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  • Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Trish Crapo

    The Basement

    Trish Crapo - Poet, writer, collage artist, and photographer Trish Crapo was educated at Hampshire College and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Author of the recently republished chapbookWalk through Paradise Backwards from Slate Roof Press (2004 and 2018), she has had work featured in former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s syndicated newspaper column, “American Life Read More

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    Good Storytelling in Nonfiction With Suzanne Strempek Shea

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

    At the Northampton Center for the Arts, 33 Hawley St. Northampton, MA FREE TO ATTEND - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC It goes without saying (at least for this writer) that nonfiction - about yourself, someone else, something else - needs to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But don’t forget Read More

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  • Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader D. Dina Friedman

    Ashfield Community Hall , 521 Main Street, Ashfield, MA

    D. Dina Friedman has received two Pushcart Prize nominations and published in many literary journals including Lilith, Negative Capability, The Sun, Common Ground Review, San Pedro River Review, Steam Ticket, New Plains Review, Blue Stem, Red Booth Review, Bloodroot, Anderbo, and Rhino. Dina is also the author of two award-winning young adult novels, Escaping Into the Read More

  • “Mastering Beginnings and Endings in Your Writing” Workshop with Kate Senecal

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

    "Ann Hood once wrote that Beginnings "put into motion the events that will drive the story to its resolution. And the resolution is often the inverse of the opening. " Come join Kate Senecal on Sunday, November 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Northampton Center for the Arts for this writing workshop. She'll investigate Read More

  • 6th Annual Author Showcase

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

    6th Annual Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Showcase Straw Dog Writers Guild is planning their Sixth Annual Author Showcase for new authors. The showcase features Straw Dog members with a new book published in the last two years.

  • Writers Read – Featured Reader Faith Kindness

    Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United States

    Here’s how it works: The featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers, who can read for five minutes each; we also draw two names for 10-minute readings. If you want to read, put your name in the hat before 2:15. Long-time resident Read More

  • Writers Night Out/In March 2021

    zoom

    Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic! March's featured reader is Sally Bellerose. To Register, email wno@strawdogwriters.org to request the Zoom link. Include your first and last name and zip code. Bio: In her writing, Sally Bellerose (she/her) loves to mess with rhythm, rhyme, and awkward emotion. Bellerose writes about caste, sex, illness, absurdity, Read More

  • Writers Read Hilltowns March 2021

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    Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns! On Sunday, March 7th from 2-4pm our featured reader is Stephanie Shafran. To attend, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the meeting. You can sign up for Zoom video conferencing for free HERE. Bio: Stephanie Shafran lives in Western MA. Her poetry and prose Read More

  • Jump-Start a Story: A Sisters in Crime Workshop

    zoom

    The Surrealists used to pool their money and buy a one-way ticket to the furthest destination they could afford. They'd send one person off on an adventure and they'd have to make their way back somehow, and tell the others all about it when they returned. Along the way, they’d collect talismans that helped them Read More