Drop by the Silk Purse for a creative writing experience & let the space inspire you in a whole new way!

The North Shore Writers' Association invites you to a fun afternoon of writing sprints. You'll get paper & pen, & prompted by the surrounding artwork & sounds let your creativity flow. Write a poem, your impressions of the day, a mini story, or even draw or compose music. Let your senses guide you & see where your imagination takes you.

All materials provided.

Drop in. Write for 5 minutes, 20 minutes or even an hour.

Enter a draw for a free NSWA membership.

FREE!

Enjoy a lively morning of stories & poems by local authors!

North Shore Writers' Association members will read from their published work, including romance, memoir, poetry & crime fiction. Be entertained, inspired & chat with the authors. Copies of their books will be for sale.

Bill Koch, from his debut psychological thriller novel Hired Gun

Beverli Barnes, from her personal essay “Faces,” published in Homeward: Personal Stories on the Search for Belonging

Frances Peck, from her literary thriller novel Uncontrolled Flight

Cynthia Sharp, from her poetry collections Ordinary Light and Rainforest in Russet

Marie-Claude Arnott, from her memoir Biography of a Friendship

Carmen Farrell, from one of her short published works.

FREE!

Enjoy a lively morning of stories & poems by local authors!

North Shore Writers' Association members will read from their published work, including romance, memoir, poetry & crime fiction. Be entertained, inspired & chat with the authors. Copies of their books will be for sale.

Laurel Gurnsey, from her romantic suspense novel Dancing in the Mist

Trish Gauntlett, from her cozy mystery novel The Scales of Anubis

Calvin Wharton, from his poetry collection This Here Paradise

Lupita Rios-Dominguez, from her children’s book …And Off You Go!

Abegael Fisher-Lang, from her non-fiction book Love Threads: Extraordinary Wedding Rituals

MJ Milne, from her romance novel Secrets of the Italian Villa

FREE!