Writing for Children Workshop with Lesléa Newman & Jane Yolen
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesEVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED --- Registration is FULL - To be added to the waitlist please email info@strawdogwriters.org Jane Yolen and Lesléa Newman will walk us through the definition and limits of the genre; the parameters of emotion/motion; the range of topics; subgenres without picture books; to rhyme or not to rhyme; how much is Read More
Literary Rendezvous – Featured Reader Amy Laprade
The Rendezvous 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MALiterary 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 – Amy Laprade . An Read More
Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Marion VanArsdell
The BasementOPEN MIC & FEATURED READER Every month we host a different guest Author to be our evenings Featured Reader. The Featured Reader reads from their writing and shares their experience as a Writer. THE BASEMENT - 21 Center Street, Northampton, MA If you’d like a chance to read, place your name in the hat up until Read More
What Happens When Your Character Calls 911? Writing Workshop with Jacqueline Sheehan & Detective Sergeant Vic Caputo
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesWhat Happens When Your Character Calls 911? On Sunday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to noon, author Jacqueline Sheehan and Detective Sergeant Vic Caputo present an overview of what happens when your character calls 911. This introductory program is designed to help writers increase your understanding of law enforcement and forensics, with the overall eye Read More
Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Gail Thomas
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesHere’s how it works: The featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers, who can read for five minutes each; we also draw two names for 10-minute readings. If you want to read, put your name in the hat before 2:15. Featured Reader Read More
There is a Brightness – Group Poetry Reading by SDWG Poetry Critique Meetup
White Square Books 86 Cottage St, Easthampton, MA, United States
Read it Again! – Workshop with Jane Yolen and Lesléa Newman
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesAPRIL 28, 1-3:30pm Workshop / 3:30- 4pm Book Signing. Registration is FULL - Jane Yolen and Lesléa Newman will walk us through the definition and limits of the genre; the parameters of emotion/motion; the range of topics; subgenres without picture books; to rhyme or not to rhyme; how much is too much/too little; and what are Read More
Literary Rendezvous – Featured Readers Trish Crapo & Janet MacFadyen
The Rendezvous 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MALiterary 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 Trish Crapo grew up in Miami, Florida and now Read More
Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Joshua Michael Stewart
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesHere’s how it works: The featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers, who can read for five minutes each; we also draw two names for 10-minute readings. If you want to read, put your name in the hat before 2:15. Featured Reader Read More
Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Charlie Bondhus
The BasementOPEN MIC & FEATURED READER Every month we host a different guest Author to be our evenings Featured Reader. The Featured Reader reads from their writing and shares their experience as a Writer. THE BASEMENT - 21 Center Street, Northampton, MA If you’d like a chance to read, place your name in the hat up until Read More
“To Refract Our Complex Identities: Write an American Ghazal”
Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesPhoto by Joyce Skowyra María Luisa Arroyo - Born in Manatí, PR & raised in Springfield, MA, María Luisa Arroyo was educated at Colby (BA), Tufts (MA) & Harvard (ABD) in German, her third language. She earned her MFA from the Solstice MFA program at Pine Manor College. In recognition of her numerous poetry Read More
Literary Rendezvous – Featured Reader Tommy Twilite
The Rendezvous 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MALiterary 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
Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Mary Clare Powell
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesHere’s how it works: The featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers, who can read for five minutes each; we also draw two names for 10-minute readings. If you want to read, put your name in the hat before 2:15. Featured Reader Read More
Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Patrick Donnelly
The BasementOPEN MIC & FEATURED READER Every month we host a different guest Author to be our evenings Featured Reader. The Featured Reader reads from their writing and shares their experience as a Writer. THE BASEMENT - 21 Center Street, Northampton, MA If you’d like a chance to read, place your name in the hat up until Read More
Voices for Resistance – a Celebration
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Confirmed 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 StatesCome 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
The Poetry Ritual: A Reading
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States
Literary Rendezvous Open Mic/Featured Reader
The Rendezvous 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MADina Stander is a practitioner of radical kinship. Her favorite day jobs have been a school bus driver and hospital chaplain. Her first book of poems 'Old Bones & True Stories was published in 2018 (Human Error Publishing). She is an end-of-life navigator, a nondenominational Celebrant, and maker of burial shrouds. You can read her sporadic blog posts Read More
Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Howard Faerstein
The BasementFeatured reader - Howie Faerstein Howard Faerstein’s first book of poetry, Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn, was published in 2013 by Press 53. A second collection, Googootz, and Other Poems came out in September 2018. His work can be found in numerous journals including Great River Review, Nimrod, CutThroat, Off the Coast, Rattle, upstreet, Read More
Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Christian McEwen
The BasementJuly 7 Writers Read/Hilltowns Christian McEwen is a freelance writer, workshop leader, and cultural activist, originally from the UK. She is the author of several books, including World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down, now in its sixth printing. Her new book, Legal Tender: Women & the Secret Life of Money, appeared in April 2019. Read More