"Bird by Bird" - Anne Lamott (Book Writers' Book Club)

The Bookwriters' Book Club will be reading and discussing Anne Lamott's "Bird by Bird". Celebrating its 30th anniversary, "Bird by Bird" is an essential, heartfelt collection of advice for the enormity of writing and life.

## Details

The Book: "Bird by Bird", written by Anne Lamott

The Location: Frankford Hall. 1210 Frankford Avenue, Fishtown. Grab a beer (or non alcoholic beverage) and pretzel!

The Time: 6:30-8 pm, September 3, 2025

Reminder: No need to finish the book! Just bring the ideas that resonated with you.

About the Book:

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:

“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”