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Announcing our next Reading + Meeting - plus a welcome to new members!
We have an exciting Reading and Meeting lined up for April 21st with Rowen Leong Singer, Laird Harrison, Saila Kariat, and Heather Bourbeau, emcee'd by Laurie Ann Doyle. Stay for happy hour and meet up with fellow Grotto members and other creatives. Register today to secure your spot!
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Announcing Our Spring Classes!
Check out our latest newsletter to see our new spring classes and write-ins! Plus join us for a virtual open house on Monday, March 20th, to learn more about our classes program.
Upcoming Classes & Events
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9:00-11:00am PT
How To Write A Children's Book With Lisa Lerner
7:00-8:30pm PT
Write Away with Laurie Ann Doyle
7:00-8:00pm PT
Spring Classes Virtual Open House
7:00-8:00pm PT
Spring Write-Ins: Wednesday, April 12th with Laurie Ann Doyle
6:30-8:30pm PT
Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig
6:30-8:30pm PT
Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig
6:30-8:30pm PT
Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig
6:30-8:30pm PT
Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig
6:30-8:30pm PT
Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig
6:30-8:30pm PT
Intermediate Short Fiction: Refining Your Work for Submission with Rita Chang-Eppig
6:30-8:30pm PT
Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner
6:30-8:30pm PT
Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner
6:30-8:30pm PT
Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner
6:30-8:30pm PT
Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner
6:30-8:30pm PT
Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner
6:30-8:30pm PT
Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner
6:00-8:30pm PT
Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden
6:00-8:30pm PT
Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden
6:00-8:30pm PT
Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden
6:00-8:30pm PT
Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden
6:00-8:30pm PT
Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden
6:00-8:30pm PT
Start from Scratch: Write a Story in 6 Weeks with Lindsey Crittenden
6:00-8:00pm PT
Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner
6:00-8:00pm PT
Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner
6:00-8:00pm PT
Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner
6:00-8:00pm PT
Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner
6:00-8:00pm PT
Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner
6:00-8:00pm PT
Flash Fiction: Little Stories with A Big Kick, with Jenny Bitner
6:00-8:00pm PT
Autofiction: Combining Memoir and Fiction with Jenny Bitner
6:00-8:00pm PT
Talk to Me: Writing the Personal Essay with Audrey Ferber
6:00-8:00pm PT
Join the Bay Area Literary Community with Leigh Lucas
6:00-8:00pm PT
Write Short Stories Like the Masters with Jenny Bitner April 11th, 2023
6:00-8:00pm PT
Writing The Unconscious with Jenny Bitner
6:00-8:00pm PT
Story Craft: The Elements of Fiction with Doug Henderson
6:00-7:30pm PT
Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson
6:00-7:30pm PT
Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson
6:00-7:30pm PT
Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson
6:00-7:30pm PT
Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson
6:00-7:30pm PT
Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson
6:00-7:30pm PT
Cyborgs, Witches, and the Apocalypse: Writing a Genre Hybrid with Doug Henderson
6:00-7:30pm PT
Grotto Nights with San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Event
6:00-7:30pm PT
Grotto Nights with San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Event Feb. 7th
6:00-7:30pm PT
Book Club: Don DeLillo's White Noise with Mark Wallace
6:00-7:30pm PT
Grotto Nights with San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Event March 7th
6:00-7:00pm PT
Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace
6:00-7:00pm PT
Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace
6:00-7:00pm PT
Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace
6:00-7:00pm PT
Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace
6:00-7:00pm PT
Book Club: Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse with Mark Wallace
6:00-7:00pm PT
Write-In with Audrey Ferber
6:00-7:00pm PT
Write-In with Sabina Khan-ibarra
6:00-7:00pm PT
Write-In with Audrey Ferber
6:00-7:00pm PT
Winter Write-In: Jan 18th, 2023 with Maw Shein Win
6:00-7:00pm PT
Winter Write-In: Jan. 25th, 2023 with Rita Chang-Eppig
6:00-7:00pm PT
Winter Write-In: Feb. 1st, 2023 with Rita Chang-Eppig
6:00-7:00pm PT
Winter Write-In: Feb. 8th, 2023 with Rita Chang-Eppig
6:00-7:00pm PT
Winter Write-In: Feb. 15th, 2023 with Maw Shein Win
6:00-7:00pm PT
Winter Write-In: Feb. 27th, 2023 with Jenny Qi
6:00-7:00pm PT
Winter Write-In: March 13th, 2023 with Jenny Qi
6:00-7:00pm PT
Winter Write-In: March 27th, 2023 with Jenny Qi
6:00-7:00pm PT
Spring Write-Ins: Wednesday, April 5th with Jenny Bitner
6:00-7:00pm PT
Spring Write-Ins: Monday, June 19th with Jenny Qi
6:00-7:00pm PT
Spring Write-Ins: Monday, June 26th with Jenny Qi
5:00pm PT
Salesforce Park Poetry Series, Feb. 2nd
5:00pm PT
Salesforce Park Poetry Series, Feb. 16th
5:00pm PT
Salesforce Park Poetry Series, March 2nd
5:00-7:00pm PT
Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Writing Family Stories with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Adoption, Kinship & Family: A Writing Workshop with Susan Ito
5:00-7:00pm PT
Reading and Meeting, November 18th 2022
5:00-7:00pm PT
Reading and Meeting Feb. 17th, 2023
5:00-7:00pm PT
Reading + Meeting and New Member Welcome
5:00-6:30pm PT
Use AI to Improve Your Writing with Laird Harrison
4:00-5:00pm PT
Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Nov. 15th
4:00-5:00pm PT
Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Nov. 22nd
4:00-5:00pm PT
Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Nov 29th
4:00-5:00pm PT
Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Dec. 13th
4:00-5:00pm PT
Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Dec. 20th
4:00-5:00pm PT
Drop In College Help with Lisa Lerner Dec. 27th
4:00-5:00pm PT
Creative Writing for Kids with Lisa Lerner
3:00-5:00pm PT
Work-In-Progress Workshop with Lindsey Crittenden
3:00-4:30pm PT
Imagery Intensive with Lindsey Crittenden
3:00-4:30pm PT
Imagery Intensive with Lindsey Crittenden
2:00-4:30pm PT
Jumpstart Your Writing for 2023 with Elizabeth Forsyth
2:00-4:00pm PT
DIY Author Events with Elizabeth Forsyth
2:00-4:00pm PT
DIY Author Events with Elizabeth Forsyth May 23rd, 2023
2:00 - 5:00pm PT
Artist Reception with Leah Korican - Normalize the Incredible
2:00 - 4:30pm PT
Refresh and Reset Your 2023 Writing with Elizabeth Forsyth
1:30-4:30pm PT
What We Talk About When We Talk About Stealing, with Lindsey Crittenden
1:00-4:00pm PT
Playing with Words & Images with Susan Ito and Leah Korican
1:00-4:00pm PT
Revise and Submit Your Story For Publication with Laurie Ann Doyle
12:30-1:00pm PT
Spring Write-Ins: Tuesday, April 18th with Laurie Ann Doyle
12:00-1:00pm PT
Write-In with Lisa Lerner
Member Spotlight
Vanessa Hua
Vanessa Hua is the author of the national bestsellers A River of Stars and Forbidden City, as well as Deceit and Other Possibilities, a New York Times Editors Pick. A National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, she has also received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and a Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing, as well as awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association, among others. A former award-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Atlantic. She is a Visiting Writer at Saint Mary’s College of California, and has taught at the Warren Wilson MFA Program, Sewanee Writers Conference, and elsewhere.
Featured Work
Narrow Escapes
Haunted by a terrible accident and adrift in love, Louise Nayer takes us on a captivating journey filled with danger and romance, through Morocco, New York City and finally on a solo journey to California, thousands of miles from her home. Set in the early 70’s at a time of cataclysmic change in America, Narrow Escapes will resonate with all who need to release themselves from a difficult past as they search for joy and home.
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