Israel Writers Studio: a home for English-language creative writers. A safe, supportive place to learn the craft, play with words, and meet other writers. A space that offers ongoing classes and one-off workshops.

2026-2027 CLASSES/WORKSHOPS  

JUST WRITE! 

This course is for anyone and everyone who wants to write but doesn’t know where to begin, how to carve out the time, or what to put on the page. It will provide you with in-class exercises, guidance, and a safe environment to explore various narrative elements, play with your voice, and share your words. Each week you will have the start of one or two new stories. Open to all levels, all genres.
Dates: 6 Sundays from 17:30-19:00 on October 4 and 18 and 25, November 1 and 8 and 15
Cost: 950 nis 
Location: Israel Writers Studio in TLV in person or on zoom

Memoir Writers Retreat with Jennifer Lang & Sherri Mandell: FULL–put your name on the waitlist

This retreat is designed for those longing to deepen their creative practice in a place of beauty and tradition, inspiration and community. Whether you are new to the page or wrestling with a manuscript, you will leave with renewed energy and a clear path forward in your writing journey.

Dates: January 24-28, 2027
Location: Cyprus
Details and registration here

Writing Our Roots 

In this class, we will write about roots and religion, family trees and traditions, immigration/migration and home. We will write to be able to answer the question: what’s your story? Open to all levels, all genres, everyone, everywhere.

Dates: contact me if interested
Cost: TBD 
Location: Israel Writers Studio in TLV in person or on zoom

Manuscript Done: Now What?

Congratulations on finishing or almost finishing a manuscript! It’s exciting—and daunting. Because that was just the beginning. The question is what comes next. In this webshop, we’ll cover everything from elevator pitches to query letters, from proposals to agents/publishers to platforms.

Date: contact me if interested
Cost: payable by bit, direct deposit, PayPal, Zelle
Location: zoom only

On Beginnings and Endings Workshop

What’s more difficult: starting a new story or ending it? In this one-time workshop, we’ll explore different strategies for both to see where they lead us. We’ll be serious. We’ll be playful. We’ll dare. We’ll be conservative. We’ll practice over and over until we find what works. Open to all levels, all genres.

Date: contact me if interested
Location: Israel Writers Studio in TLV in person or on zoom

Workshopping: Plain and Pure

Do you have stories you want to strengthen? Pieces that need other people’s eyes? Are you craving a peer group of writers to read your work and give you feedback? For 6 weeks, we will learn the art of workshopping. How to critique someone’s writing (not criticize) to help make it better. Workshopping is a supportive, safe place. Anything you share stays in the room, among us. 

There will not be any writing prompts. This is not a generative class. 

Dates: contact me if interested
Location: Israel Writers Studio in TLV in person or on zoom, your choice

• All classes have hybrid option. A zoom link will always be available. Please let me know if you need/prefer it.
• Israel Writers Studio meets in central Tel Aviv or on zoom.
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• Pre-registration required for all workshops. Call 054 256 7157 or email to sign up.
• Group classes/camps/workshops are non-refundable if you cancel within one week of the start date and your place cannot be filled.
• If you are interested in a class that has already started/full/listed without dates, please contact me.