Straw Dog Writers Guild 15th Anniversary Celebration & Reading

The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA, United States

  Join the Straw Dog Writers Guild to celebrate their 15th anniversary with a lively panel discussion featuring Guild co-founders and members. Highlighted are readings by novelist Michael Jerome Plunkett, Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writing Fellow Darlene Elias, and poet Julia Thacker, both alumni of the Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Emerging Writers Residency, which is Read More

Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic

zoom

Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom. Please contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com Format Focus: EVERYONE READS! Co-create and reading and listening experience that is generous, dynamic, and heart-felt. Read a 3-minute piece Brief positive responses after readers share Listeners Read More

Addressing social concerns while preserving cultural identity in children’s literature

ZOOM MA

Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion that explores how children’s books can shape, reflect, and celebrate cultural identity. We will share insights into the power of storytelling in helping young readers see themselves and others in the books they read. The conversation will touch on the importance of authentic representation, the role of diverse Read More

Annual Celebration!

Florence Civic Center Florence Civic Center, Park St., Florence, MA, United States

Save the date for our Annual Celebration! This year we're gathering at the Florence Civic Center celebrating the 15 year anniversary of Straw Dog Writers Guild.  

Writers Night Out in October

Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday October 7th, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Aine Greaney at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of Read More

A Writer’s Night in October

The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United States

Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Morgan Sheehan on Thursday, September 11th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Morgan Sheehan is a writer, teacher and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner. She’s a published poet, essayist and produced playwright. You can find her working on her new YA novel, scrawling anecdotes about Read More

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