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Welcome to OCWW CONNECT, your resource for member-led social, educational and cultural events that go beyond our weekly workshops. From remote meetups, coffee and conversations and lunch and learns to evening social gatherings, field trips and open mics, CONNECT is OCWW's link to the greater creative community.    

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  • FIRST ANNUAL OCWW HYBRID HOLIDAY BOOK SALE

    • December 11, 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    • ONSITE - 620 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, IL /ONLINE

    The annual holiday hallway sale has gone hybrid!

    Now members can sell and shop across the globe from the comfort of home. Help kick off our 80th anniversary year in a way our founders could never have imagined in 1946! More books to choose from than ever before!

      Thanks to a robust response from our members across the U.S, the number of titles we're featuring this year has more than quadrupled. With 20 authors selling in-person in their own dedicated space, and even more participating via our first-ever online store, we're set to launch our first ever Holiday Gift Guide. From sports to history, romance to mystery, pictures to  poetry, you're sure to find a gift for the book lovers on your list!  

      IT ALL KICKS OFF DECEMBER 11 -

      SHOP IN PERSON AT THE BUILDING OR
      BROWSE OUR FORTHCOMING CLICKABLE CATALOG ANYTIME

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    Past CONNECTS

    December 03, 2025 Pump Up the Volume for WHERE BLUE IS BLUE
    November 11, 2025 Pump Up the Volume for OVERLAND
    October 28, 2025 DROP YOUR SHORTS: The Online Flash Festival
    October 20, 2025 RAGDALE WRITERS' RETREAT
    September 30, 2025 PUMP UP THE VOLUME FOR We Have Everything Before Us
    September 06, 2025 OCWW AUTHORS @ PRINTER'S ROW LITFEST 2025
    June 10, 2025 PUMP UP THE VOLUME FOR Promising Young Man
    June 05, 2025 ANNUAL MEMBER LUNCHEON
    May 13, 2025 PUMP UP THE VOLUME FOR The Wisdom of the Willow
    March 10, 2025 OCWW Literary Roundtable - The Substack Adventure: An Informative Workshop
    February 25, 2025 PUMP UP THE VOLUME FOR 'IF IT COMES TO THAT'
    December 19, 2024 PUMP UP THE VOLUME FOR A VIENNESE WALTZ
    December 09, 2024 RAGDALE WRITERS' RETREAT
    October 20, 2024 CELEBRATE RAGDALE NEXT
    October 19, 2024 PUMP UP THE VOLUME FOR DOWN THE STEEP
    September 07, 2024 OCWW AUTHORS @ PRINTER'S ROW LITFEST 2024
    May 30, 2024 END OF SEASON LUNCHEON
    May 21, 2024 Critique CONNECTION
    March 20, 2024 PUMP UP THE VOLUME FOR BERNADINE'S SHANGHAI SALON
    March 18, 2024 CONNECT: Book Club Mixer - Featuring Rebecca Makkai
    February 27, 2024 CONNECT @ OCWW's Micro Memoir OPEN MIC
    January 30, 2024 Literary Roundtable: Share Your Favorite Writerly Resource
    December 12, 2023 CONNECT at THE BOOK STALL with Kelly Farmer and Friends
    November 06, 2023 PUMP UP THE VOLUME for BeatNikki's Cafe
    October 02, 2023 CONNECT at Bookends & Beginnings - Meet Eula Biss
    September 28, 2023 CONNECT for Coffee and Conversation
    August 23, 2023 COOKIES & CONFLICT - POETRY SLAM AT BOOK STALL
    August 16, 2023 RAGDALE: PICNIC on the PRAIRIE
    May 25, 2023 KELLY McMASTERS AUTHOR EVENT
    May 25, 2023 END OF YEAR LUNCHEON
    April 30, 2023 MEANINGFUL CONFLICTS~ LAUNCH PARTY
    April 18, 2023 CONNECT - Tuesday Roundtable Read at AVLI
    April 16, 2023 CONNECT - READING YOUR WORK ALOUD WITHOUT FEAR
    March 21, 2023 CONNECT - Rebecca Makkai at THE BOOK STALL
    February 26, 2023 CONNECT - Lessons in Chemistry from THE BOOK STALL
    February 21, 2023 CONNECT - Roundtable Read at AVLI
    January 29, 2023 CONNECT - IMPROV THEATRE AT THE DEN
    January 25, 2023 CONNECT CRAFT TALK - FIND A PLACE FOR YOUR WRITING - AND GET PAID
    December 18, 2022 HOLIDAY THEATER MEET & MINGLE


     

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