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SUMMARY:** Location change for this month! Writers Read @ St. John's Corner House - Featured Reader Ann C. Averill
DESCRIPTION:Location change for this month! \nWriters Read at St. John’s Corner House\, \n469 Main St.\, Ashfield. \nFeatured Reader – Ann C. Averill \nAnn Averill’s work has appeared in several Christian publications. One of her short stories was published in a Writer’s Digest Short Short Story collection. A flash memoir recently went online in Write Angles Journal. A teacher for over 15 years\, she is also the author of the Ebook\, Broken\, 180 Days in the Wilderness of an Urban Middle School\,* available on Amazon. Besides writing\, Ann enjoys tending silly chickens\, tap dancing\, and taking long walks in the cool\, green woods. You can find her blog @ annaverill.weebly.com. \n* My Ebook is adult fiction\, based on a true story. \n  \n 
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LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill - Featured Reader Jan Maher
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill \n10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA \n1st Sunday of the month. – 3:00–5:00 pm. \nThen the floor opens to other writers. If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15. (Hint: you get about three minutes.)  Bring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHosted by Jane Roy Brown \nCo-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild\, Elmer’s Store & The Inn at Norton Hill. \nFeatured Reader – Jan Maher \nJust the facts: Jan Maher’s writing credits include two novels\, Heaven\, Indiana and Earth As It Is; one-act plays Ismene and Intruders; Most Dangerous Women; and books for educators Most Dangerous Women: Bringing History to Life through Readers’ Theater; and History in the Present Tense: Engaging Students through Inquiry and Action (co-authored with Douglas Selwyn). \nShe holds a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies: Theater\, Education\, and Neuroscience. She most recently taught interdisciplinary seminars\, education-related courses\, and documentary studies at Burlington College at the undergraduate and graduate levels and is currently a senior scholar at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life\, State University of New York at Plattsburgh. \nShe lives with her husband Doug Selwyn in Greenfield\, MA. \nJan Maher’s novel Earth As It Is is published by Indiana University Break Away Books. Other writing credits include a novel\, Heaven\, Indiana; plays Ismene & Intruders\,  and Most Dangerous Women: Bringing History to Life through Readers’ Theater\, now in its 27th year of performance as a play and 3rd edition as a book. She holds a PhD from The Union Institute and University in Interdisciplinary Studies and is a senior scholar at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life\, State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Her website address is http://www.janmaher.com. She has recently joined Twitter @JanCMaher and maintains Facebook pages for  Earth As It Is and for Most Dangerous Women.
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LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill - Featured Reader Melissa Volker
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by: Straw Dog Writers Guild and Nan Parati (owner\, Elmer’s Store and the Inn at Norton Hill) \nFeatured Reader: Melissa Volker \nMelissa Volker’s debut novel\, Delilah of Sunhats Swans\, received a Five Star Review from Reader’s Favorites and was praised by Alice Fulton\, Guggenheim Fellow Poet\, who said\, “Delilah…is a charmer\, a being blessed with a charisma as mysterious as it is luminous. You won’t soon forget her.” It was followed by a collection of short stories and a novella\, a life undone. The daughter of a playwright/novelist and a poet\, Melissa is a member of the Straw Dog Writer’s Guild and recently won the Words and Brushes third collaborative competition with her short story\, “Truths\,” published on www.wordsandbrushes.com. She will read from her debut literary novel and her newest shorts collection\, Where We Go\, copies of which will be available for sale. \nHere’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 read for five minutes each. If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15. (Hint: you get five minutes.) \nHosted by Jane Roy Brown
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-inn-norton-hill-featured-reader-melissa-volker
LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill with Donna Jenson
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ the Inn at Norton Hill\nSunday\, March  4\, 3:00–5:00 p.m.\nMain St. (Rt. 116) & Norton Hill Rd.\, Ashfield\, MA \n(co-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild and Nan Parati (owner\, Elmer’s Store and the Inn at Norton Hill) \nFeatured Reader: Donna Jenson \n\nFeatured Reader: Donna Jenson founded Time To Tell™ in 2009 with a mission to spark stories from lives\naffected by incest and sexual abuse to be told and heard. It is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas\,\na non-profit arts service organization. She wrote and performs her one-woman play\, What She\nKnows: One Woman’s Way Through Incest to Joy\, which is based on her own experience of\nsurviving incest and what she did to make her life worth living. She performs her play at\nconferences\, for organizations focused on boys who have sexually abused others\, girls in prison\,\ncollege students\, domestic violence and sexual assault advocates\, and communities in need of\nhealing. She leads Time To Tell What We Know writing and mindfulness workshops for survivors.\nShe is the Board President of the non-profit MERGE: Transforming masculinity to advance gender\nequality. Donna is a leader\, counselor and organizer who built grassroots women’s centers in New\nYork City during the 1970’s and 1980’s and is still active in the leadership development consulting\nand training practice she established in 1986. Her book\, Healing My Life from Incest to Joy\, is a\nnarrative of the choices she made and experiences she had that helped her heal from her childhood\ntrauma. Published by Levellers Press\, Amherst\, MA.  www.timetotell.org \nBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHere’s how it works: A featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by audience Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers—published or not—for five minutes each. Hint: If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15! \nINTERESTED IN BEING A FEATURED READER?\nplease email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill w/ Erik Sherman
