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ABOUT
In Person Write-In: What can writing do in this moment? Students and teachers writing our way through challenging times together…
Join novelists, teachers, and students for our annual Day of the Writer event with the San José Area Writing Project and author in residence Hannah Jayne. We’ll blend individual writing time with prompts, brainstorms, food, and open mic activities to build community while we raise our voice and share our stories. Whether your inclination leans toward fiction or personal essays or writing for social justice, consider carving out a few hours to write and connect over snacks and coffee.
Program Overview
WHO
Teachers and students ages 13-18
WHEN
Saturday, September 12, 2026
10 AM - 1:00 PM
WHERE
San Jose State University
Sweeney Hall 229
1 Washington Square, San Jose, 95192
COST
FREE
About the
Instructors
Hannah Jayne
Hannah Jayne is the author of the UNDERWORLD DETECTION AGENCY CHRONICLES from Kensington books and the young adult thrillers TRULY, MADLY, DEADLY, SEE JANE RUN, THE DARE, and THE ESCAPE, available from Sourcebooks, Inc. When she’s not battling the demons of the Underworld or tackling a murderer at Hawthorne High, Jayne kicks her feet up in her San Francisco Bay Area home with her rock star husband, daughter, and their three enormous cats.
Bronwyn Lamay
Bronwyn has been a teacher, instructional coach, and administrator for over 20 years in the Bay Area. She has taught middle and high school in Oakland, Hayward, East Side Union, East Palo Alto, and Santa Clara. She has her PhD from Stanford in English and Literacy Curriculum, her MA from Mills College in Educational Leadership, and her BA in English from UCLA. A few years ago, she published what began as a literacy curriculum that she co-created with her students; it revolved around their self-narratives on the topic of love. The book, Personal Narrative, Revised: Writing Love and Agency in the High School Classroom, was awarded NCTE’s David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English for 2017. Bronwyn currently lectures in the Departments of English and Teacher Education at San José State, and has worked with the Writing Project as a teacher consultant and participant for many years prior to becoming its Director.