Workshop: Anyone Can Write About Food
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060In the beloved Pixar movie, Ratatouille’s muse, Chef Gusteau, has a motto: Anyone Can Cook! With this as our inspiration for food writing, we’ll learn about the genre, explore story types, identify comment elements, try our hand at writing and sharing food vignettes, and workshop food story pitches for publication. You’ll take home resources and Read More
A Writer’s Night in December
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild present “A Writer’s Night” with Gail Thomas on Thursday, December 15 from 6:45-7:45pm. Her new books of poetry are Trail of Roots, winner of the A.V. Christie award, and Leaving Paradise. She has published four other books and her poems are widely published in journals and Read More
Writers Night Out January
Big Bear Used Books & Cafe Keystone Building, 122 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA, United StatesJoin us on Tuesday, January 3, 7-9pm at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Rick Paar. Big Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building, 122 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & beverage available for sale. No Read More
9th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books
zoom9th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books Join us on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 via Zoom from 6:30-8:00pm. Register HERE for this online event. Brief readings from new books by members of Straw Dog Writers Guild: Steven D. Brewer, Audrey Child, Roxanne E. Bogart, Martha McCollough, Rick Paar, Bela Breslau, Sharon Tracey, Cheryl Read More
Comes the Dark Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesCome share winter and darkness-themed poems. This can be your own work or favorite poems by others. Herbal brews and treats will be provided. Held in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room in Ashfield, MA. (Main Street/Rt 116) on Saturday, January 21, from 1:30-3:00pm. Registration requested. Call 413-628-4414 or email bmlashfield@gmail.com. Facilitated by Poet Arianna Read More
Writers Night Out February
Big Bear Used Books & Cafe Keystone Building, 122 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA, United StatesJoin us on Tuesday, February 7, 7-9pm at our new WNO home at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Roxanne Bogart. Big Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building, 122 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & Read More
Black Writers Read with Regine Jackson
The Artist Cafe 1365 Main Street, Springfield, MA, United StatesBlack Writers Read: Regine Jackson Sunday, February 12 2 p.m. The Artist Cafe | 1365 Main Street, Springfield, MA Presented in Collaboration with Straw Dog Writers Guild Join us for an IN PERSON podcast event! We'll be hosting Springfield-based author and current Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writer Fellow, Regine Jackson! During the event, Regine Read More
Straw Dog Writers Guild WriteAngles Conference Ideas Exchange
The Artist Cafe 1365 Main Street, Springfield, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers Guild WriteAngles Conference Ideas Exchange Sunday, February 12 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. The Artist Cafe | 1365 Main Street, Springfield, MA Free to Attend Register HERE! Local writers are invited to join us at this FREE EVENT to contribute ideas towards the 2024 Straw Dog Writers Guild WriteAngles Conference, which is Read More
A Writer’s Night in February
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild will present “A Writer’s Night” with Rick Paar on Thursday, February 16, from 6:45pm-7:45pm. (Please note that Beth Filson needed to cancel and so Rick Paar is graciously stepping in.) Rick Paar is the author of God Bless America and Breakfast Burritos to Go. He is Read More
Make it New (Again): An Introduction to Radical Revision
Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesDo you have a poem that you just can’t get right? Sometimes the best way to get past a creative block is to throw caution to the wind and destroy what you’ve built. Join Straw Dog Writers Guild and author Adam Grabowski on Saturday, February 18 from 10:30am-12:30pm at Lilly Library in Florence, MA for Read More
Writers Night Out March
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join us on Tuesday, March 7, 7-9pm at Forbes Library for Writers Night Out with featured writer and poet Gail Thomas. NOTE: WNO has moved to Forbes Library at 20 West St, Northampton, MA for this March event. Parking is available at the library. No registration required. Bio: Gail Thomas has published six books, most Read More
A Writer’s Night in March
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers’ Guild are proud to present “A Writer’s Night” with award winning poet Joshua Michael Stewart, author of three poetry collections: Break Every String, The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums, and Love Something. His poems have appeared in the Massachusetts Review, Salamander, Plainsongs, Brilliant Corners, South Dakota Review, Read More
Historical Research: Fact and Fiction
zoomHistorical Research: Fact and Fiction will review methods of historical research, with emphasis on first-person, or primary, sources. The presenters will be at the Swift River Valley Historical Society and will have access to their archive room. The presentation will include on-line research and problems and obstacles with historical records. The presenters will also discuss Read More
WriteAngles Writers Conference Pop-up In-person Brainstorm
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, United StatesWriteAngles Writers Conference needs your suggestions and ideas! Straw Dog Writers Guild is bringing back the WriteAngles Writers Conference (April 6, 2024). The planning committee has been meeting for six months and we’re now ready for your program suggestions. We hope to elicit comments and ideas from writers all across western Massachusetts. Ways to share Read More
WriteAngles Writers Conference Pop-up Virtual Brainstorm
zoomWriteAngles Writers Conference needs your suggestions and ideas! Straw Dog Writers Guild is bringing back the WriteAngles Writers Conference (April 6, 2024). The planning committee has been meeting for six months and we’re now ready for your program suggestions. We hope to elicit comments and ideas from writers all across western Massachusetts. Ways to share Read More
WriteAngles Writers Conference Tea with Edith at the Mount
The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesWriteAngles Writers Conference needs your suggestions and ideas! Straw Dog Writers Guild is bringing back the WriteAngles Writers Conference (April 6, 2024). The planning committee has been meeting for six months and we’re now ready for your program suggestions. We hope to elicit comments and ideas from writers all across western Massachusetts. Ways to share Read More
March Madness Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesMarch Madness Poetry Share Wednesday, March 29, 6:30-8pm Hares are getting frisky. Owls are hooting up a storm. Humans are getting stuck in the mud. Meanwhile there is poetry to be shared! Join writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for an evening of speaking your truth through poetry. The goblet Read More
Author Showcase at Word Fest
Gateway City Arts 92-114 Race Street, Holyoke, MassachusettsJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild for our 9-1/2th Annual Author Showcase at Word Fest* on April 2, 2023 1:00-2:00pm at the Gateway City Arts, 92 Race Street, Holyoke, MA. Featured authors are: Lindsay Rockwell, D. Dina Friedman, Michael Favala Goldman. Kelsey Socha. Grant Carrington, and Ellen Meeropol. * The Entire Word Fest event runs from Read More
Writers Night Out April
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join us on Tuesday, April 4, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Joshua Michael Stewart at our NEW HOME: 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 Read More
Uneven Characters: Filling in the Cracks
The Artist Cafe 1365 Main Street, Springfield, MA, United StatesWriting characters can be difficult, but it doesn’t have to be! In this workshop, we will go over what makes a character three-dimensional, using inspiration from ourselves and the people around us to create realistic characters (positive and negative traits, dynamic vs. static characters, etc.), and dialogue vs. action and how to utilize both to Read More