Writers' Room of Boston

Open House, Sunday April 19 3-6 PM
2026-09-07 04:34 (America/New_York)
Join us for our Open House, Sunday, April 19 from 3 – 6 PM and you’re invited. Join Us for Our Open House!
We’re super excited to invite you to our Open House. It’s a great chance to explore, meet some of our members and fellows and see what we’re all about—IRL!
Come hang out, ask questions, and get a feel for the vibe. Whether you’re curious or just want to say hi, we’d love to have you stop by. Bring a guest. All are welcome. Free.
Don’t miss out! Register through the link.

Members/Fellows Only - Community Day
2025-01-12 16:00 - 18:00 UTC
Have you ever wondered, what would it be like to have a workspace devoted to writing; a quiet, secure, safe space shared with a community of other writers? Wonder no more. Welcome to the Writers’ Room of Boston, a community and a workspace dedicated to writing in all genres. On January 12th, from 4 – 6 pm you are welcome the public to visit our workspace and see if we provide both the space and community you are looking for. Writers of all genres and in all career stages are welcome. Register here or by scanning the QR code.

Members Only - Open House, March 26 5:30 - 8:30
2025-03-26 17:30 - 20:30 UTC | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Members only – come write with us. Writer first, drink later. We look forward to seeing you.
Register here.

Writers' Room of Boston - Board Meeting (members and fellows are welcome)
2025-04-21 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Readings from the Room, April 29 @ 7 PM
2025-04-29 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Join the Writers’ Room of Boston to welcome Anu Kandikuppa & Jake Hargrove for the next event in the series, taking place on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 7 PM. Hosted by Spencer Storey Johnson.
On-line.
Register here.

Writing Workshop April 30 @ 12PM
2025-04-30 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
This workshop will develop both your creativity and your craft. All genres welcome. Join us!
Workshop leader: WROB board member, Evelyn Krieger.
We are the Writers’ Room of Boston – a workspace and a community of writers in downtown Boston. Serving the writing community since 1992.

Writers' Room of Boston - Board meeting
2025-05-12 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
The Writers’ Room of Boston, May board meeting. All members and fellows are invited. See the Program Director for more information and the Zoom URL.

Community Day May 18 @ 11 - 3
2025-05-18 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Members only
In-person, In The Room.
Come write, read and then lunch. The event is available to members only. An application and information on membership is available here.

Readings from the Room - Live and In-person June 12 @ 7PM
2025-06-12 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Join us live and in-person for our June, Reading from the Room at which our 2024-25 fellows: Ali Dening, Lilly Milman and Jack Coyne will be reading from their work.
Hosted by Spencer Storey Johnson.
Our monthly Readings from the Room series is always free.
Register here and join us live and in-person.

Writers' Room After Hours June 18 @7:30
2025-06-18 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
The Writers’ Room After Hours – everything you want to know about the writing life, but were afraid to ask.
In the June 18th edition, Margery Gans will interview Mable Chan.
Mable Chan is a journalist, writer, producer, and founder of One in a Billion Productions, a film-focused multi-media nonprofit. Her current writing projects include a memoir and a TV pilot. She is also passionate about practising yoga, playing the piano, and mentoring the next generation.
Mable Chan

Writing Workshop June 25 @ 12PM
2025-06-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Writing Workshop
This workshop will develop both your creativity and your craft. All genres welcome. Join us!
Workshop leader: WROB board member, Evelyn Krieger.
We are the Writers’ Room of Boston – a workspace and a community of writers in downtown Boston. Serving the writing community since 1992.

Summer Sundown Writing Hour June 26 @ 7PM
2025-06-26 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Summer Sundown Writing Hour

Whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, writing the shortest of short stories, dialog for the screen, poetry or a novel or memoir, a key is to establish a routine and stick with it. Pick up a drink. Go out to the roof or the beach and come, write with us.
In the summer, everyone is invited. And they are free, hosted by our fellows.
We are the Writers’ Room of Boston – a workspace and a community of writers in downtown Boston. Serving the writing community since 1992.

