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 […]
Join the library for a two-week weekend workshop with published poet Susan Comninos. Comninos will discuss and employ techniques for incorporating elements of your own community’s folklore into identity-based poems that can function as your own “origin stories.”Come prepared to try your hand at techniques for folding family sayings, stories, and more into poetry that’s […]
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 […]
Do you know a child or teen who loves poetry and has memorized a favorite poem? We invite them to recite it for us at the Delaware Branch Reference Desk any day during April, which is National Poetry Month. Participants will receive an ice cream coupon and a chance to win the children’s book, “A […]
Join Iris Jackson for a Book Signing with a twist – You!Want to be included in the next part of the Telling Trails Tour? Contribute to the Telling Trails Series in your own, personal way – Check out Telling Trails on this unique April day!
“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. […]
Tuesday, Apr. 4, 5:30pm to 6:30pmJoin this evening book group as we explore the wide world of mysteries. We will discuss mystery classics and those that are favorites. Focus will be on one book, as chosen by the group. No registration necessary. For March, we will be discussing The Searcher, by Tana French A “taut, […]
Ann Lauterbach, author of Or to Begin Again, and a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in poetry will read from DOOR, her new collection of vivid, personal and provocative work. In Ann Lauterbach’s eleventh collection, the image of a Door recurs across several poems, as she considers the perpetual dialogue between what is open and […]
Join us for a romance book club, aptly titled “The Happily Ever After Book Club.” The only rule is that the book has to have a happy ending! The book club meets on the first Wednesday of each month. Tea and light refreshments will be provided.We will be meeting April 5th to discuss The House in the […]
The first Wednesday of every month is Poetry Night at Caffe Lena. Hosted by Carol Graser, this event includes an open mic reading and a featured poet. The doors open for signups at 6:30 and the readings start at 7 PM. In April, the featured poet is Chase Twichell.The featured reading will also be livestreamed; […]
Due to a change in the author’s schedule, he is no longer able to join us in person. This event will now be available online.Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, breakout bestselling author and UAlbany English Department alum, is the author of the debut novel, Chain-Gang All-Stars (May 2023), the story of two top women gladiators fighting for […]
Woodstock Poetry Society (www.woodstockpoetry.com) is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events.Poets Darcy Smith and Dennis Wayne Bressack will be featured followed by an open mike when the Woodstock Poetry Society meets in-person at the Woodstock Library and virtually via Zoom (and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoodstockPoetry/) on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 2pm (Eastern). WPS meetings are held the 2nd […]
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.
