July Writer’s Night – Write Matters: A Session with Bob Silbernagel

Name: July Writer’s Night – Write Matters: A Session with Bob Silbernagel
Start: 2025-07-01T18:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-07-01T19:30:00-06:00
Location: The Art Center

July 1 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Free

July Writer's NIght

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For our July Writer’s Night, Bob Silbernagel will discuss what he’s learned during his long writing career: When he started writing, why he writes, how he learned to write better and love good editors, and the methods he uses to write. He will also speak more generally about the publishing industry, including trends with book publishing newspapers. He will offer his ideas on improving writing and will answer questions

All Writer’s Nights are held at The Art Center in Grand Junction, near 7th and Orchard, on the first Tuesday of the month from 6-7:30 p.m.

Speaker Bio

Bob Silbernagel writes a regional history column for The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction. His most recent book, First Draft: Exploring the History of Western Colorado and Eastern Utah, is a collection of 40 of those columns, published in 2023.

In addition, he is the author of The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior; Troubled Trails: The Meeker Affair and the Expulsion of Utes from Colorado; and Historic Adventures on The Colorado Plateau.

Mr. Silbernagel was the editorial page editor for The Daily Sentinel newspaper in Grand Junction for 19 years. When not writing, he enjoys horseback riding, hiking, and camping.

He and his wife, Judy, live near Palisade, Colorado.

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Details

Date:: July 1
Time:: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:: Free
Event Category:: Writer's Nights
Event Tags:: bob silbernagel, grand junction writers, july writers night, WCWF, western colorado writers' forum, writer's night, writing career, writing inspiration

Organizer

: Western Colorado Writers’ Forum
Phone: 970-822-7373
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Venue

: The Art Center
: 1803 N. 7th Street
Grand Junction, CO 81501 United States + Google Map