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November Speaker
Catharine Bramkamp
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Our speaker will be Catharine Bramkamp on “The Creative Impulse in an Age of False Perfection”
Catharine Bramkamp is a writing coach and workshop facilitator; and she has authored 27 books, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her most recent nonfiction book is Out Loud: A Writing Adventure for Women. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Nevada County Arts Council, Empire Club, and on the organizing committees for the Sierra Poetry Festival and the Sierra Writers Conference. For more information, visit: https://catharine-bramkamp.com/.
Speaker meetings are held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.
Public Invited — Free
No Speaker Events in December
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 will be a Holiday Party.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025, will be a Drop-In Critique.
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, including 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