The Todos Santos Writers Workshop spreads its wings from Baja to the Seine each spring for our Todos Paris Workshop. (More about TSWW's Winter Session here). We begin Saturday night May 23 with a Welcome Reception, 5 - 7PM. Classes begin next morning, Sunday May 24, and continue daily each morning through Saturday May 30.

Our Parisian HQ is a sublime loft in the heart of the Marais, an historic district bustling with shops, cafés, and local color. Limited to eight participants and led by Jeanne McCulloch (memoir) and Karen Karbo (fiction), the two classes feature instruction, individual attention, literary discussion, exchange of ideas, and comràderie, all designed to push the work forward with optimal, supportive feedback in an inspiring setting.

FACULTY

• In addition to being a memoirist, JEANNE McCULLOCH served as managing editor of The Paris Review for ten years and is a member of the distntguished literary journal's board of directors.
• KAREN KARBO is the author of fourteen award-winning novels, memoirs and works of non-fiction including the best-selling “Kick Ass Women” series.

OVERVIEW:
Workshops meet daily at TSWW’s Paris HQ from 9:30 AM - 1 PM. Coffee, tea, and croissants are in plentiful supply.

Jeanne and Karen both hold individual conferences with each participant on the final day of the session.

Evening Apéro & Craft: Guest speakers are American writers living and working in France who join us on two evenings for drinks and bites. Please feel free to invite along a plus one (or two).

Tuition:
Tuition is $2200, or $1950 with Early Bird Discount before April 15. A 50% deposit ($975 on EBD rate) will be required to secure your place, with full tuition due prior to arrival at Todos Paris. Payments may be made via PayPal (please include the fee) or Zelle to todoswrite@gmail.com Credit Card payments may be made via secure personal phone call by arrangement.

Note: Although TSWW does not provide lodging in Paris, we are happy to offer recommendations.

Hartley is the author of the poetry collections Adult Swim and Knock Knock and is European Editor at The Blue Mountain Review. She was Paris Editor for Tin House magazine for over fifteen years. Her short fiction, poems, essays and interviews have appeared in or on PBS Newshour, The Guardian, The Literary Review and other venues. For many years, she moderated author events at Shakespeare and Company Bookshop. She has taught creative writing at the University of Kent’s (UK) Paris School of Arts and Culture, the American University of Paris and elsewhere. 

Some of our past guest speakers:

Paris-based author JAKE LAMAR is the author of a memoir, seven novels, numerous essays, reviews and short stories, and a play. More at jakelamar.com

DANA THOMAS - Paris-based contributor to The New York Times, author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, Fashionopolis Young Readers Edition, Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, and the New York Times bestseller Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, all published by Penguin Press.

More at danathomas.com

SHONDA BUCHANAN. Her book The Lost Songs of Nina Simone was released the very week of our workshop. We raised our glasses, and Shonda read some of her remarkable poems to celebrate. shondabuchanan.com/books