Welcome!
FAWCO is honored to have unbelievably vibrant and diverse talent writers as members of our clubs. We have best-selling authors, literary award winners, aspiring writers learning their craft and those who write for the sheer joy of it.

This has inspired FAWCO’s “Literacy is our Legacy – A Celebration!"

Literacy Is Our Legacy – A Celebration is a series of activities that will have something for everyone.
The celebration will:

• Highlight and recognize the published authors amongst us.
• Encourage and engage authors who write for the love of it.
• Empower aspiring writers in workshops, panels or discussion groups.
• Reinforce FAWCO’s commitment to literacy through our Global Issues Teams.
• Encourage members to participate in FAWCO global reading events.
• Introduce more club members to the fun of book clubs.
• Promote networking events between clubs, within regions, between regions!

To learn more about what’s happening, visit this page every month for news and updates.
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Writers' Workshops

At the FAWCO Interim Meeting where we announced "Literacy Is Our Legacy – A Celebration," our writing enthusiasts at all levels asked if we could coordinate writers’ workshops.

In response to that feedback, FAWCO is excited to announce that The International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG) will offer a 1-year complimentary membership to IWWG for FAWCO members!

Founded in 1976, IWWG’s mission is to foster the personal and professional empowerment of women through writing, and we look forward to you joining us in your writing pursuits. Please contact for the code. Please include your club name in the email. After you receive the code you may register here.

IWWG holds regular online workshops in all genres, taught by both familiar teachers and those bringing exciting new voices and perspectives. Experience the joy of being “heard” during in-class readings, nightly open mics, and exciting workshops. As a member, you can register for workshops at special rates.

Reading is “Lit”!

Nearly every FAWCO club has at least one book club. FAWCO encourages our book clubs to read one of the selections from our Books by Members List.

Readers, Writers, Authors – Let’s Connect!

School is out in many parts of the world, vacations begin and there will be great stories to tell, perhaps to write. Read a book – and why not make it one by a FAWCO Member?

Inspiring Women Magazine, “Women in Multinational Democracy and the UN” is out June 5. Subscribe here.

June is LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Book Month

• Birthday of Colleen McCullough, Australian author – June 1

• Birthday of Marquis de Sade, French author – June 2
• Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks, African-American author – June 7
• Lone Star Festival, Austin, Texas – June 7–8

• Birthday of William Butler Yeats, Irish poet – June 13

• Bloomsday, in honor of James Joyce – June 16 
• Birthday of Pearl S. Buck, American author and Nobel Prize winner, Literature – June 26

Special FAWCO Partner Event with IWWG!

The 2025 Write Forward Anthology – Online Reading Event – Thursday, June 26 at 18:00 CET

The works of six FAWCO members are included in this anthology. Readers will be from among those who participated in the anthology.

The writings are aligned with the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69). This event is a call to action, reminding us of the power of storytelling to illuminate the 12 critical areas of concern outlined in the Beijing Platform for Action – from education and health to climate justice and human rights. The 2025 IWWG Anthology, supported by The de Groot Foundation, brings together voices from around the world to reflect on these themes. All are welcome to join to listen and hear about our next anthology.

The event is free but you must register to attend.

Attention FAWCO Writers: If you have taken advantage of the complementary IWWG membership, you might be interested in these upcoming workshops – they’re free! If you want to join contact:  for more information.

Write with us...upcoming workshops below and at this link!

• Dwelling in Poetry – Two sessions: Friday, June 6 and Friday, June 13, 2025, 4 pm CET

• To Question or Not to Question: A Factual Fiction Freewrite Workshop – Saturday, June 7, 2025, 4 pm CET  

• Matwaala South Asian poets’ Collective: From OTHER to CENTERMatwaala South Asian poets’ Collective: From OTHER to CENTER – Sunday, June 8, 2025, 8 pm CET

Do You Want to Be Part of the Legacy?

Thank you for your interest! We hope that you will select a book from our Books by Members page for your next reading pleasure. If you have a published book please submit it for our list.

Are you a writer? Consider registering with IWWG and participating in one of their workshops.

This Month’s Featured Book will change. FAWCO has enough books on our Books by Members list to feature a different one for the next three years – and the list keeps growing! Please come back for a visit!