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Hey Youth Writers! It’s almost fall and time to write at our monthly Swift Youth Writers Groups held on the 2nd Sundays of the month at the Ames Public Library.
This month, join our talented and fun-loving writer and facilitator, Linea King. Click here to read about Linea and her writing philosophy.
Youth writers meet upstairs in the P.E.O. Room from 2 to 4 PM. Do check the monitors incase of room changes. We supply notebooks and pens, and other supplies to prompt and inspire stories.
2nd Sunday Swift Youth Writers Groups are offered as an Ames Writers Collective FREE community outreach program in partnership with the Ames Public Library.


If you missed the live “Celebrating Cather 150” event at the Ames Public Library on February 28th, it was recorded and posted to YouTube.
That evening the event featured Rachel Olsen, Director of Education and Engagement at the National Willa Cather Center and Ana McCracken, founder of the Ames Writers Collective. Olsen’s work at the National Willa Cather Center focuses on creating opportunities to preserve Cather’s literary history and bring it to life for modern readers. McCracken and Olsen read from a mix of Cather’s works, bringing a modern context to her words. The goal was to introduce new readers to Cather’s works, and reintroduce those who may have read Cather earlier in life.
For more information about the National Willa Cather Center, click here. Registrations are currently open for the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference to be held Thursday, June 6 to Saturday, June 8th in Red Cloud, Nebraska.