• Worldbuilding 101

    North Amherst Library Community Room 8 Montague Rd, Amherst, MA, United States

    In science fiction and fantasy, the strength and depth of the author's world building can make the difference between a forgettable story and a classic. Join veteran SF writer James Cambias for a step-by-step breakdown of how to make convincing and interesting worlds for your stories, while still respecting realism and scientific accuracy. We'll go Read More

  • Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic

    Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic

    zoom

    Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom. Please contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com Format Focus: EVERYONE READS! Co-create and reading and listening experience that is generous, dynamic, and heart-felt. Read a 3-minute piece Brief positive responses after readers share Listeners Read More

  • A Writer’s Night in November

    The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United States

    Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Linda Cardillo on Thursday, September 11th, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. LINDA CARDILLO is an award-winning author of historical fiction and historical romance who writes about the old country and the new, the tangle and embrace of family, and finding courage in the Read More

  • Poetry Critique Meet Up in June

    Poetry Critique Meet Up in November

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

    Poetry Critique Meet-up on Zoom is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance.  Learn what is working in your poems, and what may need revision. Contribute your observations to other poets. Be fascinated by the breadth of the written word. Register for Saturday November Read More

  • Poetry Critique Meet Up in June

    Poetry Critique Meet Up in November

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

    Poetry Critique Meet-up on Zoom is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance.  Learn what is working in your poems, and what may need revision. Contribute your observations to other poets. Be fascinated by the breadth of the written word. Register for Saturday November Read More

  • Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair

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

    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild at the Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair this November to get locally grown books! Straw Dog Writers Guild members will be selling their books at this celebration of books. There will be local presses, antique books, and of course local authors. For more information click HERE.

  • Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair

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

    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild at the Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair this November to get locally grown books! Straw Dog Writers Guild members will be selling their books at this celebration of books. There will be local presses, antique books, and of course local authors. For more information click HERE.