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Write from the Heart: A Salem Lit Fest Romance Writing Workshop 9:00 am
Write from the Heart: A Salem Lit Fest Romance Writing Workshop
Aug 3 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Write from the Heart: A Salem Lit Fest Romance Writing Workshop @ Salem Athenaeum
This event is a fundraiser for the 2025 Salem Literary Festival; all proceeds will be used to fund festival programming. Romance is having a moment on the national stage as a genre, moving both book … Continued
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Writers’ Open Studio 9:00 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Aug 5 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 9:00-11:00 today especially for quiet work. Feel free to come by and write in a peaceful setting.  
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Dare to Begin: A Generative Writing Workshop 9:00 am
Dare to Begin: A Generative Writing Workshop
Aug 10 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Dare to Begin: A Generative Writing Workshop @ Salem Athenaeum
This event is a fundraiser for the 2025 Salem Literary Festival; all proceeds will be used to fund festival programming. Whether your characters are traveling through time, aisle 8 in the grocery store, or a … Continued
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Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 11 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
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Writers’ Open Studio 9:00 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Aug 12 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 9:00-11:00 today especially for quiet work. Feel free to come by and write in a peaceful setting.  
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 12 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
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Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 13 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
Nonfiction Writers Group—online
 6:30 pm
Nonfiction Writers Group—online

Aug 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
This group meets online every 2nd Wednesday, 6:30-8:00 p.m. We focus on nonfiction prose. Participants read their work in a supportive environment and receive useful feedback. If time permits, readings of favorite pieces and craft … Continued
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Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 14 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
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Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025 9:30 am
Young Writers Summer Simmer 2025
Aug 15 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
WHEN: August 11-15 9:30-11:30am WHERE: Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 COST: $120 for the week, scholarships available Is your creative writing energy boiling over? Or has it become stale and boring? In … Continued
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Writers’ Open Studio 9:00 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Aug 19 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 9:00-11:00 today especially for quiet work. Feel free to come by and write in a peaceful setting.  
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Writers’ Open Studio 9:00 am
Writers’ Open Studio
Aug 26 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Weekly Writing Studios at the Salem Athenaeum. The building will be open from 9:00-11:00 today especially for quiet work. Feel free to come by and write in a peaceful setting.  
Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon 7:00 pm
Incessant Pipe: Poetry Salon
Aug 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Incessant Pipe Poetry Salon will meet upstairs in the Salem Athenaeum. “The Pipe” is a space to read poetry, yours or others, and discuss everything from the price of tea in China to quantum … Continued
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