Greetings!

We are an Online Art Gallery and Literary Arts Hub. The physical gallery and arts center was closed due to Covid in 2020. See the Artist tabs in the gallery to view the artist offerings. We do not formally represent the artists, but we showcase their work. Please consider them for your book when you are formulating book covers, when you need an illustrator, or other art needs.

Take a Google Virtual Tour of our Virtual Gallery, as it looked in 2019 with a live art gallery and a bookstore in downtown historic Angels Camp in Calaveras County. Simply click on the image and drag it in the direction you want to look. To move forward, click on the arrows in the desired direction. 

The works posted in photos may not reflect current artists in our online gallery. See individual Virtual Artist pages.

If you scroll down, you will see artwork from many of the artists that Manzanita Arts Emporium has represented over the last few years since 2015, its inception.

Visit the Manzanita Writers Press Bookstore and art store!  

https://www.manzapress.com and click on STORE in the menu.

Click on the link to the Bookstore and see the regional books that Manzanita Writers Press has published.

OUR ONLINE BOOKSTORE IS FULLY OPERATIONAL. GO TO THE BOOKSTORE AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORS BY PURCHASING AND READING THEIR BOOKS, BYPASSING AMAZON AT THIS TIME. Thanks so much!

New books are being released soon!

10 NEW MANZANITA BOOKS COMING OUT IN 2023:

• Doug Albert’s book of poems and prose – Love Simply 0 released in July 2023
• Michele Rugo’s new children’s book: Farmers Markets: Share the Joy – released July 2023
• Judy Creighton’s Cheese & Wine pairing book, Cheese Loves Wine – released July 2023
• Stephen Archer’s novel, Fortunes, Book 6 of the Irish Clans novel series, coming out in November.
• Suzanne Murphy’s Book of poems: Blink – 2024
• Ginger Bennett Griffin’s book – Affirming Your Life – 2024
• Monika Rose’s children’s book, early middle grades 4-6: The Call: A Moth Journey – January 2024 – reserve early copies coming out in December
• Voices of the Grove: a Mother Lode Anthology of Voices stories – January 2024
• Phil Alberts’ Story of Mountain Ranch – 2024
• Don Urbanus – fantasy comedy novel about running a nursery – 2024
• Conrad Levasseur – a book of poems – 2024
• Brenda Cumberlege, book of poems – 2024

Featured Books

Linda Toren – Raven Braids the Wind – Haiku: A Life in Syllables

A collection of over 700 haiku written by the author over many years, reflecting relationships to nature and the human condition

Kevin Arnold – Do Not Think Badly of Me – a collection of poems, including reflective journeys into the nature of Alzheimer’s

Cate Culver –  The Untold History of Sonora Pass and Its People: 1860 to 1960.

Thomas White – Soldier By Chance

Mother Lode Voices — anthology by senior writers

Bed Bumps – Monika Rose – children’s book grade levels K-3

And More!

YOUR BOOK FOR 2024 CAN BE LISTED HERE! 
Contact the editor with your ideas for publishing of your project: manzanitawp@gmail.com

Read the publishing and submitting protocol and visit our web pages: manzapress.com and manzanitaartsemporium.com

Facebook and Instagram: @ManzanitaWritersPress

Twitter @Manzapress

Writers’ Programs:

Free Voices of Wisdom writing classes are held at the Calaveras Senior Center throughout 2023 on Tuesdays, 12:30-2:30. Address: 956 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas, CA 95249 – See the Voices of Wisdom page. Contact: lintoren@gmail.com

For the month of June, 2023, Lisa Michelle, novelist, and filmmaker, presented story content techniques and strategies for heightening action and adding effective dialogue, plus scene-setting for your personal stories.

Manzanita Night Writers with Monika Rose  Manuscript feedback, all-genre ZOOM sessions: 1st and 3rd Monday evenings, 6:30-9:00 pm. Have 5 pages ready for review on Zoom. Contact manzanitawp@gmail.com

Memoir with Linda Toren – 2nd Mondays – from 6:30-8 pm. Contact Lintoren@gmail.com – Zoom.

Poetry with Linda Toren, Poet Laureate of Calaveras County, 4th Mondays from 6:30-8 pm. Email: lintoren@gmail.com – ZOOM

POET LAUREATE NEWS!

Click on the link to get updates on poetry news.

LOCATION of MANZANITA WRITERS PRESS

Our publisher office is at the Volunteer Center of Calaveras County at 325 Lewis Avenue in San Andreas for appointments and special events.  In the meantime, watch for pop-up author events and writer support meetings around the county.

325 Lewis Avenue, PO Box 215, San Andreas, CA 95249

By appointment only. The office is not open for drop-ins.

Call 209-728-6117. Email: manzanitawp@gmail.com

The last Gold Rush Writers Conference -16th annual on October 7-9, 2022, was a great success!  We are not holding a conference in 2023, but will hold a May 3-5, 2024 conference and are planning now. Stay tuned. Let us know if you’d like to be a part of the organization. 

 https://www.goldrushwriters.com

Email the gallery for more information on these programs: manzanitawp@gmail.com