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  • Straw Dog Writes online program

    Straw Dog Writes

    Straw Dog Writes
    ZOOM MA

    Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions, a 45 minute writing session, have a 15 minute discussion, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards, the Zoom room will remain open for a Read More

  • Virtual Reading for the 2026 Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers-in-Residence

    Please join us for a virtual reading featuring the 2026 Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers-in-Residence! Writers will share short excerpts from their work developed while in residence at the Mount this past spring. Following the reading, there will be a short Q & A with the writers, who will answer questions about their Residency Read More

  • Writers Night Out in September with Nina B. Lichtenstein

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

    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday September 1st, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Nina B. Lichtenstein, 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 Read More

  • Weekly Wednesday Writing Group

    Weekly Wednesday Writing Group
    Dalton Free Public Library 462 Main Street, Dalton, MA

    This Wednesday and every Wednesday: in-person Weekly Wednesday Writing Group at the @daltonfreepubliclibrary “Curious Writers” will meet at the Dalton Free Public Library on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm for our Weekly Wednesday Writing Group in collaboration with the Dalton Free Public Library. We will meet for dedicated writing time with a focus on: getting settled Read More

  • Straw Dog Writes online program

    Straw Dog Writes

    Straw Dog Writes
    ZOOM MA

    Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions, a 45 minute writing session, have a 15 minute discussion, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards, the Zoom room will remain open for a Read More

  • Weekly Wednesday Writing Group

    Weekly Wednesday Writing Group
    Dalton Free Public Library 462 Main Street, Dalton, MA

    This Wednesday and every Wednesday: in-person Weekly Wednesday Writing Group at the @daltonfreepubliclibrary “Curious Writers” will meet at the Dalton Free Public Library on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm for our Weekly Wednesday Writing Group in collaboration with the Dalton Free Public Library. We will meet for dedicated writing time with a focus on: getting settled Read More

  • Straw Dog Writes online program

    Straw Dog Writes

    Straw Dog Writes
    ZOOM MA

    Straw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions, a 45 minute writing session, have a 15 minute discussion, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards, the Zoom room will remain open for a Read More

  • A Writer’s Night in September

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

    On Thursday, September 10th, 6:45-7:30pm Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center present A Writer’s Night with Stephen Billias. Stephen Billias is the published author of seven fantasy novels, one collection of short stories, and a literary novel, Pilgrim Maya, that he wrote with his wife Bela Breslau. He is a MacDowell Fellow. Stephen has Read More

  • How to nail your next public reading

    Easthampton Public Library Annex 52 Main Street, Easthampton, MA, United States

    Whether your next reading is in-person or virtual, an open mic, a journal launch, or a longer feature, join Michael Favala Goldman for a practical guide to mastering techniques that connect you with your text and with your audience in your own unique and memorable way. We will learn about presence, pacing, physical space and Read More

  • Second Sundays Virtual Open Mic

    Second Sundays Virtual Open Mic

    Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom. Please contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com Format Focus: EVERYONE READS! Co-create and reading and listening experience that is generous, dynamic, and heart-felt. Read a 3-minute piece Brief positive responses after readers share Listeners Read More