Literary Summer Camps at the Storyteller's Cottage are Back

The Storyteller’s Cottage’s popular, immersive literary day camps return this summer, beginning June 29. Each week will feature a different popular book series, genre, or writing activity, and will include themed creative projects, games, book discussions, and even book-themed snacks in immersive literary spaces. Campers can spend the summer inside their favorite books -- or writing their own -- in magical locations such as a medieval castle room hidden behind a secret bookcase door, a Victorian Steampunk library, a magical common room complete with a cupboard under the stairs, and more.

GET PUBLISHED CAMP: Do you love to write? Would you like to become a published author? Spend the week at the Storyteller’s Cottage exploring all the coolest types of writing, like journalism, blogging, food critique, fan fiction, fantasy world-building, and more. Meet a different REAL PUBLISHED AUTHOR each day, and learn where to submit your writing for publication, how to write a query letter, and when you’ll need a literary agent, and get professional editing on your own work. Spend afternoons at “CAMP NaNoWriMo”, the kid’s version of National Novel Writing Month, working on your creative writing — complete a publishable piece by the end of the week! (Suitable for ages 10-14). Choose a session: the first session meets June 29-July 3, and the second session meets August 10-14, from 9:00 am-4:00 pm. Cost: $275

HARRY POTTER CAMP: Spend a week at Hogwarts! Bring your wand, wear your house colors, and take classes from a range of visiting professors in all your favorite subjects, including Potions, Charms, Transfiguration, Alchemy, History of Magic, Care of Magical Creatures, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and more. Enjoy book discussions, scientific experiments, crafts & costuming, cooking, and even learn magic from a real magician! Come and make chocolate frogs, drink butterbeer, play Quidditch, and even take a field trip to Hogsmeade. (Suitable for ages 8-12). Choose a session: the first session meets July 6-10, the second session meets July 20-24, and the third session meets August 3-7, from 9:00 am-4:00 pm. Cost: $275

CODE BREAKERS CAMP: Are you a fan of exciting problem-solving books like the Mysterious Benedict Society, Book Scavenger, Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, Greenglass House and 39 Clues? Spend the week learning to break every kind of code there is! Come play all three of the Storyteller’s Cottage mystery rooms, then build your own room from scratch. (Suitable for ages 10-14). Meets July 13-17, from 9:00 am-4:00 pm. Cost: $275

CAMP HALF BLOOD: Do you suspect you might be a demi-god? Come to Camp Half Blood and find out! Spend the week immersed in mythology, monster lore, weapons training, daily quests, epic battles, and more. (Suitable for ages 9-12) Meets July 27- 31, from 9:00 am-4:00 pm. Cost: $275

To register, visit https://www.storytellerscottage.com/summer-camp.

The Storyteller's Cottage is located at 750 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury, and features all manner of literary events and adventures, from author nights, to book-themed social hours, to challenging mystery room games. Parking for The Storyteller's Cottage is free, and is available on the street in front of the building, and in the Fiddler's Green parking lot on Wilcox Street (behind the house). For more information, please call 860-877-6099 or visit www.StorytellersCottage.com.