New York Times bestselling novelist Deborah Crombie headlines the upcoming Murderous March 2023 conference hosted by the Upper Hudson chapter of Sisters in Crime.The event is ZOOM only on Friday, March 10, and Saturday, March 11, 2023. Crombie’s 19th novel in her Scotland Yard series, A KILLING OF INNOCENTS, was published in early February. Crombie […]
The NYS Writers Institute at the University at Albany proudly presents the 3rd Annual Albany Film Festival, a celebration of the convergence of film and storytelling featuring a lineup of award-winning filmmakers, novelists, and screenwriters, feature-length film screenings and conversations, and a presentation of the Ironweed Awards and short film awards.The Ironweed Award for Exemplary […]
The Friends & Foundation invite you to our first book sale of the year! April is #NationalPoetryMonth! Start your spring right with some new poetry books at the Friends and Foundation’s Poetry Book Sale! Presented in partnership with Hudson Valley Writers Guild. Our April Poetry Book Sale will feature hundreds of poetry books donated by Friends […]
“Spirit in Nature” Art Opening, Poetry Reading and Open Mic at Golden Leaf Bookshop in Waterford, NYJoin A Cauldron of Crones for poetry, art and conversation at Golden Leaf Bookshop, a local hub for ideas and camaraderie. Rhonda Rosenheck, Judith Prest, Carol Graser and Nancy Klepsch write poems that are visual, musical, truth-telling and evocative. […]
Enjoy a live performance of poems by members of the capital region’s poetry troupe, A Cauldron of Crones. Each member will share selections from her recent and forthcoming poetry collections. The audience will be invited to participate in community poetry-making.You will hear poems written by participants in the Free Your Inner Poet workshop on April […]
DiBiasepoetry.com and the Hudson Valley Writers Guild will sponsor a reading on Saturday, May 13, for winners and finalists in the annual DiBiase Poetry Contest. The reading will be heldfrom 1:00 pm until about 2:30 pm at the Colonie Town Library. The library requests registration at https://colonielibrary.libcal.com/event/10535615. Readers will include Guild members Cheryl Rice, Anna […]
If you’re interested in how authors keep their series going—how they track characters, plot lines, locations and more—you’ll enjoy the next meeting of the Upper Hudson Sisters in Crime, Saturday, May 20, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm EDT.Lori Duffy Foster (NEVER LET GO) will chat with three other authors about how they write more […]
It’s spring, roots are stretching, shoots are popping, leaves are returning from the south . . . and poets are served al fresco. This event will require a short walk (golf car assistance available), as it will take place at one or more locations on the grounds of The Mount. BYOC – bring your own […]
Please join us during Short Story Month for a reading from a new collection, We Are a Teeming Wilderness by local prize-winning Novelist and Essayist, Shena McAuliffe. McAuliffe is the author The Good Echo: A Novel (Black Lawrence Press 2018), and a Glass Light Electricity: Essays (University of Alaska, 2020). Her short stories and essays have been published in Conjunctions, Black Warrior Review, Alaska Quarterly […]
Poets & other citizens will gather on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 6:00 PM at the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park in Albany, NY to celebrate the birthday of the quintessential American poet, Walt Whitman, with a reading of his poem “Song of Myself”. The event is sponsored by the Poetry Motel Foundation, & the Hudson Valley Writers Guild. It is free & […]
6PM Doors // 7PM ShowtimeJoin us for an evening of poetry and performance to celebrate the release of Sierra DeMulder’s fifth book Ephemera. Directly following the reading, a facilitated Q&A will be hosted by author Caitlin Conlon. $15 Advance // $20 at the Door // $5 Student & Sliding Scale Sierra DeMulder is a two-time National Poetry Slam champion, […]
Robert Gould is the author of thirteen collections of poetry including Day True, Woven Lightening, To The Dogs, In Houses with Ladders, Three Windows, Only Rock and Other Poems, Dream Yourself Flying, Writing Air, Written Water, Not By Blood Alone, Esta Naranja, Louder Than Seeds, What History Trammels, and Pacing the Wind.Gould taught Romance languages […]
