Monadnock Writers' Group Program Calendar
The Monadnock Writers' Group meets the third Saturday of every month (except for July and August). Unless otherwise noted, programs take place from 9:45 AM to 11:45 at the Peterborough Town Library lower level meeting room. Hospitality volunteers provide snacks, tea, and coffee. All programs are free of charge and open to the public.
Meeting Cancellation Policy: In inclement weather, please check this page to determine if the meeting is canceled or not. Or, you can email info@monadnockwriters.org. The decision to cancel a meeting is made by the Board of Directors by 8:00 a.m., at the latest, on the morning of the meeting.
March 20, 2010 Rescheduled from January 16th!
Writing from Home: The View from Mary's Farm
Edie Clark has a long career as editor, journalist, and essayist for book publishers and magazines, most notably Yankee Magazine. She is author of The View from Mary's Farm, The Place He Made, and Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers: Kitchen Stories from Mary's Farm.
Novelist Howard Frank Mosher writes, ″Ms. Clark shows us how the small and large satisfactions of living close to nature can inform a life with grace, meaning, and beauty.″ As Clark talks about the view from home and reads from her essay collection, we hear echoes of other writers who took nature as their subject: Frost, Thoreau, Dickinson, and Berry.
You can visit Edie Clark's Web site at: http://edieclark.com/index.htm
Monadnock Writers' Group to attend NH Poetry Out Loud Finals in Keene, NH
A number of MWG members plan to attend the NH Poetry Out Loud (POL) Finals in Keene at 1 p.m. after Edie's presentation. We plan to leave from the library and carpooling can be arranged before we head to Keene if someone needs a ride.
Click here to read about the Poetry Out Loud 2010 Finals on March 20th or visit the Poetry Out Loud Web site at www.poetryoutloud.org.
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April 17, 2010
Christine Halvorson, now the owner of Halvorson New Media, LLC, pioneered corporate blogging at Stonyfield Farm in 2004, working closely with CEO Gary Hirshberg when this media was brand new. She continues to work on Stonyfield's blogs while advising other companies and organizations on the best uses of this "granddaddy" of corporate social media.
Christine will speak about social media and the writer. You can visit Christine's Web site at: http://www.halvorsonnewmedia.com/home.html |
May 15, 2010
Mike is a prolific writer whose book, What They Never Told Me in Principal's School, is being published by Roman and Littlefield Publishers. His articles have appeared in national and international journals including Principal magazine, The International Educator and The Journal of Innovative Teaching.
Mike has worked as a high school, middle school and upper elementary school principal in urban, suburban and rural school districts in the USA and in prestigious international schools in Thailand, Costa Rica, the Netherlands and Vietnam. In 2007, he retired as a school administrator to devote his time to writing and staff development work. Mike and his wife live in Stoddard, NH. You can visit Mike's Web site at:
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June 19, 2010 Members Only Read-Around Our June meeting is the popular Members Only Read-Around. Please bring a few poems or short excerpts from your writing to share with the group (5-10 minutes of reading time each). Please note that in the interest of time, this is not a critique session. It is your chance to shine and hear your voice within a welcoming, writer community. |
Guest Speaker: Edie Clark
Guest Speaker: Christine Halvorson, Social Media Consultant
Guest Speaker: Mike Connolly
Previous Speakers This Season
September 19, 2009
Award-winning poet Wesley McNair will be our guest speaker in September to kick off the 25th Anniversary season of the Monadnock Writers’ Group.
Wesley McNair is the author of nine poetry collections, including the forthcoming Lovers of the Lost: New and Selected Poems (David R. Godine, 2009). He is currently Professor Emeritus and Writer in Residence at the University of Maine at Farmington, where he directed the creative writing program and received the Distinguished Faculty Award and the Libra Professorship.
You can visit Wesley McNair's Web site at: http://blackwidow.umf.maine.edu/~wesmcnair/ |
October 17, 2009
Monadnock Writers' Group to Present “25 Poets for 25 Years” At Peak into Peterborough Celebration
Visitors to Peterborough’s “Peak into Peterborough” will have an opportunity to hear 25 poets – count ‘em, 25 – each reading one of their favorite works in front of the Historical Society starting about 9:30 a.m. on October 17, in celebration of the group’s 25th anniversary year. Come join us and read a poem or enjoy listening to other poets!
Note: This event is in place of MWG’s regular meeting at the town library. (Rain or snow location is inside the Historical Society.)
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November 21, 2009
Paul R. Miller has spent 25 years in newspapers, all but one at The Keene Sentinel, an award-winning daily covering 30 towns in southwestern New Hampshire, and also one of the country's oldest newspapers. He worked his way up the ranks, from cub sports reporter to news editor to managing editor, where he oversees a newsroom staff of more than two dozen reporters, editors and photographers.
Reporters are expected to be driven by curiosity to find out why things are the way they are and to hone reporting, writing and storytelling skills, for print and online. Miller is himself a two-time columnist of the year in New Hampshire and has won numerous writing, editing and design awards. He has a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a concentration in English, from Plymouth State University. |
December 19, 2009
Members Only Read-Around
Our December meeting is the popular Members Only Read-Around. Please bring a few poems or short excerpts from your writing to share with the group (5-10 minutes of reading time each). Please note that in the interest of time, this is not a critique session. It is your chance to shine and hear your voice within a welcoming, writer community. |
January 16, 2010
Change in Speaker! Edie Clark is unable to visit with us on January 16th due to an unforeseen event. We hope to reshedule her visit for another time this season.
Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Thomas have both graciously agreed to take Edie's place on January 16th. The meeting will begin promptly at 9:45!
For more information about Sy Montgomery, please visit: http://www.authorwire.com/s/s_bio.html For more information about Elizabeth Thomas, please visit: http://literati.net/Thomas/index.htm
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February 20, 2010 Guest Speaker: Sara Backer, Novelist
Her first novel, American Fuji, is an exuberantly funny tale of Americans in Japan. American Fujiwas a book club pick of the Honolulu Advertiser and a nominee for the Kiriyama Prize.
Sara currently teaches at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and lives in the woods in New Hampshire. You can visit her blog at: |
Guest Speaker: Wesley McNair
Guest Speaker: Paul R. Miller, Managing Editor, The Keene Sentinel
Sara Backer spent three years in Japan (1990-1993) as the first American and first woman to serve as visiting professor of English at Shizuoka University.
If you have any questions about or suggestions for the Monadnock Writers' Group Program Calendar, please email info@monadnockwriters.org.
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