Spencertown Academy Virtual Festival of Books
Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s sixteenth annual Festival of Books will take place online this year, with virtual events running from Thursday, October 7 through Sunday, October 31.
Thom Francis is the president of Albany Poets and has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 13 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s sixteenth annual Festival of Books will take place online this year, with virtual events running from Thursday, October 7 through Sunday, October 31.
The Writers Mic is still Zooming! Writers near and far are welcome to join in for another lively open mic.
We kick off Season Two of the podcast with Elizabeth Gordon who was the featured poet at Albany Poets Presents at Restaurant Navona on June 20, 2018.
The Poetry Motel Foundation is pleased to announce a new In Person Reading open mic series — The Holy Local — to be held on the last Wednesday of each month at High Ethic Stalwarts Art Gallery
Writers in the Mountains (WIM) presents Micro-Memoir Fall, a six-week long workshop with Linda Lowen, October 1 – November 5, 2021.
On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Catherine Arra. An open mic poetry reading will follow.
Local writer Mark Marchand has announced the publication of his new book, “The Answer From Surveyor 3”.
Writers in the Mountains (WIM) presents When Space Speaks with Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, a three-hour intensive workshop, Tuesday, September 21, 2021 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Unleash Press has a Call for Submissions for its Conversations Anthology and Editors’ Prize.
Mary K O’Melveny’s new poetry collection, Dispatches From the Memory Care Museum, is now available from Kelsay Books.
The Writers Mic is a fun mix of poets, satirists, and storytellers with plenty of laughs and appreciation to go around.
Writers in the Mountains (WIM) presents Poetry Forms: Why and How Workshop with William Duke, two consecutive Saturdays, September 11 and 18, 2021 from 1 to 3 p.m.