Join us for a conversation with award-winning fiction writer and essayist Peter Orner, whose work often celebrates the joy and necessity of reading. His new essay collection, Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin (2022), is “a unique chain of essays and intimate stories that meld the lived life and the reading life.” […]
Next Year’s Words: a New Paltz Reading Forum and Elting LibraryCelebrate National Poetry Month with featured readers Myra Shapiro, Cynthia Manick, and Timothy Liu on Wednesday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. LIVE at the Elting Memorial Library’s Steinberg Room and via ZOOM. For National Poetry Month, Next Year’s Words presents the noted and well-published poets […]
Russell Sage College’s Troy Campus hosts a poetry reading, discussion and book signing by published poet and translator: Hajar Hussaini!
Local writer Ellen White Rook will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.Ellen White Rook was born in Germany to American parents, but was raised in Rhode Island. For the majority of her adult life, […]
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 […]
Join us for a conversation with Elizabeth Graver, the author of Kantika (April 2023), a dazzling multigenerational saga about Sephardic Jewish families that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home.Gish Jen said, “Intimately imagined, lyrically written, and rich with historical detail, Kantika weaves forced displacement, wild […]
Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2pm to 3pmJoin this afternoon book group as we explore newer adult fiction as chosen by the group. Meets on the last Wednesday of each month. No registration necessary. Our April Discussion on 4/26 will be focused on Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley. Request it here. Summary: Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never […]
Part 1 of 2 – You must take Part 1 to register for Part 2In this 90-minute workshop we will get grounded in what distinguishes life writing from other kinds of writing and get started on figuring out what stories we want to record about our lives. We will write together and leave the session […]
Lucid Voices: Open Mic & Poetry NightElectric City Barn (400 Craig Street, Schenectady NY 12307) Free to all! Hosted by Adonis Richards, of Lucid Writers, an ECB member. Performers will sign up when they arrive and it will be on a first come, first served basis. We will only be supplying a small speaker and […]
In this two hour drop-in workshop, Kate McCarroll Moore will be reading a bit from her book, Alphapoetica: A Poetry Primer for the Everyday Poet. She’ll be leading participants through two poetry-generating exercises using accessible poetry prompts. There will be a haiku wall available, and participants can also add to a collective poem.Kate McCarroll Moore […]
This is 2-day poetry workshop, “The Creative Fire of Folklore.” It pairs present-day auditory observations with old family sayings, showing how the past informs or intrudes on the present. The course uses Carolyn Forche’s poem “The Morning Baking.”Susan Comninos is a widely published writer and author of a debut book of poems, “Out of Nowhere” […]
Youth Slam In collaboration with Lucid Voices & Electric City Barn Saturday April 29, 2023 starting at 3PM At Electric City Barn (400 Craig Street, Schenectady NY 12307) Free to Enter & Perform Youths 11-17 years of age to Perform 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes come with paid prizes! Hosted by Adonis Richards, of Lucid […]
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.
