Western MA has done a clean sweep of the Fiction category in the 20th Massachusetts Book Awards whose winners were announced this morning. Ocean Vuong (Northampton) won the award for his debut novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous while honors went to Christopher Boucher (Northampton) for Big Giant Floating Head andMore
In its latest newsletter, Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA), has announced that as part of its efforts to support Black voices it will publish an anthology of work by Black poets. AWA, founded in 1981, by Pat and Peter Schneider is an international network of workshop leaders who use theMore
At the beginning of June, Straw Dog Writers Guild officially launched its Emerging Writers Fellowship with an online event. The inaugural recipient of the fellowship, Amina Jordan-Mendez beamed as she was introduced and thanked everyone involved with setting up the fellowship. She went on to read some of her workMore
“This loud Black woman shall speak now. You silence me in fear that what I have to say will teach you. You silence me in fear that what I have to say will reach you. You censor me though my points are universal…” With these words, just after 6pm (ET)More
The organizers of the annual WriteAngles Conference have announced that this year’s edition will be held as an online event in a format that is still to be decided. The conference had been set for its traditional venue at Mt Holyoke College on October 30th but, due to uncertainty aboutMore
All across America this week, children, their parents and grand parents have been celebrating what would have been the 116th birthday of Dr. Seuss, the Springfield MA native whose books have been read by millions of children around the world. We put together a little compilation of videos to showMore
When Ted Giesel died in September 1991, aged 87, over 600 million copies oh his famous children’s books had been sold around the world, translated into more than 20 languages. The world knew him then, and still does today, by his pen name, Dr. Seuss. He was born and raisedMore
Jesmyn Ward, Author of Sing Unburied Sing will be in the valley to headline the 5th edition of Amherst College‘s literary festival which takes place from February 27th to March 1st. Ward will be in conversation with Jennifer Acker, founder and editor in chief of The Common. Ward is a MacArthurMore