The film festival will feature filmmakers and notable film industry leaders hosting discussions and screenings, a short film contest, and the Ironweed Awards presentation, named after Writers Institute’s founder William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.“Our niche is a ‘bookish’ film festival that celebrates storytelling on film and focuses on adaptations of novels and stories into films; […]
The Friends & Foundation invite you to our first book sale of the year!April is National Poetry Month and you should start your spring right with some new poetry books at the Friends and Foundation’s Poetry Book Sale, presented in partnership with the Hudson Valley Writers Guild. Our April Poetry Book Sale will feature hundreds […]
Join us at the Albany Film for a screening of “The Booksellers,” followed by a discussion with director D.W. Young and Cheryl McKeon of The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza.12:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Lecture Center 1, University at Albany. Free and open to the public About The Booksellers Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part […]
Invocation of the Muse, Albany, NY’s open mic for poets, writers, poetry, and the spoken word continues at its new home, Lark Hall!This reading series takes place on the first Monday of the month. Signup is at 7:30, open mic starts at 8:00. $5.00 Donation Requested Hosted by R.M. Engelhardt & Sponsored by Mans Press […]
Join the Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00pm for Writers Night Out/In Open Mic on Zoom with featured readers are Karen Skolfield and Rio Santos. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 – 48 hours containing information about joining the meeting.Karen Skolfield is […]
In celebration of the 2022 McKinney Student Writing Contest winners at Rensselaer Polytechnic University, the NYS Writers Institute present an Online Event with Colson Whitehead.Registration required for this live-streamed event. Free and open to the public. Colson Whitehead, one of the leading fiction writers of his generation, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad (an Oprah’s […]
The Albany Public Library and Pine Hills Review have joined forces to present a special National Poetry Month virtual reading featuring the four poets: Lisa Mottolo, Brenda Nicholas, Christian Ortega, and Edward Rinaldi!ABOUT THE POETS CHRISTIAN ORTEGA is a poet, publisher, and artist from NYC. He schooled himself in communications on the job in the […]
On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Indran Amirthanayagam and Sara Cahill Marron. An open mic poetry reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 6:30 pm and the readings will start at 7:00. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students. The […]
Poetic Vibe is back at The Fish Market with featured poet Ian Macks! Doors open and sign up for the open mic starts at 7 pm.This is hosted by D. Colin, Artist in Residence for The Fish Market Community Project brought to you by the Arts Center of the Capital Region This event is free […]
Tiffany Jewell is the author of the #1 New York Times Young Adult bestseller, This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work (paperback, 2020), a how-to manual and guided journal featuring more than 50 educational activities. TIME magazine said the book “equips young people with the tools they need to be actively antiracist,” […]
Nancy Allen practiced law for fifteen years as Assistant Missouri Attorney General and Assistant Prosecutor in her native Ozarks, trying over thirty jury cases. She served on the faculty of Missouri State University for fifteen years, teaching law classes. She is the author of the Ozarks Mystery series starring prosecutor Elsie Arnold. With James Patterson, […]
Next Year’s Words, A New Paltz Reading Forum presents its National Poetry Month edition with three brilliant poets: Rachel Hadas, Suzanne Cleary, and Lucia Cherciu on Wednesday, April 20 at 7:30 pm via ZOOM.Rachel Hadas’ most recent books are a poetry collection Love & Dread, and a book of selected prose titled Piece By Piece. […]
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.
