The Room to Write

 

“Seniors to Seniors” is a cross-generational event that brings high school seniors and seniors in our community together.   Join us on Wednesday, March 5th for an opportunity to share your personal story through a one-on-one interview with a senior Wakefield High School student.   After the interviews, students will write stories about their interviewees, and these stories will be published in the Wakefield Daily Item. No writing experience is necessary, so if you'd love to be able to pass down some stories but would like somebody else to do the writing--this is a great opportunity to let the younger generation do the writing! During the interview session, lunch will be provided for all participants by The Savings Bank on Wednesday, March 5th, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Wakefield Senior Center, 30 Converse Street, in the dining room. Registration is required  by 12:00pm on Tuesday, March 4th. Senior citizens interested in participating...

What better way to warm up on a cold, winter day than to gather in a wonderfully creative space with wonderfully creative individuals! On Monday, January 27th we met up at the big, yellow house which is home to Follow Your Art Community Studios in Melrose, MA and enjoyed casual community. A variety of interests were represented--from novels taking place during historical biblical times all the way to more modern topics of audio book narrating.  The Room to Write's quarterly Writers and Illustrators Meet & Greets have become a great way to meet other creative minds in the north of Boston region while sipping a cozy beverage and snacking on something sweet. Thanks to Follow Your Art Community Studios for hosting this event and for all those who ventured out on a winter's night to join us! Happy Writing!

The Room to Write was pleased to be part of this year's Local Author Fair which took place at the Wakefield Lucius Beebe Memorial Library on Saturday, N ovember 23, 2024 from 1:00-4:00pm. This year included a fun, new addition of r efreshments and author introductions which took place just after 2:00pm. The Wakefield Public Library's Author Fair was a great opportunity to meet and support local authors of all genres who publish for children and adults. A personalized, signed copy of a locally written book is a great gift to give to all ages or to yourself and it was a fun addition to the event this year to hear each author have the opportunity to introduce themselves and tell attendees a little bit about their book(s). There was a wide variety of genres and books for all ages for kids and adults. Special thanks to  Wakefield Public Library  for making this wonderful event happen, as well as  Whitelam Books  for facilitating book sales in the beautiful library lobby. ...

The Arts Collaborative of Wakefield  and The Room to Write teamed up again for ACW's October Art Exhibit & Sale which took place at the  Albion Cultural Exchange  in Wakefield. The theme was Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire.  A collaboration exhibit between artists and writers paired a short piece of writing or poem with original art. Ten artists and writers were featured and several of the writers read their featured pieces aloud at the closing reception on October 25th.  Special thanks to TRtW board member and participating writer, Kerri Bonner Leonard, for being the MC of the readings and book raffle. The ten writers' and artists' paired work will be spotlighted in TRtW's North of Boston Writers Blog in the coming months.  Thank you to the ten writers who took part in this wonderful exhibit: PJ Carmichael,  Sally Chetwynd, Jennifer Revill, Susan Jepson, Cate Daniels, Kerri Leonard, Ariane Faro, Elayne Neal, ...

Stop by to meet and learn about some of the local authors in the area. A personalized, signed copy of a book makes a wonderful and unique gift for the holidays and birthdays. With thirteen different authors, there will be a great mix of genres and books geared towards all age groups! Be sure to be present at 2pm when there will be refreshments available and each author will have an opportunity to introduce themselves and their books so you'll get to know a little bit about each. Thank you to Karen Stern at the Wakefield Public Library for making this program possible as well as Whitelam Books for connecting authors and readers even beyond the walls of their bookstore in Reading.