Join us for an evening of readings by our Writing On The Door faculty: Staci Drouillard and Michael Kleber-Diggs.  Nonfiction author Staci Drouillard and poet Michael Kleber-Diggs offer an evening of reading and conversation. Light refreshments will be served.   Staci Lola Drouillard is a descendant of the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe. She lives…

Join us for a hybrid evening celebrating the release of Joanne Nelson’s collection of essays My Neglected Gods. Since January, Joanne has been leading the virtual program One Book’s Journey as her collection went through the publication process at Vine Leaves Press. We are pleased to have Joanne join us in person to read from and…

Write On is pleased to collaborate with the Friends of Door County Libraries on its successul Book & Author Series, resuming after a long Covid hiatus. Award-winning author Liam Callanan will read from and discuss his latest book, When In Rome. The novel traces the journey of an American real estate agent whose midlife crisis leads…

LOCAL AUTHORS DISCUSS is a (mostly!) monthly program featuring members of the Door County Published Authors Collective. Each month features new themes and new authors. This month: Local Authors Discuss Writing Nonfiction.  Angela Bier, Thomas Davis, Judy DuCharme, Annette Langlois Grunseth, Judy Ann Ritter, and Charles Schudson, members of the Door County Published Authors Collective,…

Join us for a conversation about contemporary Polish poetry with poet and translator Peter Burzyński. Light refreshments will be served. This program is presented free. Registration is required as seating is limited. Peter Burzyński earned a PhD in creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an…

Musicians and poets collaborate in real time with a Blues backbeat to blues/jazz-inspired poetry.Come find out what happens when you add a Blue’s lick to a poetry riff.    Hosted by Write On’s Al DeGenova (poet and sax) and Cathy Grier (blues singer songwriter guitarist) with poets Mike Orlock and Mary Beth Mattson.  Suggested donation $10 if you can.  Proceeds benefit Write On Door County…

Write On is pleased to partner with Novel Bay Booksellers to celebrate the publication of The Prophecy of the Wolf, the latest novel by author Thomas Davis. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Thomas Davis has published, in addition to his new novel, The Prophecy of the Wolf, five novels, including In the Unsettled Homeland of Dreams that won the Edna…

Join us for a happy hour reading with our writers-in-residence Hayley Mitchell, Donna Hilbert, and Tamara Madison. Light refreshments will be served.  This program is presented free. Registration is required as seating is limited.  Hayley Mitchell Haugen holds a PhD in 20th century American literature from Ohio University and an MFA in poetry from the University…

LOCAL AUTHORS DISCUSS is a (mostly!) monthly program featuring members of the Door County Published Authors Collective. Each month features new themes and new authors. This month: Local Authors Discuss Writing a Novel. Join four members of the Door County Published Authors Collective who will read from their work and discuss how and why they incorporated…

Write On is proud to partner with In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations Poets) on their second annual retreat being held here in Door County. Sixteen Indigenous poetry fellows from twelve different tribal nations will gather with distinguished Indigenous faculty for a week of seminars, presentations, and conversations focused on eco-poetry. In-Na-Po is a new organization dedicated to…