Summer Sundown Writing Hour July 1 @ 7PM
2025-07-01 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Summer Sundown Writing Hour July 9 @ 7PM
2025-07-09 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Summer Sundown Writing Hour July 17 @ 7PM
2025-07-17 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Summer Sundown Writing Hour July 29 @ 7PM
2025-07-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Summer Sundown Writing Hour August 6 @ 7PM
2025-08-06 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Summer Sundown Writing Hour August 14 @ 7PM
2025-08-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Summer Sundown Writing Hour August 18 @ 7PM
2025-08-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Summer Sundown Writing Hour August 26 @ 7PM
2025-08-26 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Board Meeting - September 9, 2025
2025-09-09 19:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Meeting of the Writers’ Room Board. All meetings are open to members and by invitation to the public.
Those wishing to attend should contact the Program Director, Leslie Ostrow at info@writersroomofboston.org

Draft & Dialogue
2025-09-11 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Members/fellows – join us for the first in a series of Draft and Dialogue evenings, this Thursday, September 11, 5:30 – 7 with optional dinner or drinks to follow. Spend an hour or two in the Room, working in the company of other members. And then dinner or drinks after – this part is entirely optional.
No registration required. This is an in-person, members-only event.

Writing Workshop - September 16, 2025 @ Noon
2025-09-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
This workshop will develop both your creativity and your craft. All genres welcome. Join us online!
Workshop leader: WROB board member, Evelyn Krieger.
We are the Writers’ Room of Boston – a workspace and a community of writers in downtown Boston. Serving the writing community since 1992.

Writers' Room After Hours - Live! September 21, 2025 @ 3:30 PM
2025-09-21 15:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
The Writers’ Room After Hours focuses on the writing life. Everything you wanted to know – but were afraid to ask. This month with Max Gladstone.
Hugo-, Nebula-, and Locus Award winning author Max Gladstone has been thrown from a horse in Mongolia and once wrecked a bicycle in Angkor Wat. He is the author of many books, including the forthcoming Dead Hand Rule, the Craft Sequence of fantasy novels, and, with Amal El-Mohtar, the New York Times-bestselling This is How You Lose the Time War. His dreams are much nicer than you’d expect.
Max Gladstone will be interviewed by Ali Dening.

Readings from the Room, September 30, 2025 @ 7pm
2025-09-30 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Writers’ Room of Boston to welcome Livia Meneghin & Laura Metter for the next event in the series, taking place on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 7 PM online. Hosted by Spencer Storey Johnson. Register here.

Board Meeting - October 8, 2025 @ 7:30 PM
2025-10-08 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Writers' Room After Hours - October 8, 2025 @ 7:30
2025-10-08 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
The Writers’ Room After Hours focuses on the writing life. Everything you wanted to know – but were afraid to ask. This month with Tuan Phan.
Tuan Phan is a Vietnamese American teacher of literature, currently living and teaching in Taipei. He was born in Vietnam and left in 1986 with his family as part of a second wave of Boat People refugees. His memoir, “Remembering Water”, is about his family’s departure and return to Vietnam. It won the Panther Creek Book Award in Nonfiction and was published by Hidden River Press in 2023. His upcoming collection, “Gills and other Stories”, will be published by Texas Tech University Press in Spring 2026

Writing Workshop - October 21, 2025 @ Noon
2025-10-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)

Boston Book Festival - October 25, 2025 10am - 5pm
2025-10-25 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Copley Square, Boston, MA, United States
No one knows the Room – both the community and the workspace – better than our members, fellows and alumni. If you’re headed to the Boston Book Festival, please stop by our booth and help us promote the Room. This year the Room is sponsoring a contest, the best 6 word short story, the winner will win a month’s free membership.
Come and join us.

Too Poor to Die by Amy Shea - book launch and signing
2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Porter Square Books, Boston, 50 Liberty Drive, Boston, MA, 02210, United States
Porter Square Books: Boston Edition and GrubStreet are delighted to present the latest installment of the Grubbie
Debut event series, featuring Amy Shea, a Writers’ Room Alumni. Amy notes that a portion of this book was written in the Room.
Join us for a celebration of her book Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins on Tuesday, October 28 at 7pm at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition (50 Liberty Dr. Boston, Ma 02210). Author Ethan Gilsdorf will join Shea in conversation, and the author talk will be followed by a signing line.
