THE CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB was started by a group of writing professionals in the early 1900s. The Berkeley Branch is the founding branch of the statewide Club, which now has 19 branches and around 2000 members throughout California. We are the third oldest writers’ club in the country, currently celebrating our 100th year serving Bay Area writers.
The CWC is a nonprofit professional organization open to writers in every genre and at every level of experience, from novice to published. Our purpose is to promote fellowship and to provide practical information that supports all members in achieving their publishing goals.
We offer or have offered meetings, speakers support/critique groups, a newsletter, writing contests, a chapbook, readings, and workshops.
Our speaker series returns on Sunday, September 20th with Oakland literary agent Andy Ross. Ross will detail the steps you need to take before beginning work with a literary agent. Ross will help you determine whether your project is right for commercial publishers and he'll explain how to write effective query letters and book proposals. You'll learn how to research the best agent for your book. He'll even go over how agents negotiate book contracts.
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20+ Authors from the Berkeley Branch of the California Writers Club read from 20+ new books on 6/20/2020
Purchase all these titles at Our Bookshop! (Profits go to our members of color who are severely impacted by the Covid crisis.)
Hello Universe Lovers & Oakland, I'm Not Dead by Keith Mark Gaboury
A Waltz in Tennessee by Francine Howard
Tell Me, ...
Our seven book bundles, generously donated by our member authors
Our book auction ends at the end of the month, when we hope to write a big fat check to one of our writers of color who is facing homelessness because of the Covid crisis. Please bid TODAY on one or more of these seven great "book bundles" at this link: https://cwc-berkeley.org/auctions/
"Words and Images" - books by Dirk ...
All Berkeley branch members of CWC are encouraged to enter the monthly contest in Write Angles. The theme this month is poetry. So submit your poem of 32 lines or less to Lynne at writeangles@gmail.com no later than this Friday, February 15, with "WA Writers' Contest" in the subject line. The winner will be awarded a fabulous prize at our March meeting.
Good luck to all of you!
One of our eagle-eyed members spotted a mistake on my announcement for the workshop that's happening today. (Thank you, Kymberlie!) The workshop begins at 1:00 and ends at 4:00. The old announcement made it look like it began at 4:00. So I hope nobody is confused about the start time.
1:00–4:00
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Clubhouse 1425 Oregon Street, Berkeley 94702
This workshop, “Develo...
Dear CWC-BB Members,
Happy Jack London's birthday! In the most recent edition of Write Angles, the calendar lists his birthday incorrectly. I wanted to make sure everyone knows that Jack London was born on January 12. Thank you, Linda Brown, for catching that error and setting us straight.
While I've got your attention...be sure to come to our next meeting on Sunday, ...
“Developing Publishing Platforms with Help from the Four-Step Method” is designed to develop a publishing platform for writers to assist in book publishing, promotion, and sales.
Whether you’re writing a novel or a screenplay, the scene is the thing. Join author James Dalessandro as he shows us how to move from one scene to the next. That he understands scene craft and pacing should come as no surprise: he is the author of four books and a screenwriter who has been hired on more than 20 feature films. In his presentation at the November meeting, Dalessandro will ...