Georgia Writers Museum

Jim Auchmutey will lead the annual workshop. (CONTRIBUTED)

Jim Auchmutey will lead the annual workshop. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM brings back non-fiction workshop

News Staff
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Are you a new or aspiring writer with a non-fiction story you’re eager to tell? Are you ready to finally birth that book you have been thinking about for years?Do you hear people say, “You oughta write a book?” Suppose you answer “yes” to any of these questions.
Author Lo Patrick (CONTRIBUTED)

Author Lo Patrick (CONTRIBUTED)

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.Patrick is well-known for her “can’t put it down”...
(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.GWM: What is it about the historical fiction genre...
The cover of 'Queen of Exiles' by Vanessa Riley.

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

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.“You may not know Queen Marie-Louise Christophe, but once you have met her, you...
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.”
Writers Museum Book Review: The Rumor Game

Writers Museum Book Review: The Rumor Game

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.
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