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Author Lo Patrick (CONTRIBUTED)

Author Lo Patrick (CONTRIBUTED)

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Author Lo Patrick discusses her writing process

Lo Patrick
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
The hallmark of a great mystery novel is you stay up too late reading it since you can’t put it down.Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) is fortunate to host award-winning author Lo Patrick Aug. 6 as its Meet the Author presenter at the Plaza Arts Center.
'The Woman with the Cure' by Lynn Cullen. (CONTRIBUTED)

'The Woman with the Cure' by Lynn Cullen. (CONTRIBUTED)

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GWM book review: The Woman with the Cure

News Staff
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
I was a child of the 1950s, and though I don’t remember much of my earliest days, I do remember polio. It was more the rule than the exception in those days to have some classmates in wheelchairs or on crutches and occasionally to have one disappear completely, never to return.
(L-R:) Georgia Writers Museum’s Chip Bell, Paula Benjamin, Melissa Swindell and Lou Benjamin are ready to take on a major renovation project that will catapult the Eatonton arts mainstay into a must-see – and experience – attraction. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

(L-R:) Georgia Writers Museum’s Chip Bell, Paula Benjamin, Melissa Swindell and Lou Benjamin are ready to take on a major renovation project that will catapult the Eatonton arts mainstay into a must-see – and experience – attraction. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

Georgia Writers Museum ready for next chapter

Ian Tocher
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The doors are closed right now at Eatonton’s favorite free attraction, the Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) and its accompanying bookstore on South Jefferson Avenue, just up the street from the historic Pex Theater and across the road from the iconic Putnam County courthouse.
Vanessa Riley wrote the novel 'Queen of Exiles' and she will be the focus of Georgia Writers Museum’s (GWM’s) Meet the Author event for May. (CONTRIBUTED)

Vanessa Riley wrote the novel 'Queen of Exiles' and she will be the focus of Georgia Writers Museum’s (GWM’s) Meet the Author event for May. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM interview: Vanessa Riley and Queen of Exiles

News Staff
Thursday, April 18, 2024
The on-the-edge-of-your-seat book on Haiti’s only queen, Queen of Exiles, by award-winning author Vanessa Riley, will be the focus of Georgia Writers Museum’s (GWM’s) Meet the Author event for May.GWM recently conducted a brief interview with Riley.
The cover of 'Queen of Exiles' by Vanessa Riley.

The cover of 'Queen of Exiles' by Vanessa Riley.

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GWM to host award-winning author

Vanessa Riley
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) has announced 2023 Georgia Author of the Year Vanessa Riley as its Meet the Author presenter for May, discussing her new novel, Queen of Exiles, based on the true story of Haiti’s only queen.
GWM book review: A Jimmy Carter memoir

GWM book review: A Jimmy Carter memoir

GWM book review: A Jimmy Carter memoir

News Staff
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
“I can only say with a degree of confidence that what won the election for Jimmy Carter were the more than 600,000 hands he and Rosalyn shook.” So says Dorothy “Dot” Padgett, author of a new history/memoir, Jimmy Carter: Elected President with Pocket Change and Peanuts.
Dorothy Padgett

Dorothy Padgett

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GWM interview with ‘Peanut Brigade’ author

Dorothy Padgett
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The news world is heating up for another hotly contested presidential race. However, few elections for the U.S. presidency were more unique than the one involving a peanut farmer from Plains who beat the incumbent officeholder.
Writers Museum Book Review: The Rumor Game

Writers Museum Book Review: The Rumor Game

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Writers Museum Book Review: The Rumor Game

News Staff
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
For some Americans, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor did not settle the question of whether the United States should enter World War II against all the Axis powers.
Thomas Mullen/CONTRIBUTED

Thomas Mullen/CONTRIBUTED

GWM hosts spy thriller author Mullen

Thomas Mullen
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Stephen King called The Rumor Game, “A brilliant blend of crime, mystery, and American history … terrific entertainment.” Its author, Thomas Mullen, will be the Meet the Author presenter for March at downtown Eatonton’s Georgia Writers Museum (GWM).
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