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SF North/East Bay -- From Dull to Dazzling: Transform Your Writing with Symbolism with Jessica Vitalis

Nov 08, 2025

Online event

Join award-winning author Jessica Vitalis as she shows how to captivate readers with indelible images and deep emotional connections by mastering the use of symbolism. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore different types of symbolism and practice techniques for generating and incorporating symbolism into your writing to make your stories shine.

Event Info

WHEN

Saturday, November 8, 2025

10:00 - 11:30 am PT


WHERE

Virtual Zoom session—join from anywhere!


PRICE

Members: $15

Non-members: $20


REGISTRATION INFO

Click the green Register for Event button at the top of this page to register.

Registration closes Wednesday, November 5 at 9:00pm.

All registrants will receive the replay link to watch the recording.


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Contact Gennie Gorback.

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Jessica Vitalis

is an award-winning, Columbia MBA-wielding middle grade author with Greenwillow/HarperCollins. Her books have been translated into three languages, received multiple starred reviews, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections, and a 2025 NCTE Notable Verse Novel designation. In addition to appearing on “Best Book” lists for Kirkus and CCBC, Jessica has also won the Reading the West Book Award, the WWW 2024 WILLA Literary Award, and the High Plains Book Award. An American-Canadian, Jessica currently lives and writes in Ontario but speaks at schools, conferences, and festivals all over North America.