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Author Spotlight | Karen Bermann

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LIVE and In Person at
FIFTH STREET WRITERS
612 5th St., AMES, IA
Thursday, November 20, 6:30 PM
Books for Sale & Author Signing

A vividly illustrated family memoir told in two voices, father and daughter, The Art of Being a Stranger explores the impact of displacement and historical memory across generations.

Karen Bermann is professor emerita of architecture at Iowa State University. She worked on sweat equity rehabilitation in her native New York and taught first-year design in Ames and fourth-year design in Rome, where she now lives.

On Exhibit & Meet the Author/Artist:
Drawings from The Art of Being a Stranger
Thursday, Nov 20: 6:30 PM
Friday Nov 21 10:30 AM to Noon and 1 to 6:30 PM
Saturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM

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Meet Bestselling Novelist Nicole Baart!

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Meet Nicole Baart!

Nicole is the bestselling author of several novels, including Where He Left Me and Everything We Didn’t Say. She has years of experience in modern publishing and knows what it takes to move a novel from first draft, to query, to published work. She will share her experience publishing and practical tips for new authors. Details below.

Nicole Baart | The Publishing Journey | A Publishing Talk & Workshop

Location: Ames Writers Collective, Fifth Street Writers

Saturday, November 8 | 11 AM – 12 PM:  Nicole Baart, The Publishing Journey & book-signing
FREE and open to the public

Saturday, November 8 | 1 PM – 3 PM:  Pitching Your Work
Publishing practicum workshop

Fee: $25 general admission, Fifth Street members receive a 10% discount, and Students Free. CLICK HERE to receive a discount code.

This event is held in partnership with the Iowa State University MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment Pearl Holgrefe Visiting Writers Series.

Learn more about Nicole at NicoleBaart.com.

 

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2nd & 4th Write Together Tuesdays

JOIN ANA MCCRACKEN for
Write Together Tuesdays during the month of October

Open to Fifth Street Members, Community Writers &
Writers From Around the Globe!
Hybrid Write Together Tuesdays
at Fifth Street Writers (612 5th Street Ames)
& on Zoom from 3:30 to 5 PM CT

WHAT’S A Write Together? We briefly state what we’re working on, and write for ~90 minutes. at the end, we share our successes and sign off. More information about Write Togethers can be found by CLICKING HERE.

To learn more about our host, Ana McCracken, CLICK HERE.

REMINDER: We meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.

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Author Nicole Baart & The Publishing Journey

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Nicole Baart | The Publishing Journey | A Publishing Talk & Workshop

Location: Ames Writers Collective, Fifth Street Writers

Saturday, November 8 | 11 AM – 12 PM: Nicole Baart, The Publishing Journey & book-signing
FREE and open to the public

Saturday, November 8 | 1 PM – 3 PM: Pitching Your Work
Publishing practicum workshop

Fee: $25 general admission, Fifth Street members receive a 10% discount, and Students Free. CLICK HERE to receive a discount code.

TO REGISTER for general admission, CLICK here.

Nicole Baart is the author of several novels, including Where He Left Me and Everything We Didn’t Say. The cofounder of a nonprofit and mother of five, she lives in Iowa with her family. Learn more at NicoleBaart.com.

This event is held in partnership with the Iowa State University MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment Pearl Holgrefe Visiting Writers Series.

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Member Open Hours | Mondays in Sept | 5 to 7 PM

This month, join us for Open Hours at Fifth Street Writers. Open hours are available for members only! Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Looking for a space designed for writers by writers? Or are you looking for a quiet area to focus on your most recent project? At Fifth Street Writers, we aim to provide just that from 5pm – 7pm on Mondays in September. There are a few exceptions, please check our events calendar for specific dates!

We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is communications intern, Acacia Coates.

2025 Ames Artists’ Studio Tour at Fifth Street Writers

2025 Ames Artists’ Studio Tour at
Ames Writers Collective Fifth Street Writers
612 5th St, ames
Writing & Spoken Word
SATURDAY ONLY

Designed to serve as a hub for writers, Fifth Street Writers provides a quiet and inspiring environment for writing while also offering a range of programs, classes, and special events tailored for writers of all ages and experience levels. This new space furthers the Ames Writers Collective mission to create healthy communities through the art of writing, while also supporting writers in the region.

During the studio tour, Fifth Street Writers will offer space and supplies for creatives to create poetry collage postcards and “Tumbling Words Wild Writing” sessions from 11 to Noon and 2 to 3 PM. We’ll supply a pen and paper.

Octagon Third Thursday Poetry Slam

The Octagon in partnership with the Ames Poetry Slam & the Ames Writers Collective is hosting its first ever poetry slam!

Come hear original work from local poets of all ages and styles. The event on Thursday, August 21st will begin at 5:30pm and poets will take the stage at 6:00pm. This is a free event, for attendees and poets alike. We prefer that poets sign up in advance at this link: Poet Registration. However we will allow same-day sign up at the event.

This event is held at the Octagon Center for the Arts at 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames IA 50010.

We hope you’ll join us, as a poet or a spectator, and support the poets in our community.

Member Open Hours

This month, join us for Open Hours at the Ames Writers Collective. Open hours are available for members only! Interested in becoming a member? Click here for more information!

Looking for a space designed for writers by writers? Or are you looking for a quiet area to focus on your most recent project? At Fifth Street Writers, we aim to provide just that from 5:30pm – 7:30pm on Tuesdays in October. There are a few exceptions, please check our events calendar for specific dates!

We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables, to larger tables with chairs. Limited parking is available in front of the building, with plenty of street parking. Our site host is communications intern, Acacia Coates.

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Tumbling Words Event

Join us for Tumbling Words on June 19 at The Dot Café! Enjoy a fun and therapeutic evening of cocktails, mocktails, and creative self-expression through Wild Writing. No experience needed, just come ready to silence your inner critic and let the words flow. Your $35 ticket includes a handcrafted drink, journal and pen, a guided writing session with founder Ana McCracken, and a post-workshop mingle.

Spots are limited, get your ticket now before it sells out!

Click to sign up! 

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Join Us for Our Write Togethers

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Join Us for Our Write Togethers
Open to Fifth Street Writers Members &
FREE to Community Writers
Working on a Writing Project

  • 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month (3:30 to 5 PM)
  • 1st Saturdays (10 to Noon)

What’s a Write Together?

1. Bring your laptop or whatever you write with to work on your creative writing projects—novels, memoirs, poems, project outlines, your to-do list
2. We have seating areas spread throughout the building at Fifth Street Writers that run the gamut from comfy club chairs to benches with tables, to larger tables with chairs—some tables are shared spaces
3. We’ll write in community for ~1.5 to 2 hours after sharing a brief comment about our creative project
4. We have wifi
5. We write, write, write in silence
6. Only RULES: Cell phones MUST BE SILENCED, as well as laptop “alerts.” No phone calls allowed in the building.

There’s plenty of street parking (metered) with a CyRide stop in front of our building at 612 5th Street in downtown Ames, Iowa. A few spaces are available in our front lot.

This event is FREE and open to all as part of the Ames Writers Collective Community Outreach Programming. Show up or click here Zoom links only good on Tuesdays. To ensure you always know about our Write Togethers, click here.