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 […]
Sue Ann Jaffarian is the author of several mystery series, including the latest, The Ghost of Christmas Granny, as well as other novels and short stories. Four years ago, she took her writing career on the road, traveling the U.S. while living in a camper van. She’s also sought after as a motivational speaker. Sue […]
Join us for a celebration of the release of Dorian J. Sinnott’s new dark coming-of-age novel, ALONG ABOUT MIDNIGHT from Raven’s Hollow Books! The book releases only a few days prior! He’ll be here to sign copies, chat, and talk about his various written works.Dorian will have copies for you to grab and get signed […]
Poet Elizabeth Poreba, longtime New Lebanon resident, will read from her newly published book, New Lebanon. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase at the reading.Poreba will be joined in the reading by poet Katrinka Moore, author of Diminuendo, inspired by her home in Schoharie County.
Hudson Valley Writers Guild presents PROSE WRITERS SHOWCASE featuring novelist, translator, & editor IAN ROSS SINGLETON, writer & editor CHRISTY O’CALLAGHAN, and author KEITH W. WILLIS.Ian Ross Singleton is a writer of fiction and criticism and a translator of Russian and Ukrainian literature. He teaches Writing and Critical Inquiry at SUNY Albany and serves as the Nonfiction Editor of Asymptote. His debut […]
Midday Write Ins are a free, shared space to write. No fee, no minimum, no programming. Just a free space to write alongside other writers. Join poet and writer Rhonda Roseneheck at Mochalisa’s Caffe every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, starting October 25th from 12:30-2:30 p.m.Sponsored by the Hudson Valley Writers Guild, Albany […]
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild presents an afternoon fiction writers workshop with Moriah Hampton.Moriah Hampton holds a Ph.D. in Modernist Literature from SUNY-Buffalo and currently teaches in the Writing and Critical Inquiry Program at SUNY-Albany. Her fiction, poetry, and photography have appeared in Wordgathering, Entropy Magazine, Rune Literary Collection, The Sonder Review, and elsewhere. She is […]
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.
