An appreciative audience of 16 people from as far away as Stonington sampled various scents and jotted down their memories in an evocative writing workshop on Oct. 29 with young adult author Dawn Metcalf entitled “Come to Your Senses.”
The crowd included several teens fans of Metcalf’s books “Luminous” and “Indelible.”
Metcalf passed out the scents in film canisters and had the audience members sniff then, the scribble down the scenes, memories and people they evoked. The intent was to show the audience that by tapping in all of their senses, they can enrich their writing.
The talk was sponsored by the Tolland Public Library Foundation as part of its Eaton-Dimock-King Authors Series.

Dawn Metcalf

Dawn Metcalf hands a film canister with a scent to an audience member

Dawn Metcalf and a fan, Annchi Li of Tolland

Dawn Metcalf and another fan of her books, Rachel Smithline of Somers