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  • A Writer's Night in April with Alexis Johnson

    A Writer’s Night in April

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

    The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild present writer, linguist, and humorist Alexis Johnson. Co-founder of the much acclaimed International Language Institute, for over forty years Lexi has taught Spanish, Italian, Esperanto, Catalan as well as Arabic and Chinese. Her first book, Playing With a Full Deck, is a (mostly) humorous look at Read More

  • Smith Votech event

    Viking Runestone Literary Magazine Launch

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    You are invited to join us for a celebration of artists and writers from Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. We are excited to announce the launch of The Viking Runestone, Spring 2023 Volume 5 at Forbes Library, Thursday, April 27 at 6 pm. Straw Dog Writers Guild is proud to collaborate with the staff Read More

  • Writers Night Out in May with Simon Hunt

    Writers Night Out in May

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    Join us on Tuesday, May 2, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Simon Hunt  at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening Read More

  • A Writer's Night in May with Beth Filson

    A Writer’s Night in May

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

    The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writer’s Night” with Beth Filson. Join us on Thursday, May 18 from 6:45-7:45pm at The Longmeadow Adult Center.. Beth is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, local bookseller, writer and self-taught artist. While her background is in poetry, she’s devoted a good Read More

  • Small Publishing in a Big Universe workshop

    Small Publishing in a Big Universe

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    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild for our May craft workshop "Small Publishing in a Big Universe" with writer Steven Radecki on Sunday, May 21, 4:00-5:30pm via Zoom. Between traditional publishing and self-publishing there is small publishing. We discuss the place that independent publishers play in the publishing ecosystem, comparing and contrasting the submissions processes, benefits, Read More

  • Writers Night Out in June with Shanta Lee

    Writers Night Out in June

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    Join us on Tuesday, June 6, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Shanta Lee Gander at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the Read More

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    Voices for Resistance

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    Join co-hosts Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library for our annual Voices for Resistance on Wednesday, June 14th, 7:00-8:30pm via Zoom. Register HERE. Reader Bios: Sejal Shah is the author of award-winning debut essay collection, This Is One Way to Dance (University of Georgia Press). Her writing has appeared in Brevity, Conjunctions, the Guardian, Read More

  • A Writer's Night In June

    A Writer’s Night in June

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

    Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center are pleased to present Gary Metras, Easthampton’s first Poet Laureate and author of twenty-one collections of poetry. Join us on Thursday, June 15 from 6:45-7:45pm at The Longmeadow Adult Center. Gary's latest book, Vanishing Points, was selected as a Must Read 2022 Poetry by the Massachusetts Read More

  • Writers Night Out in July with Anne Pinkerton

    Writers Night Out in July

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    Join us on Tuesday, July 11, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer  Anne Pinkerton at Forbes Library. NOTE the date change due to the July 4 holiday. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader Read More

  • Poetry Ritual 2023

    Poetry Ritual 2023

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    On July 13 at 6:30pm join 15 poets from the Poetry Critique Meet-up for a group reading, hosted by Michael Favala Goldman. Each poet gets five minutes, for a varied and moving experience. Free. Request the zoom link by emailing poetryritual2023@gmail.com.