Fish Tales: The Mistake
Sep
15

Fish Tales: The Mistake

This Fish Tales is SOLD OUT. Contact the Gloucester Stage box office to get on the wait list…we expect that a few tickets may become available last-minute.

We will post a link here to the video of the show in the next few days!

Hear true stories, told live, without notes — about THE MISTAKE and the consequences.

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Literary Gloucester, A Walking Tour
Sep
19

Literary Gloucester, A Walking Tour

Literary Gloucester, A Walking Tour

  • 10:00 AM  12:00 PM

Join raconteur Phil Storey on his famous literary walk through downtown Gloucester! Meet at 80 Main Antiques & Ephemera Gloucester, MA.

A FREE two-hour literary walking tour of Gloucester with noted raconteur Phil Storey, courtesy of the Gloucester Writers Center. Held on multiple dates!

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Book Reading with Mary Bonina and Mia Millefogle
Sep
24

Book Reading with Mary Bonina and Mia Millefogle

Join us for a book reading with Mary Bonina and Mia Millefogle at the GWC on Thursday September 24th at 7pm!

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Crafting a Novel—An Introduction
Oct
3

Crafting a Novel—An Introduction

Want to write a novel? Come and join us as full-time novelist M. L. Buchman demystifies the process. Learn about:

  • The practicalities: tools, craft practice, critique groups. 

  • The challenges: mindset, finding success, perseverance. 

  • And the craft: characters, settings, story arc. 

  • And so much more.

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Crafting a Novel—An Introduction
Oct
10

Crafting a Novel—An Introduction

Want to write a novel? Come and join us as full-time novelist M. L. Buchman demystifies the process. Learn about:

  • The practicalities: tools, craft practice, critique groups. 

  • The challenges: mindset, finding success, perseverance. 

  • And the craft: characters, settings, story arc. 

  • And so much more.

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Modern Publishing—A Guide
Oct
17

Modern Publishing—A Guide

The world of publishing has been in constant flux since Saint Columbo stole the first copyright in 563 CE—but never so much as it is now. Learn how to choose the pathway(s) that best fit your goals: traditional, indie, or innovative.

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Fish Tales: Veterans
Nov
11

Fish Tales: Veterans

Save the date for Fish Tales: VETERANS at Gloucester Stage. Ticket link will be sent first to GWC email subscribers, so sign up today!

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The Henry Tales!
Sep
10

The Henry Tales!

Henry Ferrini, co-founder of the Gloucester Writers Center, is retiring as Executive Director after 16 years. Come celebrate his amazing career at The Henry Tales: Told by the people who were there when it happened.

Tickets start at $100 and are limited. All profits go to ensuring that Henry’s vision for the Gloucester Writers Center lives on.

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Literary Gloucester, A Walking Tour
Sep
5

Literary Gloucester, A Walking Tour

Literary Gloucester, A Walking Tour

  • 10:00 AM  12:00 PM

Join raconteur Phil Storey on his famous literary walk through downtown Gloucester! Meet at 80 Main Antiques & Ephemera Gloucester, MA.

A FREE two-hour literary walking tour of Gloucester with noted raconteur Phil Storey, courtesy of the Gloucester Writers Center. Held on multiple dates!

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Literary Gloucester, A Walking Tour
Aug
22

Literary Gloucester, A Walking Tour

Literary Gloucester, A Walking Tour

  • 10:00 AM  12:00 PM

Join raconteur Phil Storey on his famous literary walk through downtown Gloucester! Meet at 80 Main Antiques & Ephemera Gloucester, MA.

A FREE two-hour literary walking tour of Gloucester with noted raconteur Phil Storey, courtesy of the Gloucester Writers Center. Held on multiple dates!

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Playwriting with Peter Littlefield
Aug
16

Playwriting with Peter Littlefield

The Gloucester Writers Center is thrilled to welcome Peter Littlefield back to 126 E. Main Street for his wildly popular 6-session playwriting course this summer!

Join Peter for the last three Sundays of July and the first three Sundays of August as he leads this instructive, generative course, based on his years of experience in the NYC theater scene, opera, and in film production.

This workshop is open to all experience levels but limited to 7 spots. Make sure you reserve your seat today!

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Playwriting with Peter Littlefield
Aug
9

Playwriting with Peter Littlefield

The Gloucester Writers Center is thrilled to welcome Peter Littlefield back to 126 E. Main Street for his wildly popular 6-session playwriting course this summer!

Join Peter for the last three Sundays of July and the first three Sundays of August as he leads this instructive, generative course, based on his years of experience in the NYC theater scene, opera, and in film production.

This workshop is open to all experience levels but limited to 7 spots. Make sure you reserve your seat today!

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Poetry Reading with Kevin Gallagher & Patricio Ferrari
Aug
6

Poetry Reading with Kevin Gallagher & Patricio Ferrari

Join us for a poetry reading with Kevin Gallagher & Patricio Ferrari at the GWC on August 6th!

Kevin Gallagher is a poet, publisher and political economist living in Greater Boston. His new book is Diving at the Moon with Spuyten Duyvil press. Recent books are And Yet it Moves and The Wild Goose. Gallagher edits spoKe, a Boston area annual of poetry and poetics. He works as a professor of global development policy at Boston University.

Patricio Ferrari is a polyglot poet, literary translator, and editor whose work moves across languages, geographies, and poetic traditions. In 2026, he received the Fence Modern Poets Series Prize for Mud Songs, Book I of his Elsehere multilingual trilogy—an exploration of migration, identity, and vernacular soundscapes.

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Playwriting with Peter Littlefield
Aug
2

Playwriting with Peter Littlefield

The Gloucester Writers Center is thrilled to welcome Peter Littlefield back to 126 E. Main Street for his wildly popular 6-session playwriting course this summer!

Join Peter for the last three Sundays of July and the first three Sundays of August as he leads this instructive, generative course, based on his years of experience in the NYC theater scene, opera, and in film production.

This workshop is open to all experience levels but limited to 7 spots. Make sure you reserve your seat today!

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Playwriting with Peter Littlefield
Jul
26

Playwriting with Peter Littlefield

The Gloucester Writers Center is thrilled to welcome Peter Littlefield back to 126 E. Main Street for his wildly popular 6-session playwriting course this summer!

Join Peter for the last three Sundays of July and the first three Sundays of August as he leads this instructive, generative course, based on his years of experience in the NYC theater scene, opera, and in film production.

This workshop is open to all experience levels but limited to 7 spots. Make sure you reserve your seat today!

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Playwriting with Peter Littlefield
Jul
19

Playwriting with Peter Littlefield

The Gloucester Writers Center is thrilled to welcome Peter Littlefield back to 126 E. Main Street for his wildly popular 6-session playwriting course this summer!

Join Peter for the last three Sundays of July and the first three Sundays of August as he leads this instructive, generative course, based on his years of experience in the NYC theater scene, opera, and in film production.

This workshop is open to all experience levels but limited to 7 spots. Make sure you reserve your seat today!

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Playwriting with Peter Littlefield
Jul
12

Playwriting with Peter Littlefield

The Gloucester Writers Center is thrilled to welcome Peter Littlefield back to 126 E. Main Street for his wildly popular 6-session playwriting course this summer!

Join Peter for the last three Sundays of July and the first three Sundays of August as he leads this instructive, generative course, based on his years of experience in the NYC theater scene, opera, and in film production.

This workshop is open to all experience levels but limited to 7 spots. Make sure you reserve your seat today!

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