Bestselling authors Katherine May and Elissa Altman will be leading a day-long Midcoast workshop on finding comfort and sustenance in impossible times on Monday, August 8th from 10am – 6pm at the BSB Barn. Tickets and registration here.

The full-day workshop, Finding Comfort and Sustenance in Impossible Times, will take attendees through conversation and exercises meant to help one navigate and transcend fallow times. The workshop will include a light lunch and a communal supper at the end of the day; the cost will be $350 US (ticket link coming soon).

Katherine May is the New York Times bestselling author of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. A writer of both fiction and nonfiction, May has had journalism and essays appear in a range of publications including The New York Times, The Times (London), Good Housekeeping, and Cosmopolitan. She lives by the sea in Whitstable, England and is an avid lover of the outdoors.

Elissa Altman is the critically-acclaimed author of the memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and Poor Man’s Feast. A member of memoir faculty at Maine Writers and Publishers Association and Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Altman was a recent finalist for the Maine Literary Award, Connecticut Book Award, and Lambda Book Award. Her work can be found in many publications, including On Being, Orion, O: The Oprah Magazine, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Narrative, and beyond. She lives in Connecticut with her family.