Diving Deep: Poetic Craft, Form and Emotion w/ Gail Thomas
Lily Library Florence, MA, United StatesDiving Deep: Poetic Craft, Form and Emotion A challenge that many writers face is how to choose artful details when writing about strong emotional content. Some of us may shy away from expressing loss or anger, or we may produce work that’s overly sentimental. For inspiration, we will read poems that elevate personal experience by Read More
Compass Roads reading at Odyssey Bookshop
The Odyssey Bookshop 9 College St., South Hadley, MA, United StatesPlease join us for a reading of Compass Roads - Poems about the Pioneer Valley, at Odyssey Bookshop. More info coming soon!
Compass Roads Reading at Jones Library
Jones Library, Amherst MA 43 Amity Street, Amherst, MA, United StatesJoin us for a reading of Compass Roads - Poems about the Pioneer Valley at the Jones Library in Amherst. Poets reading : Paul Mariani Jean Blakeman Theresa A. Vincent Beth Filson Pat Schneider Eileen P Kennedy Candance R Curran Janet E. Aalfs Sharon Tracey Libby Maxey
Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill – Featured Reader Melissa Volker
The Inn at Norton Hill 10 Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, MA, United StatesCo-sponsored by: Straw Dog Writers Guild and Nan Parati (owner, Elmer's Store and the Inn at Norton Hill) Featured Reader: Melissa Volker Melissa Volker's debut novel, Delilah of Sunhats Swans, received a Five Star Review from Reader's Favorites and was praised by Alice Fulton, Guggenheim Fellow Poet, who said, "Delilah...is a charmer, a being blessed Read More
Voices for Resistance – A Celebration!
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060VOICES FOR RESISTANCE - A CELEBRATION! with special guests MartÃn Espada, The Nields, and Nicole M. Young! Short readings by Maria Jose Gimenez, Lauren Marie Schmidt, Eileen Kennedy, Ellen LaFleche, Dina Friedman, Christopher J. Sparks & Theresa Vincent OPEN MIC  - slots available on June 4. If you’d like to read (max. 4 minutes) please arrive BY 6:45 Read More
Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Joyce Hayden
The BasementWriters Night Out – June 5 2018 Featured Writer: Joyce Hayden Joyce Hayden left her teaching position in the English Department at Westfield State University three years ago to pursue travel, writing, and painting. Since then she's been across the US a couple times, as well as France and Italy. She has published a chapbook Read More
Poetry Critique Meet-upÂ
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesPoetry Critique Meet-up Moderated by poet and translator Michael Goldman  Sunday June 24, 1-3pm Sunday July 15, 1-3pm Sunday August 12, 1-3pm Click here - TO REGISTER Poetry Critique Meet-up is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance. Learn what is working in Read More
Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill – Featured Reader Jan Maher
The Inn at Norton Hill 10 Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, MA, United StatesWriters Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill 10 Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, MA 1st Sunday of the month. - 3:00–5:00 pm. Then the floor opens to other writers. If you want to read, put your name in the hat before 3:15. (Hint: you get about three minutes.) Bring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Read More
Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Jan Maher
The BasementWriters Night Out July 3, 2018 7-9pm The Basement 21 Center Street Northampton, MA Featured Reader - Jan Maher Just the facts: Jan Maher's writing credits include two novels, Heaven, Indiana and Earth As It Is; one-act plays Ismene and Intruders; Most Dangerous Women; and books for educators Most Dangerous Women: Bringing History to Life Read More
Compass Roads Reading at the Northampton Senior Center
Northampton Senior Center 67 Conz St, Northampton, MA, United States
** Location change for this month! Writers Read @ St. John’s Corner House – Featured Reader Ann C. Averill
The Inn at Norton Hill 10 Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, MA, United StatesLocation change for this month! Writers Read at St. John's Corner House, 469 Main St., Ashfield. Featured Reader - Ann C. Averill Ann Averill’s work has appeared in several Christian publications. One of her short stories was published in a Writer’s Digest Short Short Story collection. A flash memoir recently went online in Write Angles Read More
Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Mary Clare Powell
The BasementFeatured Reader: Mary Clare Powell Mary Clare Powell is a lifelong teacher, retired professor at Lesley University, and poet. Her newest poetry book is Everyday Ecstasy, a collection about aging (which we are all doing). Growing older and its losses are here, but so is whimsy, joy, and gratitude--pondering a brother’s death, swimming in Read More
Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Emily Arsenault
The BasementDoors open at 7 – with an open mic. If you’d like a chance to read, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. Ten names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15, and each reader will have five minutes. Admission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support Read More
Writers Read @ ELMERS – Featured Reader Phyllis Katz
Elmers 396 Main St,, Ashfield, MA, United StatesBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! Here’s how it works: A featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication, followed by audience Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers—published or not—for five minutes each. Hint: If you want to read, put your name Read More
Poetry Critique Group – Register today!
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesRegister Here
Straw Dog Writers Guild Authors Showcase!
South Hadley Public Library 2 Canal St, South Hadley, MassachusettsTuesday, September 25, at South Hadley Public Library at 6 p.m. AUTHORS READING Elizabeth George Amy Laprade Susan LaRosa Ruth Lehrer Melanie S. Lewis Ed Orzechowski Michael Ponsor Jessica B. Sokol Joshua Michael Stewart Melissa Volker Tom Weiner Ellen Wittlinger
Straw Dog Writers Guild – Annual Meeting 2018
84 Musante Drive, Northampton, MA 01060 84 Musante Drive, Northampton, MAStraw Dog Writers Guild annual meeting All members welcome -Come hear about plans and opportunities Sept 29, 10 am, 84 Musante Drive, Northampton. Coffee/tea/nibbles RSVP to info@strawdogwriters.org
NEW EVENT -Literary Rendezvous – Open Mic/Featured Poet: Nicole M. Young!
The Rendezvous 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls, MANicole M. Young - Featured Poet Nicole M. Young is a performance poet, playwright, theatre instructor and pop culture critic originally from Detroit, MI.  Her work has been performed across Western Massachusetts, New York, and Michigan.  She self-produced a spoken word album, In/Put:  Live from the Valley, which was recorded live and is working on her first memoir. Website Candace Read More
Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Jendi Reiter
The BasementDoors open at 7 – with an open mic. If you’d like a chance to read, place your name in the hat up until 7:10. Ten names will be randomly selected. The reading starts at 7:15, and each reader will have five minutes. Admission is free; participants are encouraged to buy a drink in support Read More
Compass Roads Reading at Graham Hall, Smith College
Graham Hall, Smith College Smith College, Northampton, MAPOETS READING Janet E Aalfs Alice Barrett Jean Blakeman Anna Bozena Bowen Floyd Cheung Candace R Curran Beth Filson Michael Goldman Tzivia Gover Sharon A Harmon Jane McPhetres Johnson Mary Ellen Kelly Patricia Lee Lewis Richard Michelson Burleigh Mutén Jovonna Van Pelt Christine Anne Pratt Stephanie B Shafran Cynthia Suopis Jane Yolen