Writing is Healing ~ Writing is Power Writing workshop with Kristen Caven We’ve all experienced bullying in our lives, from the personal to the political. This 6-week workshop at The Liminal Center in Oakland provides a structure for both writing through our experiences and learning new ways of being. Zorgos is esperanto for “I will take […]
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Literary
A whimsical voice and a serious mind. I wanted to be an artist. “In a fourth- grade fantasy of who I would be at age thirty, I dreamed of being an artist. I would live in the desert with one horse, two dogs, three cats, four gerbils, etc. etc. etc. (and a conspicuous absence of […]
What Rhymes with Caven?
How do you say my name? It really is the biggest secret about me. It’s not obvious what kind of “a” that vowel sound is there. Here’s a clue: well-meaning people, both in person and in print, guess wrong about 75% of the time. I get some funny stories out of that fact. Like in […]
Articles & Interviews
Articles featuring Kristen 10/1/13 – Cartoonist at Play by Mike Rosen-Molina in The Monthly. 10/15/11 – Mother, Daughter, take on Bullying by Janet Levaux in The Montclarion, Piedmonter, Contra Costa Times, etc. 6/30/11 – The Comeback Cartoonist by Paul Kilduff of The Monthly 6/4/10 – ‘Revolting’ Cartoonist to Sign Books in Montclair by Taylor Maurand, featured in the Montclarion, San Jose Mercury News, and the Marin Independent […]
Readings
Bay Area Lit Scene: Get Lit, Full of Crow, Liminal, Dirty Old Women, Pandemonium Press, Literary Foolery Cabaret, Bay Area Generations, Mills College, LitCrawl, BeastCrawl, AltBeast Bookstores: Laurel Bookstore, A Great Good Place for Books, St. John’s College Bookstore, Alley Cat Books, Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative, Octopus Literary Salon & more… Check my Events […]
Conversations
Kristen’s readings, presentations, and seminars create space for juicy conversations. The Flourishing Artist Seminars Kristen’s lecture series about positive psychology principles help creative communities more deeply understand and activate both creative and personal growth. A series of seminars and work retreats can culminate in a celebratory showcase called a Creative Convivium. Beyond Bullying Kristen’s work teaching […]
All About the Zorgos Project
3,000 Free Books for Oakland Parents In 2014, Oakland Parents Together (OPT) was the recipient of a generous donation of over 3,000 copies of The Bullying Antidote (Hazelden/Betty Ford Foundation) by Oakland authors Dr. Louise Hart and Kristen Caven. Bully Prevention through Positive Parenting Unlike other popular books on bullying, The Bullying Antidote identifies bullying as a […]
Find me at BABF on Sunday!
Come find me on “Writers Row” at the Bay Area Book Festival on Sunday! I will be holding down the fort…and if there’s a wind, all of the leaflets and flyers at the California Writers Club booth right off of Shattuck Avenue, from 10 to 12 on Sunday, June 5th! I’ll have piles of The […]
SOULS May 4th at Laurel Bookstore
A book of mine is never truly launched until I’ve read at my neighborhood bookstore! Perfectly Revolting at Laurel (twice)! The Bullying Antidote at Laurel The Reason She Left at Laurel’s “Local Literary Lights” event! Laurel Bookstore is no longer in my neighborhood; they’ve moved ‘up’ to downtown Oakland and have become the city’s new […]
Parents: Superpower Your Kids!
Bullying does not have to be “a normal part of childhood,” nor do kids “grow out of it naturally.” Parents have the power to change the world by teaching kids how to create positive power dynamics. “The Bullying Antidote focuses on solutions. Parents will evolve.” — Dr. Laura Markham The Bullying Antidote is a well-researched resource for practical […]
The Big Read Begins!
It’s been two and a half years since The Bullying Antidote hit the shelves, and we are finally launching discussion groups! It really is a book designed to create change in groups. As a matter of fact, the stickers on the Zorgos Project books read, “Don’t read this book alone!” Would you like to discuss […]
A Christmas Miracle
I was stopped in my tracks this morning when my clever and funny husband pointed to the top of a car we were passing on our walk. The beads of water that had collected after last night’s kiss of needed moisture were crazed with ice, and a thick layer of frost grew up all around. […]
