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…

A special event exclusively for Write On members! PROSE & POETRY READING WITH LAN SAMANTHA CHANG, NAN COHEN, AND KYOKO MORI Our members are the key to our success and we are so grateful for your support. As a way of saying thank you, we present a series of readings with nationally acclaimed artists that…

Enjoy a glass of wine, the summer sun, and great poetry with our writers-in-residence POETRY READING WITH CATHRYN COFELL, BRUCE DETHLEFSEN, C. KUBASTA Join us for an evening of poetry, light refreshments, and good company as we present a reading by our writers-in-residence Cathryn Cofell, Bruce Dethlefsen, and C. Kubasta. This reading is free and…

Door County author Virginia Maher celebrates the release of her latest book, The Forest, with a reading and reception. The forest for Maher is beautiful as a whole, but also in its individual parts. The first section of her book explains Door County's geology, tree anatomy, and forest processes. Stunning photographs taken by the author…

JOIN US FOR A CELEBRATION OF GEOSMIN, THE NEW POETRY COLLECTION BY CATHERINE YOUNG In September of 2020, Catherine Young, a poet and writer from the Driftless region, spent a week in residence at Write On. During that time, she worked on several of the poems that are included in her new collection, Geosmin, published by Water’s…