Over the past two months, poets and prose writers have gathered to view and hear about visual artist Rebecca Carlton’s installation Are We Listening? Tonight, those writers share aloud the poems and prose pieces they have created in response to the exhibit. Free and open to all ages. Light refreshments will be served.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with the launch of Albert DeGenova’s new book Human Nature, Mauricio Kilwein Guevara doing his first Door County reading, and Tori Grant Welhouse reading new work and poems from her award-winning book Vaginas Need Air.  Albert DeGenova is an award-winning poet, publisher, and teacher, as well as the Executive Director of Write On, Door County. He…

Join other Wisconsinites for a reading of poetry in their native languages to celebrate International Mother Language Day. In collaboration with Chippewa Valley Writers Guild, Driftless Writing Center, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission, and Woodland Pattern, we present an evening of poems read in multiple languages. Join us to celebrate the linguistic…

Writing the Truth of Our Lives is a year-long mentoring program for women who want to write but who have felt intimidated or discouraged from doing so. Throughout 2023, thirteen women met monthly with facilitators/mentors Ann Heyse and Tori Martinez. They discussed the skill and practice of writing, experimented with multiple genres, and received and…

Write On is pleased to present a reading by three Kimbilio Fellows, currently in residence at Write On: Tara Betts, Angie Chatman, and Camille Forbes. The reading is free and open to all but registration is required as seating is limited. A light reception follows the reading. Kimbilio® means “safe haven” in Swahili. We are…

As part of Write On’s collaboration with StoryStudio Chicago, we are pleased to welcome two of their fiction writers for a week-long residency. Join us for a conversation with Spencer Hendrixson and Katherine Oh Yeaple about their writing process. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. Spencer Hendrixson is a writer born/raised/based in Chicago. His…

Join us for a reading of works created in our creative lab, Art/Speaks. Led by poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, people gather in galleries and museums around the county to be inspired by visual art to create poems, stories, or other pieces of writing. The reading is free and open to all ages. Light refreshments…

The Friends of Door County Libraries and Write On, Door County will host Kristine Hansen, author of the recently released Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wisconsin (Globe Pequot) for a Book and Author presentation at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4. Free and open to the public, the event will be held at the Donald and Carol…

In partnership with the Friends of Lorine Niedecker and Woodland Pattern, Write On is pleased to host a reading with poet Kate Colby and Wisconsin Poet Laureate Nicholas Gulig. There is a suggested goodwill donation of $10 which will be shared with the poets. Kate Colby is the author of eight books of poetry and…

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 Poetry. Join members of the Door County Published Authors Collective will read from their work and discuss writing poetry. Participating in today’s conversation are Annette…