• Writers Night Out in January – Still Happening!

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

    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday January 6th, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out at Forbes Library. Corinne Demas will not be able to attend, but the Open Mic must go on. Today at Writers Night Out everyone reads! Each reader will have five minutes. Hosted by Jacqueline Sheehan, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.

  • Poetry Critique Meet Up in June

    Poetry Critique Meet Up in January

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    Poetry Critique Meet-up on Zoom is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance.  Learn what is working in your poems, and what may need revision. Contribute your observations to other poets. Be fascinated by the breadth of the written word. Register for Sunday January Read More

  • Writers Night Out in February

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

    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday February 3rd, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Sara Eddy, 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 Read More

  • A Writer’s Night in February

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

    Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present author Jovonna Van Pelt on Thursday, February 12 from  6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Jovonna Van Pelt has stories to share: funny stories, difficult stories, personal revelations, and casual observations of life. She has been a featured reader for Straw Dog Writers Guild, Poets at Large, Read More

  • Poetry Critique Meet Up in June

    Poetry Critique Meet Up in February

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    Poetry Critique Meet-up on Zoom is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance.  Learn what is working in your poems, and what may need revision. Contribute your observations to other poets. Be fascinated by the breadth of the written word. Register for Sunday February Read More

  • Writers Night Out in March – Cancelled!

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

    Oh no! Forbes Library is closing for the day. That means Writers Night Out is canceled for March 3rd.   Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday March 3rd, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Patricia Lee Lewis, at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, Read More

  • A Writer’s Night in March with Peter J. Newland

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

    Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present Peter J. Newland for A Writer's Night on Thursday, March 12 from  6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center.   Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Peter J Newland formed the Springfield, MA rock band FAT in 1969. FAT released albums on RCA and their own Dream Merchant Records and Read More

  • A Writer’s Night in May with Joy Deva Baglio

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

    Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present Peter J. Newland for A Writer's Night on Thursday, March 12 from  6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Joy Deva Baglio is a writer of speculative-literary fiction and the founder of the literary arts organization Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop, based in Northampton MA (and virtually). Her Read More

  • Poetry Critique Meet Up in June

    Poetry Critique Meet Up in March

    Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

    Poetry Critique Meet-up on Zoom is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance.  Learn what is working in your poems, and what may need revision. Contribute your observations to other poets. Be fascinated by the breadth of the written word. Register for Sunday March Read More