An open mic for the writing crowd. Got poems? Stories? Songs? We want it all! Rotating local hosts will read your work if you’re not ready yet. $5 suggested donation. Adirondack Center for Writing + Bliss & Vinegar. Last Monday of every month. Date change: December 10th 7pm @ Bliss & Vinegar Lake Placid
Adirondack Literary Award Winners
Best Books of 2017 Children’s Literature Mommy, Baby and Me” by Linda Elovitz Marshall (Peter Pauper Press, Inc.) Fiction The Night is Done: A Durant Family Saga” by Sheila Myers (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Memoir Barn Stories by Mary Cuffe Perez (North Country Books) Non-fiction Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History by Sally E. Svenson … Continue reading Adirondack Literary Award Winners
Announcing the 2018 Anne LaBastille Selected Residents
We are thrilled to announce this year's selected residents for the Anne LaBastille Writers Residency, taking place in the first two weeks of October at the Lodge at Twitchell Lake. Join us for a reading with the residents from their current projects on October 13 at 2pm. The event is free and open to the public. … Continue reading Announcing the 2018 Anne LaBastille Selected Residents
Local Poetry Author Signing with Sophie Morelli
One of our faves, Sophie Morelli is signing her book "Bad Habits" this Saturday at Bookstore Plus. Get your copy there!
Pop Up Poets Performance
Pop Up Poet Performance. May 18, 7pm at Pendragon Theatre Join us for a performance with the Pop Up Poets! Featuring the epic and incredible poets Adam Falkner, Desiree C. Bailey, and Jon Sands. Concessions for sale. $5 suggested donation, open to public. About the Pop Up Poets. Adam Falkner is an artist, educator and consultant. He … Continue reading Pop Up Poets Performance
Your weekly writing prompt #welcometowordcountry
Persuade a friend to give up the drugs they may or may not be taking.
John Brown Day brings 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Winner, Martín Espada
May 5, 2018 2:00-4:00 PM John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Lake Placid We want to cordially invite you to join us for John Brown Day, an exciting day of celebration in which we honor women and men whose work invokes the passion and conviction of the 19th-century abolitionist who dedicated his life to the … Continue reading John Brown Day brings 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Winner, Martín Espada
Writing Workshop: Seeing with Words
Marilyn McCabe returns to lead this popular workshop, this time with a focus on artist Rockwell Kent. Participants will be guided through a series of writing and editing exercises inspired by Rockwell Kent: Prints from the Ralf C. Nemec Collection and Paintings from North Country Collections. Perfect for all experience levels and art enthusiasts interested in writing … Continue reading Writing Workshop: Seeing with Words
Applications open for the Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency
Indoor and outdoor writing spaces, family-style meals, and fireside discussions at a lakeside lodge in the Adirondacks from October 6-20, 2018. About The Adirondack Center for Writing offers a two-week residency from October 6 to October 20, 2018 to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the heart of the … Continue reading Applications open for the Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency
