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Join us at the Capital Love LitFest – our WWPH Summer of Love 

THE KICK OFF

The Capital Love LitFest kicks off with an 8-hour literary salon of writing workshops, deep-dive literary discussions, and poetry and prose readings from the new WWPH pocket-sized anthology, Capital Love (on sale May 5th) at the Writer’s Center of Bethesda on Sunday, June 28th. The Capital Love LitFest and our anthology are dedicated to all those who believe love is the antidote to hate and that love is action, intent, healing, and hope. This event is designed to inspire and generate your writing, deepen your craft, introduce you to the Washington Writers’ Publishing House community, and to raise up our collective voices in literary solidarity. 

  • WHEN:          Sunday, June 28th. Doors open at 10 am. The event ends at 6 pm.
  • WHERE:        The Writer’s Center of Bethesda
  • COST:             Pay-as-you-can.  Free, if that works for you!
  • Travel notes:  Parking on Sunday is free directly across from the Writer’s Center.
  •                          The Bethesda Metro stop is also within walking distance.
  • We do ask you to RSVP at the Writer’s Center here. RSVPS will be checked at the door. Attendance will be limited to 120 people, which is the capacity for the theater at the Writer’s Center, so reserve your seat now.

Writers scheduled to appear include co-presidents Caroline Bock and Jona Colson along with legendary Grace Cavalieri and E. Ethelbert Miller, plus, Kim Roberts, Bernardine ‘Dine’ Watson, Samantha Neugeberger, Jason Gebhardt, Emily Holland, and over 25 more! A dozen literary presses from across the DMV will also be there. A complete schedule of the day’s events can be found below.

All monies from this pay-as-you-can donation will be shared between your WWPH and the Writer’s Center of Bethesda, two nonprofit literary organizations dedicated to supporting the DMV literary community.

The Capital Love LitFest is made possible by generous grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.

Capital Love LitFest …. what can you expect if you attend? Nine sessions (attend any or all). A small press book fair. A brown-bag lunch community building hour. All culminates in a summer of love, reading poetry and prose, and live music featuring writers from the new Washington Writers’ Publishing House anthology, Capital Love.  Remember to RSVP at the Writer’s Center… we are limited to the first 120 people who sign up!

 

What? You can’t make it on Sunday, June 28th! Keep following your Washington Writers’ Publishing House for news on Capital Love events throughout the summer!