Welcome to Novel Exchanges!
Learning is a lifelong journey.
Novel Exchanges’ mission is to enrich lives and minds through interactive storytelling. We believe that stories connect us to our shared human values, and that meaningful dialogue about stories helps us to better understand ourselves and others. We provide structured, experienced facilitation to promote critical thinking skills, deep reflection, and a love of literature and learning for people of all ages and backgrounds.
Educational Wellness Programs for Organizatons
Novel Exchanges offers a range of educational wellness programming for communities, including facilitated short story discussions, lecture-style lessons on compelling stories from history, and arts-integrated activities designed to help your community members tell their own stories.
Professional Tutoring: Humanities for Ages 12-18
Novel Exchanges uses simple, repeatable frameworks to prepare scholars to navigate the 21st century as independent thinkers. The 6-question reading comprehension and 4 writing moves teach students how to ask their own questions, analyze texts critically, and express their ideas clearly and convincingly.
Adult Seminar Classes: Short Story Discussions for Ages 21+
Offering both virtual and in-person options, Novel Exchanges’ evening adult seminar classes are an opportunity for literature-lovers to gather and discuss incredible short stories. Don’t waste your evening doomscrolling! Challenge yourself to read and think deeply amongst a community who shares the core value that stories matter.
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Jesse did a fantastic of prompting the residents with discussion questions. What was refreshing to all of us was how engaging he was and how he drank up and pondered everyone’s views and discussion points.
– Hillary Gibbons, Activities Director at Brightview Severna Park
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“He’s engaging, knowledgeable and stimulates thought!” – John C., resident at Brightwood Senior Living
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I loved the open-ended discussion style and how free everyone was to jump in, add on, and contribute their thoughts. Jesse is a powerful teacher who leads the discussions and keeps everyone on track, and he has obviously put a lot of effort into preparing for each session.
-Richard K., Adult Seminar Participant
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Jesse is incredibly well-prepared and excellent at facilitating conversations. The discussions are thought-provoking, accessible, and will leave you thinking critically about various themes from the text that are highly relevant to today’s society.
– Cara G., Adult Seminar Participant
✓ Individualized learning
✓ Passionate educator
✓ Virtual and in-person discussions
✓ diverse literary works