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
The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild are delighted to present “A Writer’s Night” with poet and memoirist Stephanie Shafran on Thursday, November 17 from 6:45-7:45pm. Awakening, Stephanie’s chapbook, was published in 2020. Her work has appeared in journals such as Earth’s Daughters, Slant, Persimmon Tree, and Silkworm. Anthologies featuring Stephanie’s writing include
Publishers Panel and Marketplace by Beth Filson Straw Dog Writers Guild gathered eight area publishers at the Northampton Center for the Arts. Michael Favala Goldman was the MC for the event. Regional publishers provided insight into what they do, and the writers they support in Western Mass (and beyond). After a brief Q&A, attendees swarmed Read More
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.
In the beloved Pixar movie, Ratatouille’s muse, Chef Gusteau, has a motto: Anyone Can Cook! With this as our inspiration for food writing, we’ll learn about the genre, explore story types, identify comment elements, try our hand at writing and sharing food vignettes, and workshop food story pitches for publication. You’ll take home resources and
Join us on Tuesday, December 6, 7-9pm at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Michael Favala Goldman. Big Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building, 122 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & beverage available for sale.
Join us on Tuesday, November 1, 7-9pm at Big Bear Used Books & Café for Writers Night Out with featured writer Ellen Meeropol. Big Bear Used Books & Café is located in the Keystone Building, 122 Pleasant Street, Easthampton, MA. There is ample parking right across the street. Food & beverage available for sale. No
Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and the Longmeadow Adult Center present poet, actor, comedian, Chris O’Carroll, Thursday, October 20 from 6:45-7:45pm. Chris was a virtually unknown stand-up comic in the year 2000 when he self-published Take These Rhymes . . Please: Rude Limericks and Other Crimes Against Literature and began hawking that volume after the show
“Meeting with our Guild advisors: Jane Yolen, Bill Newman, Carol Connare, and Patricia Lee Lewis on Lexi Johnson’s beautiful deck. It was so impressive to hear each Straw Dog writer describe the program that they ran. Poetry critiques, non-fiction critiques, open mics in Easthampton and Longmeadow, craft workshops, writing residencies at The Mount in Lenox, Read More
