Check out what’s planned for the upcoming week:
JUNE 13: Bring your WIP to work alongside other (socially distant) writers at the O.C. Writers’ Monday Morning write-in at Patch Coffee (29100 Portola Pkwy, Lake Forest). O.C. Writers Community Director Barb DeLong generally arrives around 8:30 a.m. and leads a breakout discussion at 11 a.m. for those who want to take a break. Patch offers indoor and outdoor work tables, but all are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. The shop follows current Covid rules. For more information, send an email to Barb at info@oc-writers.com.
JUNE 16: Lake Forest Writers’ Roundtable discussion group, featuring writing and publishing business topics, takes place from 10:45 a.m. to noon on Zoom. Meetings are free and open to the public. To receive Zoom access information, email Roundtable leader Casey Dorman at caseylostcoast@gmail.com.
JUNE 18: The Southern California Writers Association will feature thriller author Matthew Quirk discussing his novel The Next Agent, which will soon become a Netflix series, at its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. at Regency Theatre, 26762 Verdugo St., San Juan Capistrano. $35 for nonmembers to attend. $15 for the Zoom option. Learn more at www.southerncalwriters.org.
JUNE 18: Book Carnival will host an in-person event with authors Ellen Byron (Bayou Book Thief) and Nancy Cole Silverman (The Navigator’s Daughter) at 12 p.m. Check the website for more information. http://www.annesbookcarnival.com/events.
We do our best to present accurate and 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.