Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author (Deep End of the Ocean) will be the keynote speaker at the Hudson Valley Writer Fest on Saturday, April 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Harness Racing Museum, Main Street, Goshen.
Judith Prest announces “We Were Made For These Times… A Three Part SoulCollage® and Writing Series.” The title is from a longer quote by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. What we will do in these sessions is use the power of image and words to discover how we can act on our knowledge that we are made for these times.
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild announces a reading by three local writers in its Community of Writers series. The reading by journalist Steve Barnes, poet/activist Nancy Klepsch and novelist Tom Swyers will be on Sunday, March 26, from 2-4 p.m. in the second floor Community Room at the Albany Public Library, 161 Washington Avenue, Albany. The reading is free and open to the public.
Learn about the place where American art was born through a series of conversations with some of the world’s most accomplished artists who live and work in the Catskill Mountains, upstate New York. How Art is Made: In the Catskills is a collection of interviews with some of the world’s most accomplished artists who live and work in the Catskill Mountains.
Joan LaChapelle looking for writers who need their work edited in preparation for publishing.
On Wednesday, March 1, Caffè Lena will present poetry reading by Melody Davis and a performance by James Belflower and Matthew Klane. An open reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 7 p.m., and the readings will start at 7:30.
“Divine Write” is a reading and workshop series taking place at the Beer Diviner Taproom. On February 26, it will feature Kate Laity and Jim Labate.
Unplug. Write. Don’t write. Think. Daydream. Doodle. Outline. Come for the whole day or just for part of it. Network, collaborate or write solo.
Audition dates are 2/11 from 9-1 and 2/18 from 12:30-4:30 at Saratoga Library and Crandall Library respectively. They need to have an essay sharing their experiences with mental illness prepared that is no longer than 5 minutes.
Hudson Valley Memoir Group meetings are scheduled for the second Thursday of the month from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Poet Daniella Toosie-Watson will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Avenue, Albany on Thursday, at 7:30 p.m.
New Misfit Magazine is live, and Alan has released a new poetry collection.
