Forbes Library
Viking Runestone Literary Magazine Launch
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060You are invited to join us for a celebration of artists and writers from Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. We are excited to announce the launch of The Viking Runestone, Spring 2023 Volume 5 at Forbes Library, Thursday, April 27 at 6 pm. Straw Dog Writers Guild is proud to collaborate with the staff Read More
Writers Night Out April
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join us on Tuesday, April 4, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Joshua Michael Stewart at our NEW HOME: 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 Read More
Writers Night Out March
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join us on Tuesday, March 7, 7-9pm at Forbes Library for Writers Night Out with featured writer and poet Gail Thomas. NOTE: WNO has moved to Forbes Library at 20 West St, Northampton, MA for this March event. Parking is available at the library. No registration required. Bio: Gail Thomas has published six books, most Read More
Workshop: Anyone Can Write About Food
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060In 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 Read More
Straw Dog Writers Arrive at 5
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060On 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 for the 9th Annual Author Showcase
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Calling 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. Read More
6th Annual Author Showcase
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 010606th Annual Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Showcase Straw Dog Writers Guild is planning their Sixth Annual Author Showcase for new authors. The showcase features Straw Dog members with a new book published in the last two years.
125th Anniversary – Forbes Library – Reading of local authors
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060
Reading by local authors for Forbes Library 125th anniversary!
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060
Voices for Resistance – a Celebration
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Confirmed readers include: Andrea Hairston, Chivas Sandage, Christopher J. Sparks, Doug Anderson, Ilina Singh, India Smith, John Sheirer, Kent Alexander, Lanette Sweeney, Maria Luisa Arroyo,  Marya Zilberberg, Mary Warren Foulk, Nicole M. Young, Patrick Donnelly, & Theresa Vincent
Voices for Resistance – A Celebration!
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060VOICES FOR RESISTANCE - A CELEBRATION! with special guests MartÃn Espada, The Nields, and Nicole M. Young! Short readings by Maria Jose Gimenez, Lauren Marie Schmidt, Eileen Kennedy, Ellen LaFleche, Dina Friedman, Christopher J. Sparks & Theresa Vincent OPEN MIC  - slots available on June 4. If you’d like to read (max. 4 minutes) please arrive BY 6:45 Read More
STRAW DOG AUTHOR SHOWCASE 2017
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Forbes Library Coolidge Museum – Straw Dog Author Showcase 2017 2017 SD Showcase Co-sponsored by the Forbes Library, includes short readings from newly-published books by members of the Straw Dog Writers Guild, including Dick Bentley, Michael Goldman, Tzivia Gover, Richard Wayne Horton, Jan Maher, Ellen Meeropol, Leslea Newman, Elaine Reardon, Jacqueline Sheehan, and Gail Thomas. Read More