Readings, writing workshops, and appearances

I have taught magazine writing at the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, as well as at UC Extension and other venues. I'm teaching magazine writing to undergraduates this summer at San Francisco State University. I frequently do panels, classes, and workshops on memoir and magazine writing, as well as readings and bookstore events. I also do private writing coaching for a limited number of clients.

If you are interested in writing coaching, email me at laura@laurafraser.com. I work with writers who want to pitch stories to magazines, sharpen articles they're working on, and figure out how to market their work. I charge for reading and consulting time (which can be over the phone or by email).

I am teaching some classes in San Francisco in the fall, through the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, sfgrotto.org.

This summer, I'm teaching a memoir writing workshop in San Miguel de Allende in August, sanmiguelworkshops.com.

 

In connection with my book Losing It, I have made numerous media appearances, conference keynote speeches, and have talked to young women on eating disorders wards. I’ve spoken about weight and the diet industry to groups at Wesleyan University, Amherst, Williams, Mt. Holyoke, the University of Connecticut, Smith College, Hampshire College, Cal Berkeley, and other universities. I have appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Entertainment Tonight, MTV, CNN, the Food Network, Maury Povitch, Leeza Gibbons, and numerous local news shows.

Here is a panel I moderated at San Franciscoo's Commonwealth Club on the Counterculture, with R.U. Sirius, Jello Biafra, Louis Rossetto, and Burning man's Larry Harvey: http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/04/04-12counterculture-audio.html

Recently, I have done panels and workshops at:

And storytelling at:

And I did an NPR commentary on why I hate dieters at dinner parties: http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ME&showDate=01-Oct-2002&segNum=12&NPROldMediaPref=RM

 

To arrange a conference appearance or reading, or to inquire about private writing classes or coaching, please contact me at laura@laurafraser.com.