The Writers Grotto

Join us for a FREE lunchtime reading in the beautiful Wetlands Garden of TJPA’s Salesforce Park! Swetha Amit and Vanessa Hua will be reading from their work—come by!

Words & Stories Reading Series
June 3 • 1:00–1:30pm
Wetlands Garden, TJPA’s Salesforce Park

Thank you to Elizabeth Forsyth and to everyone who attended Tuesday's Grotto Night at the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library!

Elizabeth moderated "MONEY, please! Fundraising and the Art of the Ask," a lively conversation full of insights about raising money for literary nonprofits, philanthropy, and grants. She was joined by panelists Kamala Tully (ED of Mesa Refuge), J.K. Fowler, (ED for Bay Area Book Festival and founder of Nomadic Press), JD Beltran (grant writer, grant recipient, and grant-decider), and Dimple Abichandani, author of A New Era of Philanthropy.

We thank everyone who came out for their thoughtful questions! Grotto Nights at SFPL take place on the fourth Tuesday of each month. We hope to see you at the next one!

Turn memory into story. In this four-week generative workshop, we’ll explore how personal memory becomes narrative across memoir, poetry, and creative nonfiction through close reading and guided writing prompts.

Fridays, June 5th - June 26th; from 11:30am - 1:30pm. Via Zoom.

https://www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-events/write-memory-into-story-memoir-poetry-and-narrative-with-sabina-khan-ibarra

Now with a new start date! In this collaborative writing workshop, you will get feedback, support and advice for finishing your longer project. This is your time to return to the page, go deeper, and see where your writing wants to go next.

With Jenny Bitner

Wednesdays, June 10th - July 19th; from 6:00-8:00pm PT. Via Zoom.

https://www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-events/momentum-a-continuing-writing-workshop-with-jenny-bitner-2

Join us for an unforgettable evening of storytelling! Out of Fury Into Grace: Stories of Reckoning & Renewal — part of the Aloud/Out Loud Series — brings together six powerful voices exploring what it means to transform rage, grief, and struggle into something transcendent.

Featuring authors Sabina Khan-Ibarra, Lauren C. Johnson, Lisa Rosenberg, Eirinie Carson, Arely Miranda González, and Lama Rimawi.

📅 Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 6:30–8:30pm
📍 Telegraph Hill Books, 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco
🍽️ Mini-eats & libations served Hosted by & .

Free and open to the community — bring a friend!

Writing a novel is rarely a straight line.

Join Writers Grotto for Novel Writing: Trials, Tribulations and Breakthroughs, an evening with Jesus Francisco Sierra, June Martin, Dominic Lim, and Mia V. Moss, emceed by Lenore Weiss. The writers will talk about getting started, sustaining the work, learning through successive drafts, and navigating the pressures and disruptions that shape a manuscript’s life. The evening will also include short readings from novels-in-progress.

Wednesday, June 10, 2026
6:00–8:00 PM
Local Economy
6028 College Ave, Oakland

Suggested donation: $10 / pay what you want
RSVP: https://luma.com/wep92bbv