Georgia Writers Museum

Melanie Schneider (left) and Shannon Minchey of The Artisans Village Gallery in downtown Eatonton serve as announcer and display model as each artist and their accompanying inspirational writer are introduced to a full house for the inaugural Paint Between the Lines event last Thursday at Georgia Writers Museum. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Melanie Schneider (left) and Shannon Minchey of The Artisans Village Gallery in downtown Eatonton serve as announcer and display model as each artist and their accompanying inspirational writer are introduced to a full house for the inaugural Paint Between the Lines event last Thursday at Georgia Writers Museum. IAN TOCHER/Staff

When words become art

Ian Tocher
Thursday, August 20, 2026
What happens when a writer’s words become an artist’s inspiration? That is the question at the heart of Paint Between the Lines, a new collaboration between Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) and The Artisans Village Gallery (AVG).
The Georgia Writers Museum invites everyone to stop by the downtown Eatonton Museum on Walk-in Wednesdays, beginning June 11. CONTRIBUTED

The Georgia Writers Museum invites everyone to stop by the downtown Eatonton Museum on Walk-in Wednesdays, beginning June 11. CONTRIBUTED

Georgia Writers Museum introduces ‘Walk-in Wednesdays’

News Staff
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
The Georgia Writers Museum invites everyone to stop by the downtown Eatonton Museum on Walk-in Wednesdays, beginning June 11 and scheduled to continue until the highly anticipated reopening of Sylvia’s Coffee Shop, once its operators return from an unavoidable absence.So, make GWM your mid-week...
Denene Millner

Denene Millner

Millner wins 2025 Townsend Prize

News Staff
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The Townsend Prize, presented by the Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) and the Atlanta Writers Club, is the most prestigious award for literary fiction given to a Georgia author.Started in 1981 and named for Jim Townsend, founder and long-time editor of Atlanta magazine, the celebrated prize is awarded...
Law Enforcement Hall of Fame member Sheryl McCollum will again lead GWM’s popular Crime & Wine presentation early in May. CONTRIBUTED

Law Enforcement Hall of Fame member Sheryl McCollum will again lead GWM’s popular Crime & Wine presentation early in May. CONTRIBUTED

GWM’s popular Crime & Wine Experience returns

News Staff
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Fortunately, the rate of unsolved cold cases is slowly declining. Soon, fewer than 30% of major crime cold cases will remain unsolved each year.
Popular GWM presenter Sheryl “Mac” McCollum (left) and mystery writer Wanda Morris will be prominently featured April 4-5 at the downtown Eatonton museum’s Southern Fried Crime Conference and Retreat. CONTRIBUTED

Popular GWM presenter Sheryl “Mac” McCollum (left) and mystery writer Wanda Morris will be prominently featured April 4-5 at the downtown Eatonton museum’s Southern Fried Crime Conference and Retreat. CONTRIBUTED

GWM presents mystery-crime author conference

News Staff
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
A quick check of the best-seller lists confirms the immense popularity of mysteries and crime stories.
Naturally Georgia by Chris Greer

Naturally Georgia by Chris Greer

Georgia Writers Museum book review: Naturally Georgia

News Staff
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River — 300 miles from north to south and a little more than 200 miles east to west — and it has a wonderfully diverse geography.In his book, Naturally Georgia: From the Mountains to the Coast, photographer Chris Greer offers a rich visual...
Chris Greer

Chris Greer

GWM hosts PBS star and author Chris Greer

News Staff
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Season 2 of the PBS program View Finders is airing in over 55 million homes throughout the United States. The unscripted show follows two photographers searching for beautiful places to photograph.
GWM names Robbie King as keynote speaker for writers’ retreat. CONTRIBUTED

GWM names Robbie King as keynote speaker for writers’ retreat. CONTRIBUTED

GWM names King as keynote speaker for writers’ retreat

Robbie King
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Robbie King, the new president and CEO of the Eatonton-Putnam Chamber of Commerce, will be one of two keynote speakers at Georgia Writers Museum’s Writers Retreat: Write on the Lake. The retreat, scheduled for Feb. 21-23, will be held at the museum.
Aspiring authors pay close attention as an instructor goes over material during a prior Georgia Writers Museum seminar similar to GWM’s Write on the Lake event scheduled for Feb. 21-23 this year. CONTRIBUTED

Aspiring authors pay close attention as an instructor goes over material during a prior Georgia Writers Museum seminar similar to GWM’s Write on the Lake event scheduled for Feb. 21-23 this year. CONTRIBUTED

‘Write on the lake’ retreat coming to GWM

News Staff
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Georgia Writers Museum is committed to continuing the legacy of great writers through its fourth annual writers retreat, Write on the Lake, which will take place Feb. 21-23 at the museum in downtown Eatonton.The Write on the Lake event will feature 20 renowned authors from across the South.
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