Event Calendar

Check here for all the details of upcoming meetings, workshops, and events.

OUR NEXT MEETING DATES are shown below.

MONTHLY MEETINGS:

Coastal Dunes CWC is thrilled to announce the resumption of our monthly meetings, now held in person at the Nipomo Library. As we gather once again, we want to inform our members that Zoom access will no longer be available for every meeting. However, we will still provide the option for Zoom participation when our esteemed speakers cannot join us in person.

To ensure that everyone stays informed, we will diligently update the Events Page and the Home Page of our website to reflect the upcoming meetings.

Where: Community Room, Nipomo Library, 918 West Tefft Street, Nipomo, CA
Directions: From 101 northbound or southbound, take the Tefft Street exit. Proceed west for .9 miles, and turn right into the library parking lot at Orchard Avenue.

Our monthly in-person meetings follow this schedule:

Times:
10:00-10:30 AM– Check-in and Networking
10:30 – 10:45 AM – CWC Announcements
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM: Featured Presentation
12:15 – 12:30 PM: Q&A, Book Signing if applicable Refreshments are provided; admission is free.

2024 Presentation Calendar:
The following is a list of meeting dates for 2024. We generally meet on the first Saturday of each month, unless it’s a holiday weekend and we move it to the following Saturday. We will add speakers and topics to this list as they are booked. Mark your calendars!

January 13th – Lee Herrick, California Poet Laureate- Topic: Poetry Reading.

February 3rd -Katya Cengel– Topic: “Writing Your Way Out Of Trauma and Around the World”

March 2nd -Laurie Woodward- Topic: “Character Sketches – How to Create Believable Characters”

April 1st – Jenna Elisabeth Johnson- Topic: “Publishing & Marketing Tips from a Seasoned Indie Author”

May 11th – M Diane Smith – Topic: “Small Plots: A Writers’ Workshop on Flash Fiction”

June 8th– Terry Willey and Carol Baker Willey – Topic: “Why Authors Love It and Why Authors Hat It.”

July 6th – Mark Arnold – Topic: “Researching my historical fiction novel revealed a controversial 200-year-old secret about the origin of Frankenstein”

August 3rd – Wendelin Van Daaren – Topic: “AHA-Ask Her Anything”

September –

October – Carole Wagener – Topic: “How to Write, Publish, and Market a Memoir in 7 Years or Less.”

November – –