Our Library supports efforts by local writers. The
William N. Skirball Writers' Center, located in our
South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch, is a welcoming space for writers in northern Ohio offering private writing rooms, laptops, and features listed below. Staff and resources, along with our Library Writer-in-Residence, are on-hand to offer workshops, events, and software to enhance and encourage writers.
Writers Conference
The William N. Skirball Writers' Center proudly hosts the
Western Reserve Writers’ Conference for a third year, making it free of charge for writers. The
35th Annual Western Reserve Writers’ Conference will be held at our
South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch on
Saturday, April 28th,
9 AM-4:30 PM. ►
Details and online registration
Features for Writers
Aspiring and practicing authors can learn about writing and marketing fiction, poetry, memoirs, more.
Schedule & registration
Writers learn from other writers. Meet published writers hosted by the Library, ask questions about their craft & practice.
Events
Along with Writing Workshops, our Library offers software and online self-publishing opportunities for writers, and opportunities for Readers. Authors can contact the Library about their work.
Learn more
Poets & Poetry Lovers
Read
Poetry Chapbooks and every April, visit our yearly
Read+Write 30 Days of Poetry during National Poetry Month.
Listen to your favorite local authors reading selections of their work.
Listen to podcasts
Upload your story for all to share, and read stories, or poems, submitted by others. Get connected through stories.
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Writer-In-Residence
CLAIRE McMILLAN
The William N. Skirball Writers' Center Writer in Residence for 2017-2018 is novelist
Claire McMillan. As Writer in Residence, Claire will teach writing classes, have open office hours, and participate in select library events.
Claire McMillan is the author of
The Necklace, published in July by Simon & Schuster, and
Gilded Age. She grew up in and around Pasadena, CA. Claire practiced complex corporate litigation in San Francisco until 2003 and then received an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College. She currently lives with her spouse and two children near Cleveland on her husband's family farm.