• Translation: Reading the World

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    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild and presenter Jesse Lee Kercheval for our (rescheduled) November craft workshop, "Translation: Reading the World" on Saturday, November 23 from 10:30am - 12:00pm via Zoom. This is a relaxed, open workshop about translating from any language into English for people just curious about translation as well as practicing translators of Read More

  • GivingTuesday

    Celebrate Straw Dog Writers Guild on #GivingTuesday December 3, 2024. Participate in our year-end giving campaign. Give a Straw Dog Writers Guild membership as a holiday gift. At only $50, it would make a great gift to a writer you care about, or yourself! Donate HERE.

  • Historical Fiction Confidential

    Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United States

    Historical fiction is having a moment again in the literary world. Join Straw Dog Writers Guild and writer Dean Cycon in this craft workshop "Historical Fiction Confidential" on Saturday, December 7, from 10:30am - 12:00pm at the Lilly Library in Florence, MA. This workshop will look at the different types of HF, discuss effective research Read More

  • A Writer’s Night

    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 Jovonna Van Pelt, poet and essayist. 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,” was published in 2022. Over the years her writing Read More

  • Poetry Critique Meet-up in December

    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 Saturday, December Read More

  • Poetry Critique Meet-up in December

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    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, December Read More