Georgia Writer's Museum

Law Enforcement Hall of Fame member Sheryl McCollum will again lead GWM’s popular Crime & Wine presentation early in May. CONTRIBUTED

Law Enforcement Hall of Fame member Sheryl McCollum will again lead GWM’s popular Crime & Wine presentation early in May. CONTRIBUTED

GWM’s popular Crime & Wine Experience returns

News Staff
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Fortunately, the rate of unsolved cold cases is slowly declining. Soon, fewer than 30% of major crime cold cases will remain unsolved each year. Still, let a news announcer mention JonBenet Ramsey or Jimmy Hoffa, and people rush to their TVs.
Marie Bostwick

Marie Bostwick

GWM interview: Marie Bostwick

Marie Bostwick
Thursday, April 10, 2025
“I loved this book,” one book reviewer wrote. “Touching, timely, and introspective, The Book Club for Troublesome Women is incredibly relevant to today’s women who are expected to work like they don’t have a family and run a home like they don’t have a job.
Lydia Menzies

Lydia Menzies

GWM Interview: Lydia Menzies

Lydia Menzies
Thursday, March 13, 2025
“True hospitality consists of giving the best of yourself to your guests," Eleanor Roosevelt wrote.Hosting whisperer Lydia Menzies’ new book, The Supper Club, could be the complete textbook on how to ensure your guests know they received your best.
Collen Oakley

Collen Oakley

GWM to host bestselling author Colleen Oakley

Colleen Oakley
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Georgia Writers Museum has announced its Meet the Author presenter for November will be Colleen Oakley, an Atlanta-based USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island, You Were There Too, Close Enough to Touch, Before I Go, and Jane and Dan at the End of the World.On Nov.
Jim Auchmutey will lead the annual workshop. (CONTRIBUTED)

Jim Auchmutey will lead the annual workshop. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM brings back non-fiction workshop

Jim Auchmutey
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Are you a new or aspiring writer with a non-fiction story you’re eager to tell? Are you ready to finally birth that book you have been thinking about for years?Do you hear people say, “You oughta write a book?” Suppose you answer “yes” to any of these questions.
GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

Writers Museum exhibits at Black Writers Weekend

News Staff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Georgia Writers Museum participated in Black Writers Weekend, a conference held Aug. 1-3 in Austell that brought hundreds of writers from all over the U.S.
GWM to host mystery writer Lo Patrick

GWM to host mystery writer Lo Patrick

GWM to host mystery writer Lo Patrick

Lo Patrick
Thursday, July 18, 2024
The Floating Girls comes to The Night the River Wept, a contemporary Georgia story about a small-town, stay-at-home wife who suffers a tragic miscarriage and finds herself completely lost – until a job volunteering at the local police station becomes the opportunity to investigate the county’s most...
Janisse Ray

Janisse Ray

GWM interview: The Woods of Fannin County

Janisse Ray
Thursday, May 23, 2024
We all enjoy an adventurous thriller that keeps us on the edge of our seats, and one that involves young children dealing with extreme adversity can be particularly engaging.Georgia Writers Hall of Fame author Janisse Ray wrote such a story in The Woods of Fannin County.
Lisa Poisso will conduct a workshop to assist authors with overcoming the revision process. (CONTRIBUTED)

Lisa Poisso will conduct a workshop to assist authors with overcoming the revision process. (CONTRIBUTED)

Georgia Writers Museum workshop: The revision secret

News Staff
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Authors often get stuck in the revision process. They recognize their manuscript needs work but are unsure of what’s wrong. So, they fiddle with comma placement, delete a few words here, add different ones there, and still don’t feel like they’ve significantly improved their literary product.
(L-R:) Georgia Writers Museum’s Chip Bell, Paula Benjamin, Melissa Swindell and Lou Benjamin are ready to take on a major renovation project that will catapult the Eatonton arts mainstay into a must-see – and experience – attraction. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

(L-R:) Georgia Writers Museum’s Chip Bell, Paula Benjamin, Melissa Swindell and Lou Benjamin are ready to take on a major renovation project that will catapult the Eatonton arts mainstay into a must-see – and experience – attraction. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

Georgia Writers Museum ready for next chapter

Ian Tocher
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The doors are closed right now at Eatonton’s favorite free attraction, the Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) and its accompanying bookstore on South Jefferson Avenue, just up the street from the historic Pex Theater and across the road from the iconic Putnam County courthouse.
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