Stop by the Saratoga Springs Public Library Saturday October 7th for a free book! While celebrating Banned Books Week, the SSPL is giving away copies of books that have been challenged and/or banned because they address sexuality, race, gender, and other controversial topics. All are welcome! In addition to free books (while supplies last), learn […]
As to Water: A collaboration between artist Audra Wolowiec and poets Elena Alexander, Jiwon Choi, Jon Curley, and Edwin TorresOctober 7, 2023; 3 – 4:30 PM Newburgh Waterfront (outdoors); seating will be available 195 Front Street, Newburgh, NY 12550 (enter through gate just beyond “Blu Pointe” restaurant) RSVP appreciated but not required: info@strongroom.us STRONGROOM is […]
Richard Loranger Poetry Book Tour for his new book Mammal.It’s a community garden poetry party with the featured reader, bonfire, open mic sharing circle, & a vegetarian potluck Suggested donation $5 – Please remember to bring some CASH to purchase books & donate to help keep the Woodstock Shivastan Poetry Ashram Cooperative alive.
Join the Friends of the Saratoga Springs Public Library as they host the 3rd annual Saratoga Book Festival Thursday October 12th-Sunday 15th, 2023. There will be a wide range of events throughout downtown Saratoga Springs throughout the weekend, including 40 workshops, panels and headliner sessions, over 60 authors and presenters, a literary marketplace with over […]
Jonathan Lethem is the bestselling author of twelve novels, including The Arrest, The Feral Detective, The Fortress of Solitude, and Motherless Brooklyn, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.His newest book is Brooklyn Crime Novel (October 2023), a sweeping story of community, crime, and gentrification, tracing more than fifty years of life in one […]
As part of the 3rd annual Saratoga Book Festival, the Friends of the Saratoga Springs Public Library present a Literary Marketplace October 14th, 2023 from 10 am – 2 pm. The marketplace takes place at the Saratoga Springs City Center, and it will feature more than 90 local authors, publishers, artisans, and more. To see […]
I Hope You’ll Join Us !!!!!DEEP INTO THAT DARKNESS PEERING: A DARK READING OF THE POEMS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE. AN EVENING OF SCARY TALES READ BY NOTED POET & AUTHOR R.M. Engelhardt AT Armory Studios NY 125 Washington Avenue Schenectady, NY 12305 https://www.armorystudiosny.com/events SATURDAY OCTOBER 14TH * 6 TO 9PM !
Raul Palma is the author of the novel A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens. His short story collection In This World of Ultraviolet Light won the 2021 Don Belton Prize. His writing has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, The Greensboro Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and elsewhere.He teaches fiction at Ithaca College, where he is the associate […]
Celebrate the opening of the tenth anniversary season of Next Year’s Words, A New Paltz Readers Forum, on October 18th, at 7:30, at Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz, New York. The readers for this event are Kim Ellis, Kate Hymes, and Sarah Wyman. There also is an open mic.All are welcome to […]
A DNA test in 2018 revealed some shocking family news—my biological father was NOT the man who raised me. As I processed this information, I wrote poems about family connections. Then I realized that as an adoptive parent, my sense of family is much broader than DNA connection. Grafted Tree emerged from these experiences.Come to […]
Poet Rebecca Schumejda will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.Rebecca Schumejda is the author of several full-length collections including Falling Forward (sunnyoutside press), Cadillac Men (NYQ Books), Waiting at the Dead End Diner (Bottom Dog Press), Our One-Way Street (NYQ Books) Something Like Forgiveness, a single […]
Join author Iris Jackson and share your Fall Foliage Finds in a fun-filled, indoor/outdoor workshop! Wear comfy shoes, as participants will walk the trails of the Town Center Park. Families welcome.Raindate: Sunday, October 22 at 12 pm Learn more about the Telling Trails way and make sharing a part of your life. Through walking, talking, hiking, and […]
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.
