LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – For the sixth year, the Writers Circle, a free public writing workshop in Lakeport, has been funded by the national organization, Poets and Writers. 

The workshop is sponsored by the Lake County Arts Council, which hosts workshop at the Main Street Art Gallery, 325 N. Main St., at 6:30 pm., on the first Thursday of each month.

Residents from all over Lake County attend the Writers Circle and join other writers who share memoirs, fiction, essays or poems they have written – or just listen and get inspired. 

Writers who are more seasoned join with beginning writers to offer feedback, build skills and find new ideas. 

Aged 19 to 90, some people come only one or two times, and others show up every month.

The workshop is facilitated by former Poet Laureate Mary McMillan.

Poets and Writers supports the workshop through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.

For more information contact Mary McMillan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..