Happy 2015 from The Writing Barn! We’re so excited to kick off the new year with some awesome FREE programming.
National Readathon Day was declared January 24th by The National Book Foundation, GoodReads,Mashable and Penguin Random House, its mission being to expand and nourish a nation of readers and help fund endeavors to educate, tutor and raise excitement over reading books. In celebration of this national event, The Writing Barn will host a Saturday reading party January 24th from 11:30AM-4:00PM. A short tour of the property and facilities will be given prior to reading. We’ll provide free coffee and a cozy spot anywhere in or around the Barn to settle in and READ! We encourage all Readathon participants to make a donation to the cause as well!
RSVP on our Eventbrite page, and we’ll see you there!
The Writing Barn is excited to unveil our latest free monthly programming, Words and Wine Wednesdays. 
Typically the last Wednesday of each month, we open the Barn doors for everyone in the local literary community to venture out to our neck of the woods from 7:30PM-9:00PM and join us in honoring a different featured author each month. Over wine and cheese, have an opportunity to meet likeminded literary folk and listen to a compelling author Q&A and/or reading. Authors’ books will be available to purchase through indie bookstore BookPeople. Our 2015 lineup is taking form, featuring:
January 28 – Mary Helen Specht, author of Migratory Animals FREE RSVP
February 25 –Carrie Fountain, author of poetry collections Instant Winner and Burn Lake
March 25- Natalia Sylvester, author of Chasing the Sun
Words and Wine Wednesdays is a sister program to our newest blog series, Austin Author Spotlight, featuring an exclusive interview with a local author each month. Our first three featured authors of Words and Wine Wednesdays will also have exclusive interviews on this new blog series.
Stay up to date with our free programming by following us on Twitter and Facebook, and checking our Events & Classes page regularly! Our free events will primarily have corresponding RSVP pages via Eventbrite.
We hope to see you at our free events!