Timberland Writes Together explores each writer’s take on optimism and serves as a catalyst for community conversations; myriad and far ranging.Supported by its Foundation, Timberland Regional Library invited writers and artists within the library district to submit work for consideration. Nearly two hundred writers and artists rose to the Library’s challenge: Submit a story or work of art that conveys a sense of optimism - any genre, any time period. Timberland Writes Together includes fifteen southwest Washington writers and one artist: Anthea Sharp, Jim Tweedie, Pam Anderson, Keith Eisner, Meagan Macvie, Caelyn Williams, Beth Anderson, Laura Koerber, Edward Marcus, Suzanne Staples, Llyn De Danaan, Eve Hambruch, Jessie Weaver, Barbara Yunker, Kim K. O’Hara and Kathryn Wanless.