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How to nail your next public reading
Easthampton Public Library Annex 52 Main Street, Easthampton, MA, United StatesWhether your next reading is in-person or virtual, an open mic, a journal launch, or a longer feature, join Michael Favala Goldman for a practical guide to mastering techniques that connect you with your text and with your audience in your own unique and memorable way. We will learn about presence, pacing, physical space and Read More
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Second Sundays Virtual Open Mic
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
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Weekly Wednesday Writing Group
Dalton Free Public Library 462 Main Street, Dalton, MAThis Wednesday and every Wednesday: in-person Weekly Wednesday Writing Group at the @daltonfreepubliclibrary “Curious Writers” will meet at the Dalton Free Public Library on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm for our Weekly Wednesday Writing Group in collaboration with the Dalton Free Public Library. We will meet for dedicated writing time with a focus on: getting settled Read More
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Open Mic at WOW in Westfield
The WOW Center 105 Elm Street, Westfield, MAFREE, low-pressure, open mic night welcoming all who love prose and poetry. Authors, poets and writers of every skill level are invited to share a 3–5-minute piece for WOW’s newest series celebrating the spoken word, produced with the Straw Dog Writers Guild and Whip City Wordsmiths. This program will happen each month on the 3rd Thursday. Read More
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Quite contrary – Contradictions in Poems
How can you inject more 'oomph' into your poems, deepening them with pleasing contradictions? Poems often thrive on internal tensions that pull the sounds, images, and themes in the poem taut. In this fun, interactive workshop, we'll look at some poems containing opposing effects or contents, then create new work that dances on both sides Read More
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Weekly Wednesday Writing Group
Dalton Free Public Library 462 Main Street, Dalton, MAThis Wednesday and every Wednesday: in-person Weekly Wednesday Writing Group at the @daltonfreepubliclibrary “Curious Writers” will meet at the Dalton Free Public Library on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm for our Weekly Wednesday Writing Group in collaboration with the Dalton Free Public Library. We will meet for dedicated writing time with a focus on: getting settled Read More
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WOW Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild to present author Stephen Billias!
Westfield on Weekends 105 Elm Street, Westfield, MA, United StatesWOW Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild to present author Stephen Billias! Westfield on Weekends (WOW) in association with Straw Dog Writers Guild and WhipCity Wordsmiths, will present poet and author Stephen Billias as part of the free “Writers Out Loud Guest Author Series.” The event will take place on Thursday, September 24th at 7:00 Read More
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Annual Member Celebration!
Florence Civic Center Florence Civic Center, Park St., Florence, MA, United StatesMembers are the heart of Straw Dog Writers Guild and we want to celebrate you! Join us for our annual member appreciation party. Get to know other members and help us celebrate 16 years of Straw Dog Writers Guild! Monday, September 28, 5-7 pm The Florence Civic Center, 90 Park Street (next to Lily Library), Read More
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Weekly Wednesday Writing Group
Dalton Free Public Library 462 Main Street, Dalton, MAThis Wednesday and every Wednesday: in-person Weekly Wednesday Writing Group at the @daltonfreepubliclibrary “Curious Writers” will meet at the Dalton Free Public Library on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm for our Weekly Wednesday Writing Group in collaboration with the Dalton Free Public Library. We will meet for dedicated writing time with a focus on: getting settled Read More
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How to Write a Memoir with Pamela Marin author of Motherland
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Do you have a memoir brewing but need a little guidance to help get in on the page? Join acclaimed author and memoirist Pamela Marin Saturday October 3rd from 10:30-12:30 to help you jumpstart your own memoir or get back to the project you’ve been trying to finish. After a brief discussion of the differences Read More