Belding Memorial Library
March Madness Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesMarch Madness Poetry Share Wednesday, March 29, 6:30-8pm Hares are getting frisky. Owls are hooting up a storm. Humans are getting stuck in the mud. Meanwhile there is poetry to be shared! Join writer and poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building for an evening of speaking your truth through poetry. The goblet Read More
Comes the Dark Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesCome share winter and darkness-themed poems. This can be your own work or favorite poems by others. Herbal brews and treats will be provided. Held in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room in Ashfield, MA. (Main Street/Rt 116) on Saturday, January 21, from 1:30-3:00pm. Registration requested. Call 413-628-4414 or email bmlashfield@gmail.com. Facilitated by Poet Arianna Read More
Fall Harvest Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesJoin us on Saturday, October 1, from 1:30-3:00pm for a Fall Harvest Poetry Share. We will circle up and share autumn-themed poems at Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield, MA. This can be your own work or favorite work by others. Weather permitting, we will be outside under a tent. Refreshments will be provided. (Arianna, your Read More
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