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  • Writers Night Out in June with Shanta Lee

    Writers Night Out in June

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    Join us on Tuesday, June 6, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Shanta Lee Gander at 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 half of the Read More

  • Writers Night Out in May with Simon Hunt

    Writers Night Out in May

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    Join us on Tuesday, May 2, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Simon Hunt  at 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 half of the evening Read More

  • Smith Votech event

    Viking Runestone Literary Magazine Launch

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    You 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 now at Forbes Library

    Writers Night Out April

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    Join 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 at Forbes

    Writers Night Out March

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    Join 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

    Workshop: Anyone Can Write About Food

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    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 Read More

  • Arrive at 5

    Straw Dog Writers Arrive at 5

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    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 Authors for Author Showcase

    Calling Straw Dog Authors for the 9th Annual Author Showcase

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    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. Read More

  • 6th Annual Author Showcase

    Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

    6th 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.