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ the Inn at Norton Hill\nSunday\, February 4\, 3:00–5:00 p.m.\nMain St. (Rt. 116) & Norton Hill Rd.\, Ashfield  \nCosponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild and Nan Parati (owner\, Elmer’s Store and the Inn at Norton Hill) \nFeatured Reader: Erik Sherman \n\nFeatured Reader: Erik Sherman is an independent journalist\, author\, consultant\, and playwright. His work covering business\, technology\, economics\, finance\, law\, science\, and public policy has appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal\, Newsweek\, New York Times Magazine\, Fortune\, Inc\, and Technology Review. Mr. Sherman is a regular contributor to the online sites of Inc and Forbes and he is the author or co-author of ten non-fiction books. MORE \n  \nBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls!\n\nHere’s how it works: A featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by audience Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers—published or not—for five minutes each. Hint: If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15! \nINTERESTED IN BEING A FEATURED READER?\nplease email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-inn-norton-hill-w-erik-sherman
LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill w/ JANE YOLEN
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill \n1st Sunday of the month. \n3:00–5:00 pm. \n10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA \nFEATURED READER:  Jane Yolen is an author of children’s books\, fantasy\, and science fiction\, including Owl Moon\, The Devil’s Arithmetic\, and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? She is also a poet\, a teacher of writing and literature\, and a reviewer of children’s literature. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century.\nOwl Moon\, Winner of the 1988 Caldecott MedalJane Yolen’s books and stories have won the Caldecott Medal\, two Nebula Awards\, two Christopher Medals\, the World Fantasy Award\, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards\, the Golden Kite Award\, the Jewish Book Award\, the World Fantasy Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award\, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award among many others. \nJane will read for 15 minutes\, followed by Q&A. \nOpen mic starts at approximately 3:40. Readers get up to 5 mins to share their work. \nINTERESTED IN BEING A FEATURED READER?\nplease email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com
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LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill \n1st Sunday of the month. \n3:00–5:00 pm. \n10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA \nFEATURED READER:  feature guest writer Celia Jeffries. Celia’s writing has appeared in numerous newspapers and literary magazines including Westview\, Solsticelitmag\, and Puerto del Sol\, as well as the anthology Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper. She recently finished a novel and is currently working on a memoir. During this time she has taught writing at every level from elementary school through university\, adult education\, and literacy programs; received a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council; and been named a Massachusetts Humanities Scholar. \nCelia will read for 15 minutes\, followed by Q&A.\n\n\nOpen mic starts at approximately 3:40. Readers get up to 5 mins to share their work.\n\n\nNOTE: This date coincides with Ashfield’s WinterFest\, featuring general revelry and Christmas trees and crafts on sale. Come early to park close by and do some holiday shopping!\n\n\n\n\n INTERESTED IN BEING A FEATURED READER?\nplease email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com\n\n\n\n \nFeatured Reader next month- January 7\, 2018: Jane Yolen
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LOCATION:The Inn at Norton Hill\, 10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill \nSunday – November 5\, 2017 \n3:00–5:00 pm. \n10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA \nFEATURED READER: Eric Laursen \nEric Laursen will talk about his upcoming publication\, The Duty to Stand Aside\, Nineteen Eighty-four and the Wartime Quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort. \nEric is an independent journalist\, activist\, and commentator. He is the author of The People’s Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan (AK Press\, 2012)\, a BookList Editor’s Choice selection; and co-author of Understanding the Crash (Soft Skull Press\, Spring 2010)\, which tells the story of the 2008 economic meltdown in text-and-graphics format. His work has appeared in a wide variety of publications\, including The Nation\, The Village Voice\, In These Times\, Z Magazine\, The Indypendent\, HuffingtonPost.com\, and The Arkansas Review. He is currently writing a biography of Alex Comfort. A graduate of Columbia University\, he lives in Buckland\, Massachusetts. \nBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHosted by Jane Roy Brown \nThe featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers. If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15. (Hint: you get about three minutes.) \nCo-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild\, Elmer’s Store & The Inn at Norton Hill.
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SUMMARY:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read @ The Inn at Norton Hill \nOctober 1st\, 2017 \n3:00–5:00 pm. \n10 Norton Hill Road\, Ashfield\, MA \nFEATURED READER: Mary V. Dearborn\nMary V. Dearborn is the author of six books\, the most recent a biography of Peggy Guggenheim. She received a B.A. in English and Classics from Brown University and a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University\, where she was a Mellon Fellow in the Humanities. She lives in Buckland\, Massachusetts. Her Ernest Hemingway: A Biography was published by Knopf in May 2017. \n  \n  \nBring Your Poetry! Bring Your Prose! Find Your Public! Uplift Our Souls! \nHosted by Jane Roy Brown \nThe featured writer reads recent work and describes the journey to publication\, followed by Q & A. Then the floor opens to other writers. If you want to read\, put your name in the hat before 3:15. (Hint: you get about three minutes.) \nCo-sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild\, Elmer’s Store & The Inn at Norton Hill.
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