Visiting Writers Forum

An Author Reading & Conversation Series

 

Fred Koehler

Tuesday, March 5

7:00 - 8:15 pm

Alfred R. Goldstein Library

Room 113

Please join us on Tuesday evening to hear author and illustrator Fred Kohler share recently-published work, discuss his career as an artist and writer, and answer questions from the audience. This event is part of the Visiting Writers Forum, an author reading & conversation series that’s sponsored by the Creative Writing Program at Ringling College of Art and Design and the Isermann Family Foundation.

Every Visiting Writers Forum event for the 2018-2019 academic year is open to the public and has no admission charge. Everyone is welcome.

Parking is a breeze. Any parking space that's open--save handicapped places, unless you have proper signage for that--is available for your use during this event.
The Alfred R. Goldstein Library's physical address is 2700 Bradenton Road. Here's the address in Mapquest.
                         
For those who'd prefer to see where the Goldstein library is on the Ringling College of Art and Design campus map? It's building #16 on this map.

  Fred Koehler is an artist and storyteller whose real-life misadventures include sunken boats, shark encounters, and hurricanes. Whether free diving in the Gulf of Mexico or backpacking across Africa, Fred’s sense of adventure and awe of nature overflow into his characters’ stories.

 Koehler is passionate about encouraging young artists, promoting social justice, and conserving our environment. He lives in Florida with his wife, kids, and a rescue dog named Cheerio Mutt-Face McChubbybutt.

Excerpts from an interview with Fred. For the full interview, go to HenryHerz.com!

For what age audience do you write?

FK.
I write the stories that come to me, and I let the publishers decide who they’re for. My books range from picture books for 3-5 year-olds all the way up to novels for middle grade readers. 

What aspect of writing do you find most challenging?

FK
I think ideas are the hardest. A good one is like a gold doubloon in a treasure chest filled with plastic coins. You have to pick up each and every one to examine it and determine which one’s worthy and which ones are only shiny objects.

What advice would you give to aspiring authors?

FK
Stop talking during your critiques. Listen. Listen. Listen. Then go out and be a different writer based on what you learned.




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