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…

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…

Join us to celebrate the publication of Into the Good World Again, the latest collection from Max Garland: poems of grace, resilience, and healing remembrance. About the Book: These are poems of remembering, not only the anguish and isolation of the global pandemic, during which most were written, but also remembering as a creative or…

Join us for coffee and conversation with AKaiser, a poet and translator based in New York City. She will read from both her original work and translations, discuss her process, and answer your questions. The program is presented free but registration is required as space is limited. Light refreshments will be served. AKaiser, PhD, is…

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. Celebrating National Poetry Month, participants will read the work they created…

Celebrate Women’s History Month with a book release about two remarkable women involved in two scandals that rocked Green Bay. At the turn of Green Bay’s nineteenth century, Mary Cenefelt, an illiterate maid, and Mollie Bertles, a college-educated socialite, fell victim to the physical violence and mental abuse of the city’s celebrated surgeon, Dr. John R. Minahan.…

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…