Belding Memorial Library
Summer Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesJoin Arianna Alexsandra Collins, SDWG admin and business owner of Offerings for Community Building, for a summertime poetry share on Saturday, August 13, 1:30-3:00pm at the Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield. We will circle up, share summertime themed poems - this can be your own work or favorite work by others - and sip sun-tea! Read More
Spring Tonic Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesJoin us for a Spring Tonic Poetry Share with Poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins on Saturday April 16, 1:30 - 3:00pm. We will welcome in spring with the auditory tonic of listening to one another read poetry while sipping ephemeral teas. We are sharing poetry inspired by spring – this can be your own work or Read More
ZOOM – Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Chris O’Carroll
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesWe will meet in the Virtual Hilltowns via Zoom on May 3, 2-4 p.m. Here's how it works: To attend, email Jane Roy Brown for a link to the meeting: brownjaneroy@gmail.com. You can sign up for Zoom video conferencing for free HERE. Hosted by Jane Roy Brown Featured Reader: Chris O’Carroll is the author The Joke’s on Me (White Violet Press, Read More
Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Jan Maher
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesWe will meet in the Virtual Hilltowns via Zoom on April 5, 2-4 p.m. Here's how it works: To attend, email Jane Roy Brown for a link to the meeting: brownjaneroy@gmail.com. You can sign up for Zoom video conferencing for free HERE. Hosted by Jane Roy Brown Jan Maher's writing credits include two novels, Heaven, Indiana and Earth As It Is; one-act plays Ismene and Intruders; Most Read More
Writers Read – Featured Reader Faith Kindness
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesHere’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 Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Suzanne S. Rancourt
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesHere’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. Ms. Rancourt, Read More
Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Libby Maxey
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesLibby Maxey, of Conway, MA, is a senior editor at the online journal Literary Mama; she also edits for Amherst College and as a freelancer. She reviews poetry for The Mom Egg Review and Solstice, and her own poems have appeared in Crannóg, Kestrel, Naugatuck River Review, Pirene’s Fountain, Emrys and elsewhere. Her first chapbook, Kairos, won Finishing Line Press’s 2018 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Read More
Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader: Alexis Johnson
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesAlexis Johnson is co-founder and was Executive Director of International Language Institute for 31 years. Her undergraduate degree in in languages and linguistics. Her double masters is in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and Teaching Spanish. Before that she lived and taught in Barcelona for 9 years. Her first book,Playing With A Full Deck, is a Read More
Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Mary Clare Powell
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesHere’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. Featured Reader Read More
Writers Read/Hilltowns – Featured Reader Joshua Michael Stewart
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesHere’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. Featured Reader Read More