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No Speaker in December
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, was a Holiday Party.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025, will be a Drop-In Critique.
Read & Review – Jan 16, 2026
Read and Review will meet Friday, January 16 at Depoe Bay Coffee Roasters, 893 High Street, Auburn. Please join us from 10 a.m.to noon.
We will be discussing two books, both memoirs:
The Ranch: Volume 1 by Terry Wicks
His Story Is My Story: Authentic Stories about Survival and Success of a German Father and Daughter after World War II by Elke McKee
See our Calendar for details.
Upcoming 3rd Wednesdays
GCW Speaker meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. The public is invited to attend free.
January 21 Matthew Minson
“Similarities in Writing Comedy & Horror”
February 18 William O’Daly
“Imagination and Community: Translating Our Lives Into Poetry”
March 18 Jojo Cook
“Social Action Writing: What Makes The Pen Mighty?”
January Speaker
Matthew Minson
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Our speaker will be Matthew Minson on “Similarities in Writing Comedy and Horror.”
Screenwriter and author Matthew Minson has written for Esther’s Follies and numerous comedians. He received the “Best Indie Book Award for Humor” for Sun City: A Hilariously Addictive Story of Rebellion. Also, he wrote the psychological thriller and screen adaptation of Perspectives, which has been called “Misery meets The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” He is represented by Dean Krystek at WordLink, Inc. For more info, visit: https://www.writerminson.com/.
Speaker meetings are held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
Public Invited — Free
February Speaker
William O’Daly
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Our speaker will be William O’Daly on “Imagination and Community: Translating Our Lives Into Poetry.”
William O’Daly has translated eight books of the late-career and posthumous poetry of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, and most recently Neruda’s first volume, Book of Twilight — a finalist for the 2018 Northern California Book Award in Translation. O’Daly’s most recent book of poems, The New Gods, was published in September 2022 by Beltway Editions.
In 2021, he received the American Literary Award from the bilingual Korean American journal Miju Poetry and Poetics. A four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, he is a co-founder of prestigious Copper Canyon Press and has worked as a university professor and literary journal editor-in-chief.
For more information, visit: https://williamodaly.com/.
Speaker meetings are held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
Public Invited — Free
March Speaker
Jojo Cook
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Our speaker will be Jojo Cook on “Social Action Writing: What Makes The Pen Mighty?”
Jojo Cook is a native of Auburn and a graduate of CSU Monterey Bay’s Social Action Writing Program. Jojo served as president and chief editor of CSUMB’s “In the Ords” Literary Arts Journal where her poetry appeared in several issues.
Speaker meetings are held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
Public Invited — Free