The best novels in any genre are inescapably immersive, redolent with sensory detail that transports you across time and space. How do writers achieve this full immersion effect in fiction? Does setting inspire story, or do you begin with a story in search of a setting? M.L. Rio has written about boarding schools and graveyards…

We are proud to present a public reading of work to emerge from Telling the Truth of Our Lives, our yearlong women’s writing program that invites participants to explore personal and creative narrative through guided craft and community. The 2025 cohort, led by Gail Eckl and Maryanne O’Dowd, will share selected works that reflect their…

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.…

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.…

Every winding trail hides a mystery, and every heartbeat hides a story. Join us to celebrate the publication of Valerie Clarizio’s latest novel, Trail to Trouble, book one in the Wild Hearts Series. Light refreshments will be served. About the Book: Hunter Samuelson has spent a decade longing for the woman who vanished without a…

Join us to celebrate the publication of Jamie Kay Palmer’s historical novel, Into the Storm. About the book: Set against the backdrop of World War II-era Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Into the Storm recounts the life, struggles, and successes of the prominent shipbuilding family of Leathem D. Smith. Once the most-talked about tragedy on the waters…

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.…

Write On’s Door County Published Authors Collective (DCPAC) presents the on-going series, Local Authors Discuss, in which writers address a specific genre or theme. Today’s program focuses on writing family stories through different genres. Novelist Janis Falk, nonfiction writer Corey Geiger, and poet Estella Lauter will share how they incorporate family stories in their various…

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.…

Join us for coffee, light refreshments, and a conversation with author Martha Egan, who will read from and discuss her forthcoming novel The Little Devils of Door County. Martha Egan grew up in a large family in De Pere and Egg Harbor, Wisconsin. Her four novels have won regional and national prizes. Egan’s most recent…