Craft in the Real World Book Discussion
zoomHave you always understood writing craft topics, such as plot, setting or tone, to be objective subjects? In his book Craft in the Real World, Matthew Salesses argues that “what we call craft is in fact nothing more or less than a set of expectations. … These expectations are never neutral.” Reviewer Leni Zumas, author Read More
Writers Night Out-In January Richard Horton
zoomJoin us in the New Year on Tuesday, January 4 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Richard Wayne Horton. You can read his author interview with us from back in August HERE. Registration for WNO is required. Register for Zoom event HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation Read More
8th Annual Straw Dog Writers Author Showcase
zoom8th Annual Straw Dog Writers Author Showcase on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 6:30pm. Join us for readings from new books by members of Straw Dog Writers Guild: John Sheirer, Nina Dabek. Chris O’Carroll, Julie Wittes Schlack, Suzanne S. Rancourt, Lanette Sweeney, Michael Favala Goldman, Maureen Callahan Smith, Sally Bellerose, Joan Livingston, Mark Luebbers, Tom Read More
Writers Night Out/In February
zoomJoin us on Tuesday, February 1 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Adin Thayer. Registration is required. Register in advance by clicking HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email (within 24 - 48 hours) containing information about joining the meeting. For security purposes, all attendees must register Read More
Creative Approaches to Structuring Your Essay with Nancy McCabe
Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Wednesday, February 9 from 7:00-9:00pm for an online craft workshop: Creative Approaches to Structuring Your Essay with Nancy McCabe. This interactive presentation will focus on the devices that fiction and poetry offers us in structuring our essays. We’ll explore options from traditional narrative to lyric approaches like braids, collages, Read More
Writers Night Out/In March
zoomJoin us on Tuesday, March 1 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Lynne Bertrand. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 - 48 hours containing information about joining the meeting. Bio: Lynne Bertrand lives in Western Massachusetts and works in the Read More
Writers Night Out 10th Anniversary Fundraiser
OnlineOur fundraiser is the perfect way to celebrate yourself and those you love while supporting the Straw Dog Writers Guild. Writers Night Out is 10 years old! Help celebrate this literary birthday during the May 3 WHO by participating in our annual fundraiser for Straw Dog Writers Guild Our goal is $25,000. In 2020, we Read More
Writing Disability: Panel Discussion
zoomJoin us on Saturday, March 26 from 10:30am to 12:00pm for Writing Disability. This presentation is a moderated discussion between three writers, focusing on the presentation of people, with physical and mental disabilities, in literature. Topics covered include individualizing people and disabilities, social role valorization, dealing with the discomfort of social expectations, the role of Read More
Writers Night Out/In April
zoomJoin us on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00pm for Writers Night Out/In on Zoom! Our featured readers are Karen Skolfield and Rio Santos. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 - 48 hours containing information about joining the meeting. Bios: Karen Skolfield is the poet laureate of Read More
Spring Tonic Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesJoin us for a Spring Tonic Poetry Share with Poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins on Saturday April 16, 1:30 - 3:00pm. We will welcome in spring with the auditory tonic of listening to one another read poetry while sipping ephemeral teas. We are sharing poetry inspired by spring – this can be your own work or Read More
A Writers Night with Michael Favala Goldman
Join us for A Writers Night on Thursday, April 21, 6:45 - 7:45pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center at 211 Maple Rd, in Longmeadow, MA, where Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writers Night” with award winning poet, writer, translator, carpenter, and jazz musician Michael Favala Goldman. His translation of Read More
Character Whispering: Strategies for Further Insight with Justine Dymond
zoomJoin us on Saturday, April 23, 10:30am - 12:00pm for a Straw Dog Writers Guild Craft Workshop: Character Whispering: Strategies for Further Insight with Justine Dymond, Whether you are playing with possibilities for new stories or trying to get closer to a character you’ve known for a while, this workshop will offer a variety of Read More
Writers Night In with Wine and Chocolate WNO Fundraiser
zoomJoin us live on Zoom from 6:30-6:55 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3rd for “Wine and Chocolate with the Founders and MCs of WNO.” (You’ll have to bring your own wine and chocolate.) Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The registration ink is Read More
Writers Night Out/In May
zoomJoin us on Tuesday, May 3 from 7-9pm for Writers Night Out/In with featured writer Rebecca Hart Olander. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Bio: Rebecca Hart Olander’s writing and collaborations have appeared recently in Bracken, Jet Fuel Review, Massachusetts Review, Tinderbox, Read More
A Writers Night with Jacqueline Sheehan
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writers Night” with New York Times Best Selling Author, psychologist, and teacher, Jacqueline Sheehan. Her books include The Comet’s Tale, based on the life of Sojourner Truth. Lost & Found and Now & Then, (New York Times bestsellers), Picture This, The Center of Read More
Poetry Writing: Strategies for Finding Voice Through Life Experience with Ron Welburn
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild in person on Saturday, May 21, 2022 from 10:30am - 12:00pm for a craft workshop: Poetry Writing: Strategies for Finding Voice Through Life Experience with Ron Welburn. This is the long-awaited rescheduled event from last year. And it's being held by our co-sponsor the Northampton Center for the Arts. No Read More
Writers Night Out June
Michelson Gallery 132 Main St, Northampton, United StatesJoin us on Tuesday, June 7 from 7-9pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Magdalena Gómez at the Michelson Gallery in Northampton, MA. This is the first in-person WNO since spring of 2020. So let's celebrate in gratitude of being able to get back together and see and listen to one another in-person! Bio: Read More
Celebrating Voices for Resistance
zoomJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library in Celebrating Voices for Resistance on Wednesday, June 15, 7:00-8:30pm. On Zoom. Register HERE. Voices for Resistance panel: Readers: Daisy Hernández, Thérèse Chehade, Dahlma Llanos Figueroa, Steve Edwards, Neema Avashia Emcee: Andrea Hairston Honorary Host: Kim Gerould Bios: Neema Avashia was born and raised Read More
A Writer’s Night with Jovonna Van Pelt
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writer’s Night” with Jovonna Van Pelt, poet and essayist on Thursday, June 16, 6:45-7:45pm. Jo is the author of “Unrelated Questions” a gorgeous book of poetry published in 2019, and her endearing book of Christmas Stories, “Merry and Bright,” will be published this Read More
Writers in Residence Reception
The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesOn Sunday, June 26th, 5 – 7 p.m. enjoy an evening reception on the Terrace as we celebrate the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writers-in-Residence! Our 2022 recipients will share excerpts of their creative work inspired by their immersion at The Mount. Tickets include a wine and cheese reception. FREE for Mount/Straw Dog Writers Read More