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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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    • May 13, 2025
    • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    • The Book Stall 811 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL
    • 11
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    The book we're pumping is
    The Wisdom of the Willow 

    Join Pump Up the Volume, OCWW’s member book club, for its next in-person book discussion featuring member Nancy Chadwick’s poignant novel of family, sisterhood, and the natural world that binds them, The Wisdom of the Willow.

    The four Dowling sisters’ differences have led them down very separate life paths… until they face a shared family crisis, one that will remind them how much stronger they are together than they are apart.

    The scenes are an ode to the botanical beauty and cultural richness of Chicago, all told through lush sensory writing. The characters could be any of us, and the story could be any of ours. You are sure to find a piece of yourself in this heart-rending, endearing tale.

    BIO:  Nancy Chadwick is an essayist, memoirist, and novelist.  After a decade in advertising and another decade in  banking, she quit corporate life to write full time. She is the author of Under the Birch Tree: A Memoir of Discovering Connections and Finding Home and The Wisdom of the Willow, and her essays have appeared in The Magic of Memoir: Inspiration for the Writing Journey, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Meaningful Conflicts – The Art of Friction, Writer’s Digest, as well as articles for Write City, Brevity and About Write.  She is the author of the popular Substack 'Come Sit Awhile.'

    Nancy and her husband reside in Glenview, Illinois. 

    Questions, comments? Please contact Book Club Chair Liz Fox.

Past CONNECTS

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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