Georgia Writer's Museum

Georgia Writers Museum board member and chairwoman of the program committee Gloria Edge introduces author Ann Hite as the evening’s speaker. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

Georgia Writers Museum board member and chairwoman of the program committee Gloria Edge introduces author Ann Hite as the evening’s speaker. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

A new look at an old case

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
The 1915 trial and lynching of Leo Frank has been discussed for more than a century, as well as inspired many newspaper and magazine articles, books, movies, televised miniseries, and theatre productions.
Marie Bostwick

Marie Bostwick

GWM interview: Marie Bostwick

Marie Bostwick
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
“I loved this book,” one book reviewer wrote. “Touching, timely, and introspective, The Book Club for Troublesome Women is incredibly relevant to today’s women who are expected to work like they don’t have a family and run a home like they don’t have a job.
This painting by Raven Waters will be among the artworks displayed Feb. 1 to June 28 as part of the “Touch Grass” exhibition at the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art, presented by STMA and Georgia Writers Museum. CONTRIBUTED

This painting by Raven Waters will be among the artworks displayed Feb. 1 to June 28 as part of the “Touch Grass” exhibition at the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art, presented by STMA and Georgia Writers Museum. CONTRIBUTED

STMA, GWM present ‘Touch Grass’ experience

News Staff
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Developed in collaboration between the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art (STMA) and Georgia Writers Museum (GWM), a new Touch Grass exhibit at STMA will feature the art of painter Raven Waters, potter Senora Lynch of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, and Steffen Thomas, the rural Buckhead museum’s featured...
A 1920s Jordan MX Playboy roadster similar to this museum piece plays a central role in Tori Whitaker’s new novel, A Matter of Happiness. CONTRIBUTED

A 1920s Jordan MX Playboy roadster similar to this museum piece plays a central role in Tori Whitaker’s new novel, A Matter of Happiness. CONTRIBUTED

Georgia Writers Museum Meet the author: Tori Whitaker

News Staff
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) has announced that bestselling author Tori Whitaker will present its Meet the Author event in December. She will discuss her new book, A Matter of Happiness.In A Matter of Happiness, Melanie Barnett thinks she has it all together.
Sylvia, the famed ghost of Panola Hall, greets visitors during Haunted Eatonton. HANNAH BARRON/Staff

Sylvia, the famed ghost of Panola Hall, greets visitors during Haunted Eatonton. HANNAH BARRON/Staff

Ghosts come alive during Haunted Eatonton

Hannah Barron
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Eatonton’s otherworldly residents came alive last week to meet mortals during the Georgia Writers Museum’s annual Haunted Eatonton event.The sold-out ghost tours, choreographed in partnership with The Arts Barn and co-sponsored by the Eatonton-Putnam Chamber of Commerce, were held from Oct.
Colleen Oakley (CONTRIBUTED)

Colleen Oakley (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM interview: author Colleen Oakley

Colleen Oakley
Thursday, October 10, 2024
If you saw the hit movie, “Thelma and Louise,” starring Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, and Brad Pitt, you know the appeal of an adventurous road trip with the law on your tail.But imagine that story if it was about a lazy 21-year-old college dropout and an 84-year-old woman with a rich secret.
With a photo of the Dermonds’ Great Waters home on the TV mounted behind him, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills presents the evidence gathered so far in what he admits is the “toughest case” of his career so far. IAN TOCHER/Staff

With a photo of the Dermonds’ Great Waters home on the TV mounted behind him, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills presents the evidence gathered so far in what he admits is the “toughest case” of his career so far. IAN TOCHER/Staff

GWM ‘Crime & Wine’ delivers Dermond murders discussion

Ian Tocher
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Georgia Writers Museum and its popular Crime & Wine series, led by Cold Case Investigative Research Institute founder and Director Sheryl “Mac” McCollum, presented Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills updating a packed house Friday night on the unsolved May 2014 murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond...
Collen Oakley

Collen Oakley

GWM to host bestselling author Colleen Oakley

Colleen Oakley
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Georgia Writers Museum has announced its Meet the Author presenter for November will be Colleen Oakley, an Atlanta-based USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island, You Were There Too, Close Enough to Touch, Before I Go, and Jane and Dan at the End of the World.On Nov.
GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM exhibits at Black Writers Weekend

News Staff
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Georgia Writers Museum participated in Black Writers Weekend, a meeting held Aug. 1-3 in Austell that brought hundreds of writers from all over the U.S.
The Woods of Fannin County (CONTRIBUTED)

The Woods of Fannin County (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM Review: The Woods of Fannin County

News Staff
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
A child’s greatest fear may be abandonment or becoming lost. What will I eat or drink? What is hidden in the world that can hurt me? How can I stay warm when the cold comes?
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