Join us for coffee and conversation with our writers-in-residence. Prose writers Kathleen Crisci, Judith Padow, and Jonathan Vatner, all members of the same New York-based writer’s group, will read from their work, discuss their creative process, and answer your questions. Their works touch on a variety of topics, including the professional dance scene, family, and…

The origin of this group is shrouded in mystery: not because it’s really a mystery, but because, well-they’re poets, and they don’t pay attention to such stuff. They met at Conkey’s bookstore in Appleton(late 1990’s? Maybe?) to read, write, critique, support, and celebrate the company of fellow writers.One thing led to another, and they started…

What is a poetry chapbook and how do you get one published? Poets Cathryn Cofell and Christina Kubasta, co-president and vice president of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets will talk about the chapbook and a new contest they are launching with Brain Mill Press. They will be joined by former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Bruce Dethlefsen.…

Since January 8, 2022, a group of a dozen women have taken part in a writing mentorship, supported by the Women’s Fund of Door County. Writing the Truth of Our Lives welcomed high school students and retirees, teachers and business owners, and more to explore writing as a creative outlet. Join us for an evening…

Rescheduled from October 8 Join us for an afternoon reading of News of the Air, the debut novel from Sturgeon Bay native Jill Stukenberg. About the book: News of the Air was selected as the 2021 winner of the Big Moose Prize from Black Lawrence Press and will be published in fall 2022. Part domestic realism, part…

Exclusively for Write On members! We are pleased to present a morning coffee and converation with award-winning poet Mark Wunderlich. Mark Wunderlich was born in Winona, Minnesota and grew up in rural Fountain City, Wisconsin. Wunderlich’s first book, The Anchorage, was published in 1999 by the University of Massachusetts Press, and received the Lambda Literary Award. Other…

Sand Beach Press presents a book launch for Poems to the Wind, a new collection from Juddville-based poet Karen Wilson. Karen Wilson is no stranger to the Door County poetry scene, participating in poetry workshops and critique groups since 2003. She has been a featured poet in the Dickinson Poetry Series and the Peninsula Pulse. She is a…

Join us for coffee and a conversation with Dale M. Kushner for her new poetry collection, M. Dale will be joined by Estella Lauter, former Door County Poet Laureate, for a conversation about the book and its themes. Dale M. Kushner’s new collection M testifies to the heroic dimensions of women’s lives. The urgent voices in these poems,…

Join Write On and Sand Beach Press for the launch of Ellison Bay resident Lee LeVoy’s second collection of poetry, Sacred Moments: One Couple’s Walk with Parkinson’s. Lee LeVoy was already writing poetry when her husband, Hugh, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Sacred Moments is a chronicle of the varied emotions of a caregiver’s journey. Levoy…

Join us for a reading/performance by Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton Dasha Kelly Hamilton is a writer, performance artist, curator and facilitator. Ultimately, she’s a creative change agent, leveraging the creative process toward human and social wellness. Dasha has written for national, regional and local magazines; produced three collections of poetry; recorded four spoken word…