Unburying Malcom Miller

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Unburying Malcolm Miller Filmmakers Kevin Carey and Mark Hillringhouse bring the outsider poet Malcolm Miller back to life in this riveting documentary. Miller found early success with his poetry and […]

100 Thousand Poets for Change Open Mic

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Join poets, musicians, and artists around the world in a celebration to promote peace, sustainability and justice and to call for serious social, environmental and political change. Bring a poem, […]

Open Mic

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

College Essay Program Training Night

Every Fall, the Gloucester Writers Center organizes volunteers to go into Gloucester High School to help seniors with their college essays. You do not necessarily need to be a writer, […]

Wendy Drexler, Nancy Esposito and Holly Guran

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

      Wendy Drexler’s third poetry collection, Before There Was Before, was published by Iris Press in March 2017. A three-time Pushcart-Prize nominee, she’s also the author of Western […]

Fish Tales: Deadline

Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, United States

Fish Tales True stories told live. Deadline Friday October 19 7:30 pm Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester Featured storytellers include: Phoebe Potts Heather Atwood Charles Nazarian […]

Charles Olson Lecture: Ed Sanders

Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

This illustrated lecture, “A Life of Olson, with Glyphs,” will feature a sequence of projected color Glyphs with text and comments on key points in Charles Olson’s life and times, […]

Ed Sanders. Broken Glory.

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Broken Glory deals with the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.  Fifty years after there are still unanswered questions about whether his murder was the result of a conspiracy. Broken Glory […]

Open Mic

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Speaking of Olson: Kate Colby, Amanda Cook and Kate Tarlow Morgan

Cultural Center at Rocky Neck 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, United States

Women's Work on Charles Olson Kate Colby is author of seven books of poetry, including The Arrangements (Four Way Books, 2018). A book of literary essays, Dream of the Trenches […]

Randy Ross

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

God Bless Cambodia is a picaresque comedy about a never-married hypochondriac who takes a trip around the world hoping to change his luck with love. It's an unflinching look at […]

Fish Tales: OMG!

Gloucester Stage Company 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

Open Mic

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Nancy Schwoyer and Rosemary Haughton: Reclaiming Home-Making

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Join Rosemary Haughton and Nancy Schwoyer on Wednesday, Dec. 5,7:30 p.m. at the Gloucester Writers Center for a conversation about the book they are working on. It is based on […]

The Gift of a Poem

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

The Gloucester Writers Center invites you to  share a poem you have given as a gift, a poem given to you as a gift, or a poem dedicated to someone […]

Indie Publishing Get Together

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Are you interested in sharing your experience Indie Publishing or learning more about it? If so, come to our Indie Publishing discussion on Wednesday, October 24th from 7-8pm. Talk with […]

Elicitor Launch

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Join us for a reading of work from the Gloucester High School Elicitor.

No Open Mic!

We are still in our winter holiday. See you in February!

The Business of Writing Group

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

    The Business of Writing group is now forming and has scheduled its first meeting.   Monday, January 14th at 6:30pm at the GWC Working writers in all genres often […]

Mike Sperber: Joan of Arc and Doctor Dark in Bedlam’s Park

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

  "Joan of Arc and Doctor Dark in Bedlam's Park" is a one-act play with four scenes.  It explores how a teenage, illiterate, cross-dressing, peasant girl, who did not know […]

Brenda Coultas

Brenda Coultas’ poetry can be found in the recent anthologies: Readings in Contemporary Poetry published by the  DIA art foundation, What is Poetry (Just Kidding, I Know You Know) Interviews […]

Guided Memoir POSTPONED

Maud / Olson Library 108 East Main Street, Gloucester

Guided Memoir: A Small-Group Experience with Claudia Filos Make new friendships and nurture your creativity as you write your life story, two pages at a time!    Join this small-group of […]

From Infinite People to Know Fish

Maud / Olson Library 108 East Main Street, Gloucester

  FROM INFINITE PEOPLE TO KNOW FISH "The Authors are in eternity"             --    W. Blake                 […]

Open Mic

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Jennifer Martelli and Cindy Veach

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Jennifer Martelli is the author of My Tarantella (Bordighera Press). Most recently, her work has appeared in Tinderbox Poetry, The Bitter Oleander, Sugar House Review, The Baltimore Review, and The […]

Infinite People to Know Fish

Maud / Olson Library 108 East Main Street, Gloucester

  FROM INFINITE PEOPLE TO KNOW FISH "The Authors are in eternity"             --    W. Blake                 […]

A Reading of Rockport Writing Groups

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

The Gloucester Writers Center invites members of two long-standing Rockport writing groups to share their work. With readings by Connie Komack, Joe Muzio, Chuck Francis, Caroline Haines, Jean Keith, Holly […]

Dan Wilcox

Gloucester Writers Center 126 East Main Street, Gloucester

Dan Wilcox is the host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, N.Y. and is a member of the poetry performance group "3 Guys […]