Straw Dog Writers Guild

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  • Stepping Into the Story – Using Psychodrama to Deepen Character Development

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

    Dive into character building using psychodrama with author and poet Kevin Thomas! March 28th from 10am-12pm Easthampton Public Library Annex In this experiential writer’s craft workshop, participants will use psychodrama to enter their characters’ worlds as fully as possible—speaking in their voices, seeing through their eyes, and discovering unspoken motivations. By moving beyond the page Read More

  • Cracking Open Your Poetic Process

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

    Cracking Open Your Poetic Process: a roundtable experiment in stimulating our personal approaches to writing poetry. Co-facilitated by Lindsay Rockwell and Becky Jones Saturday, April 4, 2026, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Coolidge Museum at Forbes Library 20 West Street, Northampton In this roundtable experiment, up to twelve poets will gather to share reflections, ideas and Read More

  • Writers Night Out in April

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

    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday April 7th, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer James K. Zimmerman, 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

  • A Writer’s Night in April with Janet Aalfs

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

    Straw Dog Writers Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present poet Janet Aalfs for A Writer's Night on Thursday, April 9th from  6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Janet E. Aalfs, former poet laureate of Northampton, MA, is a Jian Mei Tai Chi/ Qigong chief instructor, an 8th degree black belt, and the founder and director of Lotus Read More

  • Poetry Critique Meet-up on Zoom

    Poetry Critique Meet Up in April

    Poetry Critique Meet
    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 April Read More

  • Writers Night Out in May with Eileen P. Kennedy

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

    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday May 5th, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Eileen P. Kennedy, 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

  • Virtual Poetry Book Launch!

    ZOOM MA
    Virtual Event

    Join Straw Dog Writers Guild members and poets Edward Doyle-Gillespie and Trisha Leigh Shufelt for the virtual book launch of their new books of poetry! Each poet will read from their new chapbook followed by conversation and audience questions. Please register for this event HERE. Doyle-Gillespie is a Baltimore City poet and writer. He holds 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 Joy Deva Baglio for A Writer's Night on Thursday, May 14th 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

  • The Quintessential Query

    ZOOM MA

    Writing a book is only the first step in getting published. If your publishing goals include finding a literary agent to represent your work to the Big 5 and other large publishing houses, you’ll need a query letter that grabs their attention.  May 16th, 1-2:30 pm on ZOOM. Register HERE. In this presentation, Marsal Lyon Literary Read More

  • Poetry Critique Meet-up on Zoom

    Poetry Critique Meet Up in May

    Poetry Critique Meet
    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 Wednesday May Read More