The summer Northwest Writer’s Retreat will be held Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at the South 47 Farm in Redmond.

Instructors are Christine Dubois, a widely published magazine writer and popular writing teacher; and Leslie Adkins, a fiction writer and instructor who has written seven novels, five of them mysteries.

Cost is $69. Advance registration is required. To register, send a check payable to TURTLEDOVE Writers to: Christine Dubois, P.O. Box 12777, Mill Creek, WA 98082.For more information, call 425-483-4645 or see www.christinedubois.com.