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Olney Writer's Group - Virtual

2025-01-09 18:45:00 2025-01-09 19:45:00 America/New_York Olney Writer's Group - Virtual The Olney Writer's Group provides a regular forum for the presentation, review, and critique of works in progress. All styles of writing are welcome. College-aged and older. Virtual Branch -

Thursday, January 09
6:45pm - 7:45pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-09 18:45:00 2025-01-09 19:45:00 America/New_York Olney Writer's Group - Virtual The Olney Writer's Group provides a regular forum for the presentation, review, and critique of works in progress. All styles of writing are welcome. College-aged and older. Virtual Branch -

The Olney Writer's Group provides a regular forum for the presentation, review, and critique of works in progress. All styles of writing are welcome. College-aged and older.

This friendly group consists of writers who are in various stages of their projects (representing different genres). They meet twice/month, usually the 2nd & 4th Thursdays. For November and December, the group meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays to avoid the holidays.

At each session, members offer praise and constructive critique. In the two weeks prior to each meeting, they review an author's work, up to 10-12 pages double-spaced, then discuss it at the next session. The group also shares resources, exchanges ideas, and holds literary events to present their work publicly.

Registration is required. Registrants will be emailed a link to access the meeting before the event. Please register for one session only; once you join the group, subsequent notifications will be sent directly to your email. Also, new members will receive access to the writings at their first meeting.

Please feel free to join the meeting ~10 minutes early to check your connection, settings, etc.

OLNEY WRITER'S GROUP MEMBERS - SELECT PUBLISHED WORK ON OLNEY LIBRARY'S "LOCAL AUTHOR SHELF" 

Anthology: Thursday stories
Edited by Andrew Hiller, Bryan M Byrd and Emily Wood
Self-Published: Montgomery Writers, 2018
Authors include: Mark Ballweg, Andrew Hiller, William Jacobs, Linda Meyer, Mary Salmonsen and Emily Wood

BRYAN M. BYRD
Surviving paradise: the perils and pleasures of the Caribbean
Novacom Press, 2024

ANDREW HILLER
Pitter Patty Finds Another Day
DreamPunk Press, 2023

A Climbing Stock
Self published, 2017

A Halo of Mushrooms
Self published, 2015

JAMIE ZVIRZDIN
Subatomic Writing: Fundamental Lessons to Make Language Matter
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023

AMY CHAN ZHOU
Flowing with the pearl river: memoir of a red China girl (available in MCPL's catalog)
Santa Monica Press, 2022

MARIA SUNDY
Prince Peter Ponce
Salt Water Media, LLC, 2021

KAITLYN JAIN
Passports and pacifiers: traveling the world one tantrum at a time (e-audio on Hoopla)
Boston BELS Publishing, 2021

PATRICK BOYLE
Scout's honor: sexual abuse in America's most trusted institution
Prima Publishing, 1994

By joining this Virtual MCPL program, you agree to abide by our rules of conduct. Library staff has the authority to remove you from this program if we deem your behavior to be inappropriate, to ensure the safety of staff and customers.

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Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Writers Group |

TAGS: | Virtual Program |

Virtual Branch

Branch manager
Maddie Hines

Hours
Mon, Dec 16 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Dec 17 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Dec 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Dec 19 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Dec 20 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Dec 21 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Dec 22 10:00AM to 6:00PM

Upcoming Events

Cancelled
Thu, Dec 26, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Fri, Dec 27, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Sun, Jan 05, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Mon, Jan 06, 9:30am - 11:30am

Tue, Jan 07, 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Thu, Jan 09, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Thu, Jan 09, 6:45pm - 7:45pm

Fri, Jan 10, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Tue, Jan 14, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Wed, Jan 15, 10:30am - 12:00pm

Rescheduled
Mon, Jan 20, 6:00pm - 6:30pm
New date Monday, January 27, 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Tue, Jan 21, 3:00pm - 4:30pm