Join us on Tuesday, June 6, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Shanta Lee Gander 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 the
April’s Writers Night Out at Forbes Library in Northampton was a hit. Our featured reader was the amazing, brilliant, powerhouse of a poet, Michael Joshua Stewart reading from three of his collections, Break Every String, Love Something and The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums. It seems we’ve hit on the right spot for our monthly Read More
Join co-hosts Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library for our annual Voices for Resistance on Wednesday, June 14th, 7:00-8:30pm via Zoom. Register HERE. Reader Bios: Sejal Shah is the author of award-winning debut essay collection, This Is One Way to Dance (University of Georgia Press). Her writing has appeared in Brevity, Conjunctions, the Guardian,
Join us on Tuesday, May 2, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Simon Hunt 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 the evening
You are invited to join us for a celebration of artists and writers from Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. We are excited to announce the launch of The Viking Runestone, Spring 2023 Volume 5 at Forbes Library, Thursday, April 27 at 6 pm. Straw Dog Writers Guild is proud to collaborate with the staff
Join us on Tuesday, April 4, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Joshua Michael Stewart at our NEW HOME: 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
Join us on Tuesday, March 7, 7-9pm at Forbes Library for Writers Night Out with featured writer and poet Gail Thomas. NOTE: WNO has moved to Forbes Library at 20 West St, Northampton, MA for this March event. Parking is available at the library. No registration required. Bio: Gail Thomas has published six books, most
9th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books Join us on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 via Zoom from 6:30-8:00pm. Register HERE for this online event. Brief readings from new books by members of Straw Dog Writers Guild: Steven D. Brewer, Audrey Child, Roxanne E. Bogart, Martha McCollough, Rick Paar, Bela Breslau, Sharon Tracey, Cheryl
On Wednesday, November 2 at 5:00pm, Forbes Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild will host November’s Arrive at 5 with the Northampton Chamber of Commerce. Be there to network and talk with Straw Dog members.
Calling Straw Dog authors with books published in the last year Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library invite Straw Dog Writers Guild members with a book published in 2022 to read as part of the 2023 annual Author Showcase. If interested in being part of the Showcase, please indicate your interest by emailing strawdogsubmission@gmail.com.
