Our Readers & Writers Guild meets select months in the Preston Cutler Room at Christ Church to hear a featured reader, as well as, share open mic time and peruse attendee's books for sale. We will share potluck snacks.  All are welcome!  For further information, please contact Betsy Retallack.

Next meeting: 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 20

Featured Reader: 

Javy Awan lives in Salem. His poems have appeared in Poet Lore, Solstice, Chautauqua, Potomac Review, The Lowell Review, Burn Before Reading, Molecule: A Tiny Lit Mag, the London-based Long Poem Magazine. and elsewhere. He has one solo publication, the chapbook Ticket Outta Here.

Javy is a member of Tin Box Poets and cofounder of Derby Wharf Light Box, a poetry chapbook series focusing on Salem and local North Shore scenes.

Upcoming meetings: The third Friday of every other month in fall, winter, and spring.  May 15, 2026