2025 Writing & Reading Retreat

Location

Egg Harbor (Door County)

Dates

Friday, November 7 (Arrive: 5-6 PM) - Sunday, November 9 (Leave: 11 AM)

Theme

Catalyzing

There are a myriad of ways we can receive messages that have our best interests in mind/healthy intentions. Nature, books, writing/journaling, humans, animals, etc. Whatever you believe, we all receive these call-ins in multiple ways. They can act as sparks for us.

Being open to receiving these messages, believing what they are telling you/trusting your instincts, and utilizing your agency to act on them in ways that you are ready for - can make us healthier: for ourselves, each other, and the world. We can be our own catalysts by committing to acting on what we learn, bringing about [healthy] change, and committing to being dynamic souls.

Join us as read books, journal/write, talk, support, learn, and grow together (with the help of nature). And maybe even get unstuck and move forward in some way.

Your registration includes: lodging, multiple facilitated sessions, Reading & Writing Time, free time in door county (hiking trails onsite and Lake MI is two miles away, 1-1 session with CJ, one dinner, and two breakfasts.

Lodging Options

  • King private suite (w/jacuzzi): $825 - SOLD

  • Shared room #1

    • Queen bed ($550)

    • Bunkbed Twin ($400)

    • Bunkbed Full ($475)

  • Shared room #2:

    • Twin ($400)

    • Twin ($400)

Contact

Interested? Have questions? Email CJ at: words@wordhaven-bookhouse.com

CJ Arthur (they/them) is the owner of WordHaven BookHouse, LLC (a BookShop & Writing Center in Sheboygan, WI); owner of WordHaven Ignites, 2025 Bookseller of the Year, the 2018/2019 Minnesota State Teacher of the Year, a speaker; writing instructor, and an author/writer.

Arthur’s TED-Ed Talk: Educators Must Be More Than Allies was released in January of 2020. Their co-written chapter, “Impact of Trauma on Our Youth," is published in the book, Flip the System: How Teachers Can Transform Education and Save Democracy. Her monologue, “A Butch’s Guide to Excavating Femininity,” is published in the play, Naked I: Insides Out.

They have been a Columnist for Education Post and a contributing writer for The Progressive. They have also published articles in The Independent, Minnesota Women’s Press, NEA Today, AFT Voices, and Icon Newspaper.

Arthur has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Massachusetts, a Communication Arts and Literature teaching license from Augsburg University, and a Master of Arts in Education from Augsburg University.

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