The Saturday Writers’ Clinic for February features author Yvette Canoura who will discuss the art of making an audiobook, and writer Reine Dugas who will focus on the importance of journaling for authors and what it can accomplish.

Dugas will make her presentation at 9:30 a.m., followed by Canoura at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie.

This event is free of charge and is open to the public. There is no registration.

9:30 a.m., Saturday Feb. 8, 2020
Reine Dugas, PhD, Why Writers Should Journal

According to Dr. Dugas, journal writing allows writers to document experiences and thoughts and use them to identify future goals and aims. Writing down even everyday experiences helps in identifying various mistakes that have been made or decisions that have proven to be unfruitful.

During this presentation, Dugas will discuss: how to find a form that is comfortable for you; the importance of committing to write every day; caring more about substance than style; and others. She will focus on establishing future goals, problem solving, self-dialogue, personal growth, and tapping into personal creativity.

Reine Dugas, PhD, teaches literature and creative nonfiction classes at Southeastern Louisiana University and frequently travels to Spain and Italy with the school's study abroad program. She has published scholarly essays, edited a collection on Eudora Welty, and written nonfiction pieces on travel and culture.

11 a.m., Saturday Feb. 8, 2020
Yvette Canoura, author of Mediterranean Sunset and winner of the 2019 Louisiana Author Project Award

Yvette Canoura, a writer who lives in Metairie, has been chosen as the winner of the 2019 Louisiana Author Project for her romantic suspense book, Mediterranean Sunset, in the adult fiction category.

She was one of more than 200 authors who created independently published books, and she entered the competition through the Jefferson Parish Public Library website. She will advance to the next stage of the competition, the Indie Author of the Year which includes authors from all other states.

Canoura will discuss the writing process, writing advice that she uses, self-publishing an award-winning novel – including editing, cover design, and formatting, and marketing.

Canoura is an Associated Press award winning journalist who began her career at age 16 as a newspaper writer in Puerto Rico. She studied broadcasting at Loyola University in New Orleans and hosted her talk show, Voces Hispanas, on both WSMB and WTIX radio stations.

For more information regarding this event, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.