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Become a Member of Writers & Books

We have new membership benefits includingFREE MONTHLY MEMBER EVENTS for families & adults! This is your chance to gather with like-minded folks & play scrabble & other word games, discuss cook-books over wine, & have
discussions on different genres of books. Family Day events will center around different popular children’s books & include arts & crafts projects, readers theater, story-telling and more!

Members Events

Free Members events for August: Members bring a friend! Not already a member? Join us for one free member event and get a taste of what it means to be a part of our literary community!

Wed., August 11th 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Adult
Free to W&B members

If you aren’t a member of W&B, here is your chance to join at the door and enjoy a special read-aloud with audience participation on August 11th.

The August Member Night will feature a poet and story teller, sharing the oral arts of reading aloud with a chance for audience participation.  Come listen and see how words come alive in the throat, and a chance to taste them yourself.

Members Kids Events

Sat., August 14th 10 p.m.-12 p.m. Family
Free to W&B members

This is your chance to gather with some like-minded folks and play scrabble and other word games, discuss cook-books over wine, have discussions on different genres of books. Family events will center around different popular children’s books and include arts & crafts projects, readers theater, story-telling and more!

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To become a member, download, print and mail our member registration form, contact us by phone, 585-473-2590 or e-mail

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To become a member, download, print and mail our member registration form, contact us by phone, 585-473-2590 or e-mail

 

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The Bertrand Russell Society

Thurs, Sept. 9
Hosted by David White
Free to W&B members, $3 general public, 7 p.m., W&B

The Bertrand Russell Society was formed shortly after Russell’s death in 1970. Russell was born in 1872 and worked in fields such as mathematical logic; philosophy; social, religious, and educational reform; anti-war protests and politics. An accomplished writer, Russell received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just to members of the society.

Visiting Writer Series: Nancy Agabian and Cathy Salibian

Thurs. Sept. 9:
$3 W&B members / $6 general public. 7 p.m.
Hosted by Steve Huff

The Visiting Writer Series brings together Writers from out of town as well as from the Greater Rochester Area.

Monthly Story Slam

Signup: 6:30 pm
Sept. 10, 7-9 p.m.
Hosted by: Carol Roberts

An open mic of true loose and spontaneous stories based on one’s own life! Each performer gets approximately 5 minutes. Signup list at front desk 1/2 hour before or sign up by emailing Carol Roberts at crobert8@rochester.rr.com with “Monthly Sign Up” in the subject line.

Genesee Reading Series

Sept. 14: Steve Lewandowski and Lori Nolasco
$3 W&B members / $6 general public, 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by Wanda Schubmehl

Now in its 26th year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the W&B Performance Space. Click here to learn more.

Senior Reading Group

Sept. 14
Free and open to the public, 2-4 p.m.
Hosted by Norm Davis

Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable atmosphere at W&B.

History Reading Group

Sept. 16: Pericles
Free W&B members, $3 for general public , 7 p.m.
Hosted by Steve Huff

Join Writers & Books’ history buffs as they explore the big issues and personalities of history. We do not choose specific books, only subjects. You can read any book or other material on the subject and join the discussion. Meets on the third Thursday of each month.

 

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Writers & Books, Rochester's community literary center, inspires and instructs over 25,000 people each year through a wide array of offerings in nearly every literary genre. Believing that the written and spoken word are central to our lives and culture, Writers & Books celebrates, promotes and works to make them available to all. Writers & Books is located at 740 University Avenue, near Atlantic Avenue in the Neighborhood of the Arts.