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  • October 2017

  • Tue 3
    Featured October 3, 2017 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    WRITERS NIGHT OUT

    The Basement

    Oct. 3rd, 2017 - 7-9pm Featured Reader: Naila Moreira I am a writer, journalist, and naturalist living in western Massachusetts. My published work includes science journalism, nature writing, and poetry. I also write for children. I teach in the Jacobson Writing Center at Smith College and am a lecturer in the English department. During the Read More

  • Fri 13
    Featured October 13, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Sidewalk Typewriters @ The Great Falls Word Festival

    Shea Theater 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA
  • Fri 13
    Featured October 13, 2017 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

    Featured Reader & Open Mic @ The Great Falls Word Festival

    Shea Theater 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA

     

  • Sat 14
    Featured October 14, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am

    Poetry Workshop at The Great Falls Word Festival

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    The Easy Way to Write 30 Poems in 30 Days For Fun and Your Favorite Non-Profit!*  (namely - *The Center for New Americans) A Workshop for Poets and Non-Poets Alike by Tommy Twilite   Saturday Noon-2pm, October 14th, 2017 Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls MA as part of the The Great Falls Word Festival in Read More

    Free
  • November 2017

  • Sun 5
    Featured November 5, 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 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

  • 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
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