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2025 DOOR COUNTY BOOK AND AUTHOR FAIR: EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION

Jul 19, 2025 8:00AM—12:00PM

Martin Park 207 S. Third Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

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Reserve your space now for the 5th annual Door County Book and Author Fair, featuring dozens of novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, children’s book writers and more!  SATURDAY, JULY 19, 8 AM – 12 PM, MARTIN PARK, STURGEON BAY RESERVE YOUR SPACE BY JUNE 30! PRICING FOR MEMBERS OF THE DOOR COUNTY PUBLISHED AUTHORS COLLECTIVE (DCPAC)…

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5th Annual Door County Book and Author Fair

Jul 19, 2025 8:00AM—12:00PM

Martin Park, 207 S. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Cost Free

Join Write On and the Door County Published Authors Collective for the 5th Annual Door County Book and Author Fair. Meet dozens of authors who live in or have significant ties to Door County. Novelists, poets, nonfiction writers, authors of children’s books, and more will be present to sell their books and to talk about…

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The Readers’ Cafe: Vacation Rental Month

Jul 20, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

Think of Readers’ Cafe as the most informal book group you’ve ever attended! There’s no need stay up late the night before trying to finish a book you don’t really care that much for. Instead, come prepared to talk about a book you loved — it could be one you read recently or one you…

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Poetry Meets Music

Jul 20, 2025 4:00PM—6:00PM

Hope United Church of Christ, 141 S. 12th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Write On is happy to continue our collaboration with Midsummer’s Music, Poetry Meets Music. At one concert in each of Midsummer’s series offerings, a poet will read a poem written in response to a piece of music to be performed. Poets were given recordings in advance with no identifying information as to the title, composer,…

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Memoir Monday

Jul 21, 2025 10:00AM—11:00AM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative writing sessions designed for seniors, but open to all, who want to share memories to leave as a legacy for family and friends. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These sessions are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide writing…

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Erasure Poetry Workshop with Anna Leahy

Jul 22, 2025 1:00PM—2:30PM

Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Rd. Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $30.00

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We’ll begin by looking at examples of different types of erasure poetry, including the work of Jen Bervin, who erases by lightening or sewing over text, and Sonja Johanson, who uses seeds, petals, and spices to cover text. We’ll discuss the relationship among erasure poetry, found poetry, and concepts like copyright, redaction, censorship, ignorance, and…

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Raising the Dead: Writing Historical Fiction with Rachel Hall

Jul 24, 2025 1:00PM—3:00PM

Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Rd. Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $40.00

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Discover writing fiction that explores history, which might mean traditional historical fiction but might also include alternate histories or a story set in a place of historical importance. We’ll consider the ways that history can inspire and inform our fiction. Old photographs, letters, and other ephemera along with writing prompts will give participants several nuggets…

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Socrates’ Cafe

Jul 24, 2025 9:00AM—11:00AM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

The unexamined life is not worth living Socrates’ Cafe uses the Socratic method to examine life’s big questions. It is collaborative, dialectic, non-partisan, and egalitarian. What this means is we use open conversations, open doors, big listening, and a lot of empathy to tease out the nuance in timeless and contemporary issues. No reading is…

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Art/Speaks at Woodwalk Gallery

Jul 25, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Woodwalk Gallery, 6746 County Road G, Egg Harbor

Cost Free

Write On, Door County presents Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by local poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. Sessions are offered throughout the year at various museums and galleries…

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What’s Your Story?: Prose Open Mic

Jul 27, 2025 2:00PM—4:00PM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

Tony Smith and Kathleen Harris host an open mic afternoon for writers of prose. Writers of fiction, essays, memoir, and other forms of prose are welcome to share their work. Each reader will have a strict ten-minute time limit. Hosts recommend that you practice your piece before showing up to know you are within time.…

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