Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week:
JANUARY 19: O.C. Writers’ All-Genre Critique Group is an opportunity for writers to get and give feedback on participants’ work-in-progress. The program takes place at 10:30 a.m. on Zoom. Meetings are free and open to the public. To receive Zoom access information, email group leader Cee Cee Wakefield at info@oc-writers.com.
JANUARY 20: The Mission Viejo Library and Warwick’s Bookstore will host historical fiction author Melanie Benjamin discussing her new book, The Children’s Blizzard, with author Elizabeth Letts in a free online event at 4 p.m. Registration is required. https://www.warwicks.com/event/benjamin-2021.
JANUARY 21: O.C. Writers’ weekly Roundtable discussion group, featuring writing and publishing business topics, takes place from 10:30 to noon on Zoom. Meetings are free and open to the public. To receive Zoom access information, email Roundtable leader Casey Dorman at info@oc-writers.com.
JANUARY 21: Foothill Ranch Library Writers Support & Critique Group Zoom meeting. Read your work and be prepared to provide critique to others. This free group meets weekly from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Contact stella.carruth@occr.ocgov.com for more information and for the Zoom invite.
JANUARY 24: The O.C. Sisters in Crime will feature a discussion with novelist Thomas Perry and literature professor and television writer Jo Perry at its monthly meeting, which begins at 3 p.m. Check ocsistersincrime.org for the Zoom link.
We do our best to present up to date information, but it would still be wise to double-check before attending.
For more, visit our LITERARY CALENDAR, the area’s most comprehensive listing of events for writers and publishing creatives in Orange County. To submit information for an event, visit our SUBMISSIONS page.