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  • November 2017

  • Tue 7
    Featured November 7, 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Writers Night Out

    The Basement

    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

  • Sun 12
    Abel Meeropol
    Featured November 12, 2017 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

    Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award

    Gateway City Arts 92-114 Race Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts

    ABEL MEEROPOL SOCIAL JUSTICE WRITING AWARD We only have a few tickets left. Sign up for tickets here! Straw Dog Writers Guild will present the Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award to poet Patricia Smith at a public event on November 12, 2017, 3:30 pm, at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke. Abel Meeropol (1903-1986) was Read More

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  • December 2017

  • Sun 3
    Featured December 3, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill

    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:  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

  • 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

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