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 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 9 @ 7PM
2025-07-09 19:00 - 20:00 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States

Board Meeting - September 9, 2025
2025-09-09 19:30 - 20:00
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 | 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
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 | 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
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

Writers' Room After Hours - October 8, 2025 @ 7:30
2025-10-08 19:30 - 20:30
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
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.

Boston Book Festival - October 25, 2025 10am - 5pm
2025-10-25 10:00 - 17:00 | 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 | 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.

The Write-In 10/30 @ 6:15 PM
2025-10-30 18:15 - 20:15 | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Writers of all genres – come and be inspired at the Write-In!

What
The Write-In is a get together for published and aspiring writers alike to feel community and work on your craft. We’ll do timed exercises with prompts, and then 45 minutes of silent work on your own project.
You can share your work or not. And feedback will be limited to a round of applause.
Why
Writing can be hard. Writing can be lonely. So on Thursdays we do it together at the Writers’ Room of Boston – home to NYT bestselling authors and aspiring writers alike.
When & Where
In-person. Thursdays 6:15 – 8pm. Running Oct 30 – Dec 4 2025. Drop in welcome. No admittance after 6:30pm.
Location:
Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston. (in-person)
Cost:
$15, $2 students / low-income, Free to members with a promo code

Fiction Feedback Group
2025-11-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-01 19:00 - 20:30
You’ve probably joined a critique group where others took turns dissecting your writing, pointing out things that did and didn’t work, and where you, the writer, took notes and said nothing. This is different. The emphasis will be on literary fiction as defined very broadly. This includes writing that blurs the boundary between genre fiction and ‘pure’ literary fiction, between realism and surrealism and speculative fiction.
The group will meet remotely (on Zoom) for 90 minutes monthly. There will also be opportunities to meet in-person at the Writers’ Room.
The Fiction Feedback Group is organized and led by Paul Farwell whose short stories have appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review, The Antioch Review, Salt Hill Journal, Willow Springs, and Catamaran Literary Reader. He also serves as a reader for Chicago Quarterly Review. He currently lives in Watertown with his wife and their dog, Edgar Allan Pug.
The group will be limited to 10 people. Writing submissions can be a short story, a novel excerpt or a fragment of either, as long as they are less than 5000 words. We will use an online tool (Google Docs or an equivalent) to share our work and supply line edits (if requested).
This is a members only opportunity.

Write-In 6:15pm 11-6-25
2025-11-06 18:15 - 20:00 | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
November 6 @6:15 till 8
The Write-In!
November 6 @ 6:15pm – 8pm
Come and meet fellow writers for conversation and refreshments, followed by writing exercises with prompts. This week we are working on plot. Come and be inspired at our cosy space in the heart of Boston. (In this friendly atmosphere you can share your work or not.)
Free to members, $12 nonmembers, $5 students / low-income
In-person. Thursdays 6:15 – 8pm. Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston.

Open House 11-8-25 @ 3pm
2025-11-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Join us! The Fall Open House @ the Writers’ Room of Boston.111 State Street, Boston. All are welcome.

Write-In 6/13/25 @ 6:15 pm
2025-11-13 18:15 - 20:00 | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Join us for an evening of creative camaraderie at the Write-In — a fun, pressure-free space to shake off perfectionism and get your words flowing. This week we will be working on dialogue. Through a series of playful, time-limited writing prompts, you’ll stretch your imagination, invent eccentric characters, and rediscover the joy of writing for its own sake. Then, settle in for a peaceful 45-minute silent writing session surrounded by fellow writers, followed by optional readings (applause only — no critique, ever!). Whether you’re a seasoned novelist or writeThas a hobby, this is your midweek creative recharge. Supportive, low-stakes, yet inspirational. Bring your notebook, your favorite pen, and your wildest ideas!
$12 non-member/$5 student & low-income/free to members

Writing Workshop - November 18, 2025 @ Noon
2025-11-18 12:00 - 13:00

Write-In November 20th @ 6:15 PM
2025-11-20 18:15 - 20:00 | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Join us for an evening of creative camaraderie at the Write-In — a fun, pressure-free space to shake off perfectionism and get your words flowing. This week we will be working on setting & world building. Through a series of playful, time-limited writing prompts, you’ll stretch your imagination, invent eccentric characters, and rediscover the joy of writing for its own sake. Then, settle in for a peaceful 45-minute silent writing session surrounded by fellow writers, followed by optional readings (applause only — no critique, ever!). Whether you’re a seasoned novelist or write as a hobby, this is your midweek creative recharge. Supportive, low-stakes, yet inspirational. Bring your notebook, your favorite pen, and your wildest ideas!
Non-members $12/student & low-income $5
This week the focus is setting & world building.

Writers' Room After Hours - November 20, 2025 @ 7:30
2025-11-20 19:30 - 20:30
The Writers’ Room After Hours focuses on the writing life. Everything you wanted to know – but were afraid to ask. This month with Gish Jen.
Gish Jen is the author of six novels, two books of stories, and two works of nonfiction. Her honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the Fulbright Foundation, as well as the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction and the Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her stories have been chosen for The Best American Short Stories five times, including The Best American Short Stories of the Century. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bad Bad Girl is her latest novel.
Gish Jen will be interviewed by Mable Chan.

Write-In December 4th @ 6:15 PM
2025-12-04 18:15 - 20:00 | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Join us for an evening of creative camaraderie at the Write-In — a fun, pressure-free space to shake off perfectionism and get your words flowing. This week we will be working on conflict & drama. Through a series of playful, time-limited writing prompts, you’ll stretch your imagination, invent eccentric characters, and rediscover the joy of writing for its own sake. Then, settle in for a peaceful 45-minute silent writing session surrounded by fellow writers, followed by optional readings (applause only — no critique, ever!). Whether you’re a seasoned novelist or write as a hobby, this is your midweek creative recharge. Supportive, low-stakes, yet inspirational. Bring your notebook, your favorite pen, and your wildest ideas!
Non-members $12/student & low-income $5
This week the focus is conflict & drama.

Holiday Party 12/6 @ 7pm
2025-12-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Writers’ Room of Boston, 111 State Street, Boston, 02109, United States
Members, fellows, board, alumni and their guests – join us for our annual holiday party.
