Creative writers everywhere value uninterrupted time to write in an inspiring place and 329 of them in 7 genres from across the US, Canada and 5 other countries applied to our new Writers in Residence program—a collaboration between Straw Dog Writers Guild and Edith Wharton’s The Mount in Lenox, MA. As volunteer organizers, we were Read More
Join us in the New Year on Tuesday, January 4 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Richard Wayne Horton. You can read his author interview with us from back in August HERE. Registration for WNO is required. Register for Zoom event HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation
8th Annual Straw Dog Writers Author Showcase on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 6:30pm. Join us for readings from new books by members of Straw Dog Writers Guild: John Sheirer, Nina Dabek. Chris O’Carroll, Julie Wittes Schlack, Suzanne S. Rancourt, Lanette Sweeney, Michael Favala Goldman, Maureen Callahan Smith, Sally Bellerose, Joan Livingston, Mark Luebbers, Tom
Bela Breslau and Stephen Billias are the co authors of the forthcoming novel Pilgrim Maya, which they plan to release next summer. Stephen’s most recent book is A Book of Fields: Tales from the Pioneer Valley, a short story collection which they published in 2019. Stephen has also written seven novels of science fiction and fantasy, including The Read More
Please join us on Saturday, December 4 at 1 p.m. ET when we host Margo Gabriel (Food, travel, culture, wine, music, art, lifestyle, self-care). She’ll read the opening essay, Where Food, Culture and People Meet, from her debut cookbook, The Expat Kitchen. We’ll also chat about her expansive writing career. Margo Gabriel is originally from
Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns on Sunday, December 5 from 2-4pm. Our featured reader is Jane Yolen. To attend, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the Zoom meeting. Bio: Jane Yolen’s published book count has reached 407. Approximately a dozen of them are volumes of adult poetry, and the
Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library invite Straw Dog Writers Guild members with a book published in 2020 or 2021 to read as part of the 2022 annual Author Showcase. If interested in being part of the Showcase, please indicate your interest by emailing strawdogsubmission@gmail.com. The deadline to express interest is midnight Friday, December
Join us for Writers Night Out/In Open Mic on Tuesday, December 7, 7:00pm. Our featured writer is Justine Dymond. Register in advance for this meeting: Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email (within 24 – 48 hours) containing information about joining the meeting. For security purposes, all attendees must register via this link.
Suzanne Rancourt is a poet, a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction, photographer, and musical artist. As a woman of Native American and European ancestry who grew up in rural Maine, and as a Marine Corps and Army veteran, she has combined her heritage, her arts, and her experiences as a survivor into a therapeutic Read More
Please join us on Sunday, November 14 at 3 p.m. ET when we host Aprell May (urban creative non-fiction. journalism). She’ll read from her memoir, “Classic Fly: Essays from generational trauma to healing.” A previous salon owner, Aprell May is a trending/breaking news reporter for The Republican. She recently received her M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction
