Straw Dog Writers Guild
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A Writer’s Night in January
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers’ Guild, Longmeadow Adult Center, and The Storrs Library present Pete Nelson, writer of stories, novels, and song lyrics on Thursday, January 16, 6:45 at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Peter Nelson was born in 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He received his MFA in poetry from Read More
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Annual Author Showcase
Northampton Friends Meetinghouse 43 Center Street, Northampton, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers Guild presents our 11th Annual Author Showcase! This is a hybrid event, on Zoom and at Northampton Friends Meetinghouse, 43 Center Street, Suite 202, Northampton, on Sunday, January 26, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Straw Dog Writers Guild members with a book published in 2024 will read as part of the 2025 annual Read More
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Writers Night Out in February
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday February 4, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Jendi Reiter 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
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Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
zoomCome 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
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Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
zoomStraw 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
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Holding a Bookstore Event Best Practices for Authors
zoomcraft workshop with Angelique Tung on Sunday February 16 Congratulations! Your book is due for publication. Now what? Whether you have a publicist or you’re representing yourself, this workshop will offer tips and advice on how to increase your chances of having an author event at an independent bookstore, and making it a success. You Read More
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Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
zoomStraw 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
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A Writer’s Night in February
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present poet Janet MacFadyen on Thursday, February 20 from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Janet MacFadyen's third full-length collection, State of Grass, was released February 2024 by Salmon Poetry. Honors include a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant, a 7-month Fine Arts Work Center fellowship in Provincetown, and a Read More
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A Writer’s Night in March
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present Joy Baglio 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 short stories appear widely in Read More
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Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
zoomStraw 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