Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill Sunday - November 5, 2017 3:00–5:00 pm. 10 Norton Hill Road, Ashfield, MA FEATURED READER: Eric Laursen Eric Laursen will talk about his upcoming publication, The Duty to Stand Aside, Nineteen Eighty-four and the Wartime Quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort.  Eric is an independent journalist, activist, and commentator. He Read More

FEATURED READER - Gail Thomas has published three books of poetry, Waving Back, No Simple Wilderness: An Elegy for Swift River Valley, and Finding the Bear.  Published in 2105, Waving Back was awarded Honorable Mention by the New England Book Festival and includes poems that won the James Hearst Prize and the Pat Schneider Prize. Her work has appeared in many journals Read More

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:  feature guest writer Celia Jeffries. Celia's writing has appeared in numerous newspapers and literary magazines including Westview, Solsticelitmag, and Puerto del Sol, as well as the anthology Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper. She recently finished a novel Read More

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

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

 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

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