California Writers Club - Berkeley Branch
Volunteer-run nonprofit that has been helping writers advance their careers since 1909. We're the founding branch of a statewide system. We represent authors all over the East Bay, centered around Oakland.
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East Bay Writers We Love
Past and present supporters of the California Writers Club - Berkeley Branch, centered around Oakland.
@sunnysommerset.bsky.social
Author & Illustrator: Picture Books, Middle Grade. Winner Golden Gate Writer's Award: Picture Book - SCBWI SF South 2024. Honorable Mention SCBWI SF South Golden Gate Portfolio Showcase 2024.
@jaredstearnssf.bsky.social
Biographer | Cinephile | Pop Culture Nerd | https://linktr.ee/jaredstearns | Very, very gay 🌈 | San Francisco-based author of "PURE: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers," out now from Headpress | 🚫 DMs | 💙
@keithgaboury.bsky.social
Oakland poet, author, and educator. MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. Author of The Cosmos is Alive (Kelsay Books, 2023) and Still Human (Falkenberg Press, 2025). Learn more at keithgaboury.com and keithgaboury.me.
@fdodsworth.bsky.social
I've got no issue with being called a pain-in-the-ass muckraker or a trouble maker... I like to make good trouble and I speak plainly all the things you're thinking but hesitate to say.
@sfwc.bsky.social
Learn. Connect. Publish. Join us at the San Francisco Writers Conference on February 12-15th 2026!
@cheral.bsky.social
Nature Lover, Prolific Reader, Writer, Casual Artist, Disabled, Brain tumor, CRM evangelist, Marketing Ops. she/her
@melleesmith.com
(she/her) 🇺🇸 in 🇮🇪 | Writer & creative | Social justice advocate | Founder @joyfulcreatorsclub.com | Creative writing @melliferamuses.com
@andyojones.bsky.social
A poet, ed-tech wonk, author, essayist, quizmaster, and academic director at UC Davis, Dr. Andy professes, hosts a poetry and technology radio show and poetry readings. He works to promote other authors, some of them former students. Also, Andy loves Kate.
@stormywriter.bsky.social
Author of A to Z of the "so bad,they're good", the bad and the ugly horror films. Author of the Blood Series, The Flowering of The Black Petal and By Ink, Paper, Pen: A Tribute to Black Petal. Artwork by Jason Miller.
@elfwriter.bsky.social
An elf who writes stories, some wholesome, most, decidedly not.
@thoth1.bsky.social
Writer of wild novels, education agitator, happily partnered, father, grandfather. Gadfly in the ointment.
@bethbarany.bsky.social
🎙️Writing Teacher & Speaker 🚀 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novelist #kickassheroines 💫 Creativity Coach, specialized in Science Fiction & Fantasy ❤️ https://bethbarany.com 🎧 How To Write The Future podcast https://bethbarany.com/howtowritethefuturepodcast
@ebonstorm.bsky.social
📜 SCI-FI Writer and Journalist 📕 The Black Fantastic | Hayward's Reach | Broken Glass ☢️ Cognitive Dissident: bit.ly/CognitiveDissident 9️⃣ Light of the 9 Realms: bit.ly/LightNineRealms 🚀 Omniverse: thaddeus.substack.com/ 🌐 Bio: thowze.carrd.co
@generousmuse.org
@karmabennett.com
I'm Karma: Word wrangler, spin doctor, agitator. I'm all about books, street art, politics, writing, web design & your new favorite band. Mod for San Francisco Writers Conference Discord, web mistress cwc-berkeley.org. Writing a memoir, like everyone else.
@gerry.life
Scottish by birth. American on purpose. I take photos and write stories. Still searching for the perfect pen, pencil, and paper combo.