Events

Join us at 11am at the Dallas Is Lit Book & Author Fair for a FREE panel on writing genre fiction with Shaun Hamill, Kate Khavari and Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, moderated by Alex Temblador. Come find out about character creation, world building and genre conventions from three acclaimed authors! Plus, stick around after to talk…

The Dallas Is Lit! Literary Festival closes out with the reading by contributors to the Common Language Project: Time. RSVP for the Common Language Project Reading

Welcome to the lyceum. These free, monthly workshops are held on the third Saturday of the month, and offer writers of every genre and skill level an opportunity to learn, experiment and develop their craft. We hope you’ll join us! Poems are concerned with time­—the recounting of events and experience—but are also outside of time,…

It's time again for First Draughts, the monthly meetup for prose writers! Meet us in the backyard at The Wild Detectives on the third Tuesdays of each month to grab a book and a beverage, chat with other writers, share your postcard fiction on the month’s prompt, and catch up on the latest local literary…

Poetry In Place is a project documenting the relationship of residents of Dallas with the Trinity River, one of the main geographical features motiving the placement of the city when it was founded. In monthly workshops, attendees will explore the river and record their experience based on prompts by Teaching Artists Lisa Huffaker and Joe…

The Writer’s Garret is proud to partner with Trinity Cider to host Tap The Mic: The Cider Sessions, a monthly open mic showcasing the vibrant literary and performing talents of DFW! Whether you’re a veteran poet looking to try some new material, a microfictionalist with a story burning in your pocket, or you’re brand new…

It’s time again for First Draughts, the monthly meetup for prose writers! Meet us in the backyard at The Wild Detectives on the third Tuesdays of each month to grab a book and a beverage, chat with other writers, share your postcard fiction on the month’s prompt, and catch up on the latest local literary…

Welcome to the lyceum. These free, monthly workshops are held on the third Saturday of the month, and offer writers of every genre and skill level an opportunity to learn, experiment and develop their craft. We hope you’ll join us! Adrienne Rich said "You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it," but…

The Dallas Beat: Rail Writers Summer Camp Grab your notebook and hop on board—this 5 day camp is journalism in motion. In this one-of-a-kind adventure, students traverse Dallas via the DART light rail, uncovering real stories at every stop. Throughout the journey, participants explore how to think and write like reporters, and how to find…

Poetry In Place is a project documenting the relationship of residents of Dallas with the Trinity River, one of the main geographical features motiving the placement of the city when it was founded. In monthly workshops, attendees will explore the river and record their experience based on prompts by Teaching Artists Lisa Huffaker and Joe…