Join ACW and The Adirondack Folk School for the second installment of the Kathleen Fagan Adirondack Writer Series. Hear from best selling crime writers with Matt Witten, Lee Matthew Goldberg, Jennifer Fawcett & Liz Mugavero. Readings and book signing to follow. This event is free & open to all, but pre-registration is required. Jennifer Fawcett … Continue reading Crime Writing
Publish your own Teen Literary Journal! Young writers will work independently on their pieces and also collaboratively to write, design, and produce a teen literary journal with children’s author and … Continue reading Teen Lit Camp for ages 12-16
Adirondack Center for Writing director, Nathalie Thill, will lead a conversation with three legends in the field of journalism: Tom Curley, Peter Pringle, and Eleanor Randolph. Randolph has been on the editorial board of the NY Times since 1998, working mainly on city and state politics, media, and Russia. For thirty years Peter Pringle was … Continue reading A Night of Stories with Legends of Journalism
Join us for a reading with local author Bethany Adams followed by an open mic where anyone is invited to share up to 5 min of their own writing. Unsupported follows Bethany Adams (contributor to Blood Sweat Tears) and her hiking partner, Katie Rhodes on their record-setting thru-hike of the Adirondack 46 High Peaks. Adams … Continue reading Unsupported with Bethany Adams + Open Mic
The Howl Story Slam is heading to Lemon Tree Brewery in Speculator, NY. This year, we’ll start with the theme “What's My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the … Continue reading Howl Story Slam in Speculator
This two-session intensive workshop invites participants to explore the intersections of womanhood, identity, and personal history. Inspired by Stockton’s Too Much of Nothing, which traces the arc of her life through vignettes of her mother’s history, her own marriage and academic endeavors. In this workshop, writers will examine how larger historical, cultural, and domestic forces … Continue reading Writing the Self: Feminism, Identity, and Personal Narrative
In their second collaborative event, ACW and The Sembrich lure best-selling author of Driving the Green Book, Alvin Hall, and award-winning musician and composer, Tyler Goldchain, out of their separate realms to create new works that explore the space between music and the spoken word. Like their last partnership, this event promises to be very … Continue reading “Mother Wit” An evening of rhythm and prose with Alvin Hall and Tyler Goldchain
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! Sign up and take the stage to tell a true story in under 5 minutes. Judges (2-3 audience members) score the stories, and at the end of the night, a winner is announced. All winners are invited to our annual Grand Slam at the end … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at 1844 House
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! Sign up and take the stage to tell a true story in under 5 minutes. Judges (2-3 audience members) score the stories, and at the end of the night, a winner is announced. All winners are invited to our annual Grand Slam at the end … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at the Waterhole
Join us at ACW for a special reading and conversation with beloved nature author Alison Hawthorne Deming. Deming will read from her latest poetry collections The Gift of Animals and Blue Flax & Yellow Mustard Flower, as well as her nonfiction book A Woven World: On Fashion, Fishermen and the Sardine Dress. A book signing … Continue reading Reading with Beloved Nature Author Alison Hawthorne Deming
Do you see what I see? Using David Kreckman's latest collection as inspiration, author Marilyn McCabe will lead a series of writing exercises calling on imagination, response, memory, and play. No matter what genre of writing is of interest to you, you can use these exercises to jump-start your creativity using visual art as your … Continue reading Word as Eye: Creative Writing in Response to Visual Art
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! Sign up and take the stage to tell a true story in under 5 minutes. Judges (2-3 audience members) score the stories, and at the end of the night, a winner is announced. All winners are invited to our annual Grand Slam at the end … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Raquette River Brewing
