Writers in the Mountains will present “First-Person Singular: Writing Memoir and Essays” with Sari Botton, March 15 to April 19. The class will be held Wednesdays from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Kingston Writers’ Studio, 275 Fair Street #11, Kingston, NY.
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.
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.
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.
The Arthur’s Market 2nd Wednesday of the Month Poetry Open-Mic will feature Annie Christain on February 8th. Sign-up starts at 7 p.m.; readings begin at 7:30.
The Saratoga monthly Poetry Focus Group has been running for 25 years and meets the third Wednesday of each month from 9 a.m. – noon sharp with a maximum of 6 poets at any given meeting.
On Wednesday, February 1, Caffè Lena will present poetry readings by Carol H Jewell and Allison Paster-Torres.
You are invited to apply to the Writers Institute’s Spring 2017 Community Writing Workshop with author James Lasdun.
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
