Write Club

 
 

Hello 2026!
 
Next meeting: Saturday January 17th @10:30a in the Shakespeare Room on the Theatre Level
 
 

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Meeting Minutes 1.5
Write Club Business
  • We started the meeting chatting about the 2026 Anthology Project. This meeting leaned towards not doing a theme for the project in order to open it up to more people and giving a chance to really show their skill set at its finest. 
     
  • We also discussed using the Monday meetings over the Summer as a concentrated time to workshop anthology pieces. 
     
  • My goal this year is to have it ready to go by November, and have a book launch event that month. 
Unless there are strong oppositions to any of the above at the meeting on the 17th, we can move forward with the project and you can get started with writing your pieces! 
 
Shares
Hayley: Death and the Mortician. Charles goes through the motions of closing time at the funeral home. 
 
Tom: Luci in the Sky with Demons, continued. The narrator prepares for a date with Luci, gets a pleasant surprise at dinner, and learns more about his companion and her kaleidoscope. 
 
Jasmine: Poem- The Ocean. Slave ships travel to American cities full of sorrow and dread.
 
Samm: The Adventures of Harvey Budder: Henry chooses going to Vietnam over jail. 
 
Do you have an 8th-12th grader who would like to be in an anthology? 
The Youth department is putting together a project, open to poetry, prose, graphic novels, script excerpts, other writing projects, and even art! If you know someone who might be interested, please check out the Teen Mosaic project page. Open for submissions NOW through February 1. 
 
 
•  Write Club in 2026  â€¢
Back by popular demand, another Anthology Project!
The floor will be open at the January Meetings for theme suggestions, so please come with a few ideas! 
 
Meeting Schedule for 2026
 
1/17 @10:30a: Regular Meeting- Bring Anthology Ideas!
 
2/9 @6p: Regular Meeting- Due to other library events, we will not have a Saturday meeting in February
 
3/16 @6p- Flash Fiction registration IN PERSON, otherwise Regular Meeting
 
3/21 @10:30a- Public Speaking workshop with Adam Vines. Flash Fiction registration IN PERSON
 
3/22- IF there are spots remaining for Flash Fiction, this is when I will send out a call and begin accepting email registrations.
 
4/20 @6p- Flash Fiction Dress Rehearsal
 
4/27 @6p- Flash Fiction- Bring your friends!
 
5/11 @6p- Regular Meeting- 2026 Anthology Guidelines will be distributed
 
5/30@ 10:30a- Regular Meeting- 2026 Anthology Guidelines will be distributed
 
Summer, Fall, Winter dates TBD
 
Got a speaker, event, or workshop you'd like to have in 2026? Please send your ideas to writeclub@hooverlibrary.org
 
 
January Events at HPL

Hoover Public Library
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