Natalie Goldberg

We have a group of Avid readers who have been reading and writing with Natalie Goldberg's books for years. Avid Bookshop is honored to host a visit with this famous and relatable author who is known for her books that explore writing as a Zen practice. She'll read from her newest book, give you time for Q&As, and sign your books.

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(Psst: Natalie Goldberg is making only ONE stop in Georgia, and our event is the last of the tour: we'll be happy to send signed copies of her book to your friends wherever they reside!)

Friday, April 26, 2013, from 6pm to 7:30pm.

Natalie will be on tour for her new book The True Secret of Writing found here:
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Her other books can also be found at Avid. You can order online and request in-store pick-up!

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Location: Street: 493 Prince Avenue Additional: City: Athens, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30601 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Natalie Goldberg

Thursday, March 28, 7:30 p.m.

The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language Sit. Walk. Write. These are the barest bones of Natalie Goldberg’s revolutionary writing and life practice, which she presents here in book form for the first time. A whole new slant on writing that she developed since the publication of her classic Writing down the bones, True Secret workshops have been limited until now to small, intensive groups at a remote center in the rural Southwest. In The True Secret of Writing, Goldberg makes this popular seminar available to any reader.

Natalie Goldberg is a poet, painter, teacher, and the author of twelve books, including her classic, Writing down the bones: Freeing the Writer Within and Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir. She has taught seminars for thirty-five years to people from around the world and lives in New Mexico.

Location: Street: 1010 El Camino Real City: Menlo Park, Province: California Postal Code: 94025-4349 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

The True Secret of Writing: A Tribute to Natalie Goldberg A Celebration of Natalie Goldberg’s new book and a tribute to her work as a writer, teacher, practitioner. In her new book, The True Secret of Writing, Goldberg shares her deepest teaching. What is practice? Why silence? What is at the rock bottom of writing? Based on 35 years of studying, developing, and teaching writing practice, this book draws not only on the teacher’s wisdom, but the transformations she has witnessed in her students as they’ve practiced the “true secret.” Goldberg’s longtime student and assistant, Saundra Goldman, will lead the evening, leading meditation and writing practice and teaching from the book. Come learn the secret and put it into practice—now. The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language will be available with a signed Ex Libris.

Location: Street: 5501 N Lamar Blvd Additional: #A-105 City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78751-1029 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Sit. Walk. Write. These are the barest bones of Natalie Goldberg's revolutionary writing and life practice, which she presents here in book form for the first time. A whole new slant on writing that she developed since the publication of her classic "Writing down the bones, "True Secret workshops have been limited until now to small, intensive groups at a remote center in the rural Southwest. In The True Secret of Writing, Goldberg makes this popular seminar available to any reader.

The True Secret is for everyone, like eating and sleeping. It allows you to discover something real about your life, to mine the rich awareness in your mind, and to ground and empower yourself. Goldberg guides you through your own personal or group retreat, illuminating the steps of sitting in silent open mind, walking anchored to the earth, and writing without criticism. Just as Goldberg cuts through her students' resistance with her no-nonsense instruction--"Shut up and write"--the True Secret cuts to the core of realizing yourself and your world. The capstone to forty years of teaching,

The True Secret of Writing is Goldberg's Zen boot camp, her legacy teaching. Stories of Natalie's own search for truth and clarity and her students' breakthroughs and insights give moving testament to how brilliantly her unique, tough-love method works. Beautiful homages to the work of other great teachers and observers of mind, life, and love provide further secrets and inspiration to which readers will return again and again. In her inimitable way, Goldberg will inspire you to pick up the pen, get writing, and keep going. The True Secret of Writing will help you with your writing--and your life.

Location: Street: 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW City: Albuquerque, Province: New Mexico Postal Code: 87107-3157 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Natalie Goldberg

A Room of One's Own is proud to welcome Natalie Goldberg, the author of several beloved books on writing and poetry, including the classic Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within. Goldberg has painted for as long as she has written, and her paintings can be seen in Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World and Top of My Lungs: Poems and Paintings. They can also be viewed at the Ernesto Mayans Gallery on Canyon Road in Sante Fe. A dedicated teacher, Goldberg has taught writing and literature for the last thirty-five years. She also leads national workshops and retreats, and her schedule can be accessed via her website: nataliegoldberg.com (justchris)… (more)