The Boise Public Library, The Cabin, and the Boise City Department of Arts & History, Boise Public Library have announced the 2025-2026 Boise City Writers-in-Residence.
Full information can be found on this BPL page.
Each author will serve part of the year: Kim Cross for October 2025 through March 2026 — after which Dan Zancanella will take over.
Calendar of events
- “Gathering Thread and Finding Stories” : an interactive writing workshop designed to help writers sharpen their eye and ear for the raw materials of storytelling. (25 October)
- “Writing Cinematic Scenes” : an interactive writing workshop focused on bringing stories to life on the page as vividly as they appear in the mind (13 November)
- “Bringing Characters to Life” : an interactive writing workshop centered on the art of developing memorable, multidimensional characters (4 December)
- “Dialogue” : an interactive writing workshop exploring how lifelike conversation can bring scenes to life in both fiction and literary nonfiction (24 January)
- “Story Structure” : an interactive writing workshop that explores how the deliberate sequence of revelation—what writers reveal to the reader, and when—shapes a story’s impact (28 February)
- “Pitching and Getting Published” : a peek into the business side of writing and how to share your work with editors and publications (12 March)
(Dan Zancanella’s scheduled events will be announced as the date for his tenure draws near.)
Read more about the events and the Writers-in-Residence process.
Visit Kim Cross’s website.
Visit Dan Zancanella’s website.
