WDA MN at the Twin Cities Book Festival
Sponsored by Rain Taxi
Democracy Desk Materials
Join us!
Send a postcard!
Free postcards & postage stamps
You can send off postcards to your elected representatives or send a love note to your favorite indie bookstore or writers organization.
Pick up a postcard & deliver a note of thanks in person to your favorite author(s) or exhibitor(s) at the conference.
Each postcard is unique — Created by old-school, hand-written, human-readable, text-based drawing code (#noAI).
Contact info
Find addresses for your postcards
Going long form ...
Community poem
Sexy typewriter!
Add your verse to our live, in-person community poem. We will post the results online on our website & you can read the emerging poem throughout the day at our table.
Vote!!
Get ready for 2026
Spread the word
Voting Resources
- Register to vote in MN
- www.sos.mn.gov/elections-voting/register-to-vote/
- Information about upcoming elections - where, how and sample ballot
- www.sos.mn.gov/elections-voting/
- Vote.Org (You + Vote.org = Action)
- www.vote.org/
- Know Your Rights — Voting
- www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/voting-rights
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/legislative-milestones/voting-rights-act-1965
- Stacey Abrams on how voter suppression threatens democracy
- npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5568174
- The Supreme Court
- www.commoncause.org/articles/the-supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-a-key-section-of-the-voting-rights-act/
About us
Writers for Democratic Action MN
Writers for Democratic Action Minnesota, a chapter of the national organization, exists to support and encourage writers and others in our state to contribute in word and deed to promoting democracy for all in the United States of America.
The national Writers for Democratic Action was founded by a group of writers in August of 2020 to oppose the re-election of Donald Trump. WDA believes in literature as a bedrock of democratic culture, and literary language as a force of humanistic inquiry and cultural cohesion. Today there are over 3000 members advocating for justice and equality in the US and across the globe.
The Minnesota chapter was founded in the summer of 2025, four months into Trump’s second term, to support the national group’s continuing efforts, build community, and increase awareness and actionable opportunities within our state.
Event Information
- When:
- Saturday, November 8, 10:00am–5:00pm
- Where:
- Union Depot
St. Paul, MN - Cost:
- FREE
25 Years of Celebrating Books & Book People
Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Book Festival is the annual Minnesota gathering for readers, writers, publishers, and purveyors of all things literary. The TCBF features dozens of presenting authors, special children’s programs, and a wide variety of exhibitors featuring new and rare books, quirky literary curiosities, and more.
We will be there from 10:00-4:00 at the Rain Taxi Table located in the Book Fair.
We will have postcards available (with postage) so you can write your legislators, favorite book store, library, small business, organization, activist, writer ...
You’ll also have a chance to add to a community poem and get informational resources for writers that might inspire future action. Make your thoughts heard and your words count!