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Write with Merle

Weekly Writing Group with Merle Bachman

2025-04-03 16:30:00 2025-04-03 18:00:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Write with Merle Poet and author Merle Bachman is hosting a weekly writing group at the Downtown Library! Come for the writing prompts, to discuss your work, or just to have dedicated time to write. Age 18 and up. Downtown Library - Meeting Room 2B

Thursday, April 03
4:30pm - 6:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-03 16:30:00 2025-04-03 18:00:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Write with Merle Poet and author Merle Bachman is hosting a weekly writing group at the Downtown Library! Come for the writing prompts, to discuss your work, or just to have dedicated time to write. Age 18 and up. Downtown Library - Meeting Room 2B

Downtown Library

Meeting Room 2B

Poet and author Merle Bachman is hosting a weekly writing group at the Downtown Library! Come for the writing prompts, to discuss your work, or just to have dedicated time to write. Age 18 and up.

Merle Lyn Bachman loves to write. A retired professor of English, she has worked with college students and adults on creative writing. Merle is also an accomplished poet and prose writer. Her latest book, Thank You for Being, combines poetry and prose in a memoir. Relatively new to Bloomington, Merle has lived in and written about many places, from Albany, New York, to San Francisco, California. She believes that everyone has important stories and moments of wonder to share, and looks forward to writing with you.

Note: This program is a drop-in program for writers. Come to any (and all) sessions you feel you can attend.

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Writing and Storytelling |

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Downtown Library

Phone: 812-349-3050

Hours
Mon, Mar 31 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Apr 01 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Apr 02 9:00AM to 5:00PM
(Closing early for incoming storm.)
Thu, Apr 03 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Apr 04 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Apr 05 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Apr 06 12:00PM to 6:00PM
Mon, Mar 31 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Apr 01 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Apr 02 9:00AM to 5:00PM
(Closing early for incoming storm.)
Thu, Apr 03 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Apr 04 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Apr 05 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Apr 06 12:00PM to 6:00PM

About the Branch

The Downtown Library is in the heart of Downtown Bloomington, located right on Kirkwood Avenue. It provides a variety of meeting rooms, spaces for children and teens, a digital creativity center, and much more.

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