people's stories from her late father, Robert E. Pike, who wrote Spiked Boots: Sketches of the North Country and Tall Trees, Tough Men, northern New England's definitive book on logging history before the arrival of diesel. She is working on a memoir about him.