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  • December 2017

  • Tue 5
    Featured December 5, 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Writers Night Out

    The Basement

    Richard Wayne Horton has published in Southern Pacific Review, Meat For Tea, Lonesome October, Aphotic Realm, Danse Macabre Online, and others. He was nominated for a Pushcart. His first book of flash fiction, Sticks & Bones, is available from Meat For Tea Press. He is working on a second book of flash fiction, A Dream Read More

  • Sat 9
    Featured December 9, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

    WRITING AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE – Roundtable Discussion

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    Straw Dog Writers Guild presents WRITING AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. CLICK BELOW SIGN UP TO ATTEND  A Roundtable Discussion with facilitators Ellen Meeropol, Christopher Sparks, & Liz Bedell.  Join us for a discussion following the Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award program. Saturday, December 9th,  3 PM Northampton Center for The Arts 33 Read More

    Free
  • Sat 9
    Featured December 9, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST SATURDAY!

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

     A day to activate your inner activist, join a community roundtable to discuss writing as a tool for social justice, followed by networking with local writers and activists, ending an awesome day listening to powerful singer-songwriter activist Pamela Means performing at The Parlor Room! Join us for the whole Saturday, or come for just the Read More

  • January 2018

  • Tue 2
    Featured January 2, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Writers Night Out!

    The Basement

    FEATURED READER: INFO COMING SOON!   Doors open at 7 – with an open mike. 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 Read More

  • Sun 7
    Featured January 7, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill w/ JANE YOLEN

    The Inn at Norton Hill 10 Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, MA, United States

    Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill 1st Sunday of the month. 3:00–5:00 pm. 10 Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, MA FEATURED READER:  Jane Yolen is an author of children’s books, fantasy, and science fiction, including Owl Moon, The Devil’s Arithmetic, and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? She is also a poet, a teacher of Read More

  • Sat 13
    Featured January 13, 2018 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

    How Does it Work to Work with an Editor?

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

    How Does it Work to Work with an Editor?   You’ve written and rewritten, on your own and in a group, but how do you decide when your writing could benefit from the input of an editor? Where do you begin the process, and what should you expect when you put your manuscript in the Read More

    Free
  • February 2018

  • Sun 4
    Featured February 4, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill w/ Erik Sherman

    The Inn at Norton Hill 10 Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, MA, United States

    Writers Read @ the Inn at Norton Hill Sunday, February 4, 3:00–5:00 p.m. Main St. (Rt. 116) & Norton Hill Rd., Ashfield  Cosponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild and Nan Parati (owner, Elmer's Store and the Inn at Norton Hill) Featured Reader: Erik Sherman Featured Reader: Erik Sherman is an independent journalist, author, consultant, and playwright. His work covering business, technology, economics, finance, law, science, and public Read More

  • Tue 6
    Featured February 6, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Writers Night Out – Featured Reader Ruth Lehrer

    The Basement

    Writers Night Out with Featured Reader Ruth Lehrer February 6, 2018 7-9pm Ruth Lehrer is a writer and sign language interpreter living in western Massachusetts. Her writing has been published in journals such as Lilith, Jubilat, and Trivia: Voices of Feminism. Her poetry chapbook, TIGER LAUGHS WHEN YOU PUSH, is available from Headmistress Press. Her Read More

  • Sat 10
    Featured February 10, 2018 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

    “What’s so important about setting?” Writers Workshop

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

    What’s so important about setting? Are you curious about world building? Do your characters inhabit living rooms in the future, or trek miles at the turn of the century? Setting connects readers to a narrative and is part of the allure that transports them from one place to another, but setting is so much more Read More

  • March 2018

  • Sat 3
    Featured March 3, 2018 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

    What Can Social Media Do For You As a Writer?

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    Come listen to presenter Marya Zilberberg discuss how to break down the barriers and put Twitter, blogs and other online formats to work. Social media seem to be a necessity for marketing anything in the 21st century. But are they? What are the best approaches for a writer? We will discuss some of the successful Read More

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