Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present Peter J. Newland for A Writer’s Night 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
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
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
Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday November 3rd, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Don Lesser, 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
Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday October 6th, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Jason Prokowiew, 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
Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday November 3rd, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Don Lesser, 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
Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday June 2nd, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Ellen Meeropol, 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
Enjoy an evening of reading and listening to poetry! Bring your newest work, your favorite work, or a poem you read from another poet. We come together on a quarterly basis to read our work and or the work of others and enjoy filling our ears and hearts with poetry. This is a safe space to
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
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
