Readings
A Writer’s Night in October
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers’ Guild and the Longmeadow Adult Center present poet, actor, comedian, Chris O’Carroll, Thursday, October 20 from 6:45-7:45pm. Chris was a virtually unknown stand-up comic in the year 2000 when he self-published Take These Rhymes . . Please: Rude Limericks and Other Crimes Against Literature and began hawking that volume after the show Read More
Calling Straw Dog Authors for the 9th Annual Author Showcase
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Calling Straw Dog authors with books published in the last year Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library invite Straw Dog Writers Guild members with a book published in 2022 to read as part of the 2023 annual Author Showcase. If interested in being part of the Showcase, please indicate your interest by emailing strawdogsubmission@gmail.com. Read More
A Writer’s Night in November
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild are delighted to present “A Writer’s Night” with poet and memoirist Stephanie Shafran on Thursday, November 17 from 6:45-7:45pm. Awakening, Stephanie’s chapbook, was published in 2020. Her work has appeared in journals such as Earth’s Daughters, Slant, Persimmon Tree, and Silkworm. Anthologies featuring Stephanie’s writing include Read More
A Writer’s Night in December
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild present “A Writer’s Night” with Gail Thomas on Thursday, December 15 from 6:45-7:45pm. Her new books of poetry are Trail of Roots, winner of the A.V. Christie award, and Leaving Paradise. She has published four other books and her poems are widely published in journals and Read More
Writers Night Out January
Big Bear Used Books & Cafe Keystone Building, 122 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA, United StatesJoin us on Tuesday, January 3, 7-9pm at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Rick Paar. Big Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building, 122 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & beverage available for sale. No Read More
9th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books
zoom9th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books Join us on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 via Zoom from 6:30-8:00pm. Register HERE for this online event. Brief readings from new books by members of Straw Dog Writers Guild: Steven D. Brewer, Audrey Child, Roxanne E. Bogart, Martha McCollough, Rick Paar, Bela Breslau, Sharon Tracey, Cheryl Read More
Comes the Dark Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesCome share winter and darkness-themed poems. This can be your own work or favorite poems by others. Herbal brews and treats will be provided. Held in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room in Ashfield, MA. (Main Street/Rt 116) on Saturday, January 21, from 1:30-3:00pm. Registration requested. Call 413-628-4414 or email bmlashfield@gmail.com. Facilitated by Poet Arianna Read More
A Writer’s Night in February
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild will present “A Writer’s Night” with Rick Paar on Thursday, February 16, from 6:45pm-7:45pm. (Please note that Beth Filson needed to cancel and so Rick Paar is graciously stepping in.) Rick Paar is the author of God Bless America and Breakfast Burritos to Go. He is Read More
Writers Night Out March
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join us on Tuesday, March 7, 7-9pm at Forbes Library for Writers Night Out with featured writer and poet Gail Thomas. NOTE: WNO has moved to Forbes Library at 20 West St, Northampton, MA for this March event. Parking is available at the library. No registration required. Bio: Gail Thomas has published six books, most Read More
A Writer’s Night in March
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers’ Guild are proud to present “A Writer’s Night” with award winning poet Joshua Michael Stewart, author of three poetry collections: Break Every String, The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums, and Love Something. His poems have appeared in the Massachusetts Review, Salamander, Plainsongs, Brilliant Corners, South Dakota Review, Read More
Author Showcase at Word Fest
Gateway City Arts 92-114 Race Street, Holyoke, MassachusettsJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild for our 9-1/2th Annual Author Showcase at Word Fest* on April 2, 2023 1:00-2:00pm at the Gateway City Arts, 92 Race Street, Holyoke, MA. Featured authors are: Lindsay Rockwell, D. Dina Friedman, Michael Favala Goldman. Kelsey Socha. Grant Carrington, and Ellen Meeropol. * The Entire Word Fest event runs from Read More
A Writer’s Night in April
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild present writer, linguist, and humorist Alexis Johnson. Co-founder of the much acclaimed International Language Institute, for over forty years Lexi has taught Spanish, Italian, Esperanto, Catalan as well as Arabic and Chinese. Her first book, Playing With a Full Deck, is a (mostly) humorous look at Read More
A Writer’s Night in May
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writer’s Night” with Beth Filson. Join us on Thursday, May 18 from 6:45-7:45pm at The Longmeadow Adult Center.. Beth is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, local bookseller, writer and self-taught artist. While her background is in poetry, she’s devoted a good Read More
Writers Night Out in June
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join us on Tuesday, June 6, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Shanta Lee Gander 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 the Read More
A Writer’s Night in June
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers’ Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center are pleased to present Gary Metras, Easthampton’s first Poet Laureate and author of twenty-one collections of poetry. Join us on Thursday, June 15 from 6:45-7:45pm at The Longmeadow Adult Center. Gary's latest book, Vanishing Points, was selected as a Must Read 2022 Poetry by the Massachusetts Read More
Poetry Ritual 2023
zoomOn July 13 at 6:30pm join 15 poets from the Poetry Critique Meet-up for a group reading, hosted by Michael Favala Goldman. Each poet gets five minutes, for a varied and moving experience. Free. Request the zoom link by emailing poetryritual2023@gmail.com.
A Writer’s Night in July
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesJoin Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday, July 20, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Howie Faerstein. Howie is the author of 5 books (Play a Song on the Drums He Said, Out of Order, Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn, Googootz and Other Poems and STAY). His poetry Read More
A Writer’s Night in September
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesJoin Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday, September 21, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Tommy Twilite (aka Thomas Clark), a poet, songwriter and performer who lives in Florence MA. He is the Co-founder and Director of the Florence Poets Society, and the Executive Editor of Silkworm. Tommy is Read More
Writers-in-Residence Reading
zoomPlease join us on Sunday, October 1, 4:00-5:15pm on Zoom, for a reading by the nine emerging writers who received residencies in our collaborative program with Edith Wharton’s The Mount last March. They will be joined by Straw Dog Writers Guild’s Emerging Writer Fellow who spent a week at The Mount with the last cohort Read More
A Writer’s Night in November
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesJoin Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday, November 16, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Justine Dymond. Bio: Justine Dymond’s short story collection The Emigrant and Other Stories (Sowilo Press) won the 2018 Eludia Award from Hidden Rivers Arts. Other awards and honors include a 2020 Mass Cultural Council Read More