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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop | Finding Agency Through Writing
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DESCRIPTION:Join internationally bestselling author Alka Joshi for an enga
 ging writing workshop. .\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/12322908
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Alka Joshi will lead a writing workshop to
  help you discover and express your own writing voice\, perspective\, and 
 power. She will share insights into her&nbsp\;writing process and the insp
 irations behind her stories.</p>\n<p>The Jaipur Trilogy is vivid and compe
 lling in its portrait of one woman&rsquo\;s struggle for fulfillment in a 
 society pivoting between traditional and modern India\,&nbsp\;the novels o
 pen a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating\, stark and c
 ruel.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">This special event is in partne
 rship with Raksha and The Woman Inc.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<img src="https://stat
 ic.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/AS_Raksha.jpg" width="100
 " height="100" alt="" style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-r
 ight: auto\;" />&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<img src="https://static.li
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 auto\;" /></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">Registration is requested.
 &nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">&nbsp\;Books will be availabl
 e for purchase from <a href="https://www.johnscreekbooks.com/">Johns Creek
  Books.</a>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="https://
 static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/JC-Books.jpeg" width=
 "100" height="42" alt="" /></p>\n<hr />\n<p>Alka Joshi is the internationa
 lly bestselling author of the Jaipur Trilogy:<em> The Henna Artist\, The S
 ecret Keeper of Jaipur\,&nbsp\;</em>and<em> The Perfumist of Paris</em>. H
 er debut novel\, <em>The Henna Artist</em>\, immediately became a <em>New 
 York Times Bestseller</em>\, a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick\, an <em>LA
  Times</em> Bestseller\, a <em>Toronto Star</em> Bestseller\, an Indie Boo
 kstores Bestseller\, a <em>Cosmopolitan</em> Best Audiobook\, and an Amazo
 n and Goodreads favorite. It was Longlisted for the Center for Fiction Fir
 st Novel Prize and has been translated into 29 languages. languages. It&rs
 quo\;s currently in development at Netflix as an episodic series. Alka&rsq
 uo\;s writing career began at the age of 62. In 2023\, Forbes selected Alk
 a as one of 50 Women Over 50 who are shattering age and gender norms acros
 s America. Alka was born in India and came to the U.S. with her family at 
 the age of nine. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from Cal
 ifornia College of Arts.</p>\n<p>Her fourth novel\, <em>Six Days in Bombay
 </em>\, releases April 15\, 2025.</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.
 info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/Six_Days_in_Bombay.jpg" width="103"
  height="156" alt="" /></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>* Presented by Adult Servi
 ces</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/12322908
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