• Literary Rendezvous – Featured Reader Tommy Twilite

    The Rendezvous 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MA

    Literary Rendezvous @ The Voo!  3rd St, Turners Falls, MA 01376 Straw Dog Writers Guild offers this new Poetry Open Mic & Featured Poet event. Open to all poets and poetry lovers!  Last Sunday of the month 2:30- 4:30 pm Sign up for Open Mic by 2:45 pm Featured Reader - Tommy Twilite (aka Tom Clark)  is Read More

  • Voices for Resistance – a Celebration

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

    Confirmed readers include: Andrea Hairston, Chivas Sandage, Christopher J. Sparks, Doug Anderson, Ilina Singh, India Smith, John Sheirer, Kent Alexander, Lanette Sweeney, Maria Luisa Arroyo,  Marya Zilberberg, Mary Warren Foulk, Nicole M. Young,  Patrick Donnelly, & Theresa Vincent

  • Roundtable Discussion – Summer Goals

    Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United States

    Come join a roundtable to discuss your hopes and challenges in writing during the busy summer months. We will converse and share fellow writers’ ways and working routines as well as share ideas on maneuvering through difficult schedules. At the end of the discussion, participants will be asked to set a writing goal for the Read More

  • Annual Meeting 2019

    Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United States

    Come join us for our annual meeting. This is a time to have the community come together and discuss ways in which Straw Dog can further support the writing community in Western MA.  

  • 6th Annual Author Showcase

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

    6th Annual Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Showcase Straw Dog Writers Guild is planning their Sixth Annual Author Showcase for new authors. The showcase features Straw Dog members with a new book published in the last two years.

  • Roundtable Discussion – The Novel: the Long Haul

    Lily Library Florence, MA, United States

    Roundtable Discussion - The Novel: the Long Haul The novel is a unique project that can take years from that first seed of inspiration to getting it out into the world. Come join other writers, as well as published authors, at our round table discussion to find out the different approaches, skills, and supports that Read More

  • Emerging Writers Fellowship Program Virtual Launch

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    Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writers Fellowship Program Virtual Launch Event Meet Amina Jordan-Mendez, 2020 Fellow   Wednesday, June 3 @ 7 p.m. WATCH:  https://www.facebook.com/strawdogwriters/ Join Straw Dog Writers Guild as we celebrate the inaugural year of our Emerging Writers Fellowship Program! The event will feature a conversation with Amina Jordan-Mendez, 2020 Fellow, and Dr. Read More