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SUMMARY:Free Workshop with Sara Levine
DESCRIPTION:Join Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP\, January 2006) at the Bath Book Bash 2026 for a special workshop. Learn about common birds that live in Maine with a hands-on\, interactive workshop. All ages.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/free-workshop-with-sara-levine/
LOCATION:Library Park\, 43 Summer Street\, Bath\, Maine\, 04530\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bath Book Bash":MAILTO:bathbookbash@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:CCW Presents: Bridging the Gap--Navigating the Post-MFA Life
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this Cambridge Common Writers-hosted virtual alumni panel on navigating your writing career after graduation! We’ll talk about staying motivated to write without program-set deadlines\, managing the submissions/publication process\, as well as finding and embracing teaching opportunities. The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A. \n\n\n\nMeet Our Panelists: \n\n\n\nNOVUYO MASAKHANE (Fiction\, January 2021) is an interdisciplinary artist: Writer\, dancer/choreographer\, filmmaker and educator. Born in Denver\, Colorado and reared in Southern California\, she’s been a working artist for over 40 years. Masakhane holds an MFA in Creative Fiction Writing from Lesley University and is currently working on her novel\, House of Jewels\, and a short story collection. Novuyo is a proud mama and grandma and makes her home in Los Angeles\, CA. Her published works include the short story\, “Miss Baby” (2009)\, “Born to Dance” (2010)\, an excerpt from her forthcoming novel House of Jewels\, and “Crossroads” (1997)\, a screenplay which became a short film with the American Film Institute.RAYMOND TYLER (Fiction & Graphic Novels\, June 2020) is a writer from Appalachian Georgia currently residing in Nyack\, NY. He’s a longtime social justice and labor activist\, mostly bridging “history from below” with comics. His work includes Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars\, Partisans: A Graphic History of Anti-Fascist Resistance\, and Democratic Socialists of America: A Graphic History. DEBORAH SOSIN (Nonfiction\, January 2015) is a writer\, editor\, psychotherapist\, and GrubStreet instructor. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times\, Boston Globe Magazine\, Salon\, Oldster Magazine\, Brevity Blog\, Short Reads\, two anthologies\, and several literary magazines. Her MFA craft essay on the self as antihero in creative nonfiction appeared in The Writer’s Chronicle. Her picture book\, Charlotte and the Quiet Place\, illustrated by Sara Woolley (Parallax Press\, 2015)\, won the Gold INDIEFAB and Silver IPPY awards\, among several honors. Debbie is also the author of the Sober Starting Today Workbook (New Harbinger). In addition to her Lesley MFA\, she holds an MSW from Smith College School for Social Work. Since 2009\, Debbie has led “Write It Like It Is” freewriting groups. Her linked set of 70 micro-memoirs of 70 words each titled Escape Velocity: How One 70-Year-Old Push-Pulled Her Way Out of Her Too-Much-Not-Enough Family was published in February 2026 and was a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Books Awards (memoir).ANDREA BALLOU’s (Poetry\, June 2015) poems and book reviews have appeared in Barrow Street\, Copper Nickel\, FIELD\, The Ilanot Review\, Plume\, Plume Anthology\, The Missouri Review\, Tupelo Quarterly and elsewhere. Andrea received her PhD in Romance Languages & Literatures from the University of Chicago and her MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, and she is also the recipient of a National Resource Fellowship\, a Tinker Foundation Grant\, Artist’s Fellowships and Project Grants from the Somerville Arts Council\, and a residency at Joya/AIR in Spain. She has been teaching weekly poetry workshops for elders at the VNA since 2018 and serves on the board of the Somerville Arts Council. Andrea divides her time between Massachusetts and mid-coast Maine\, where she tends 500 acres of forest.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/ccw-presents-bridging-the-gap-navigating-the-post-mfa-life/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,CCW Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Blue Life by Mundy McLaughlin
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this virtual launch of Mundy McLaughlin’s (Fiction\, January 2019) debut novel\, Blue Life! \n\n\n\nBlue Life follows the divergent paths of an art student and an aspiring actress who meet as performers in the legendary “Go-Go” dancing scene of late 1970s New Jersey. With their shared experiences Luna and Didi form an instant connection\, but while Luna’s path ascends through her work as a burgeoning artist in New York City\, Didi’s life spirals downwards. \n\n\n\nA compelling story of friendship\, loyalty and love as well as the devastating effects of mental illness\, Blue Life offers a unique look at the seedy New Jersey go-go scene\, the vibrant clubs of New York City in the late ’70s and early ’80s and the East Village’s vibrant art scene. \n\n\n\nBlue Life transports readers to a unique time when everything felt like it should be possible\, offering an unflinching look behind the perceived boundaries of friendship and the limits of sexual power with a cast of memorable characters whose individual stories live with you long after the story is over.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMundy will be joined in conversation by her fellow fiction alumna\, Liz Shick. Discussion will be followed by a Q&A.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-blue-life-by-mundy-mclaughlin-2/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cambridge Common Writers":MAILTO:lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Chappaqua Children's Book Festival with Tracey Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Join Tracey Baptiste (WFYP\, Mentor) at the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival for an author talk and book signing.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/chappaqua-childrens-book-festival-with-tracey-baptiste/
LOCATION:Chappaqua Train Station\, Allen Pl\, Chappaqua\, New York\, 10514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="2026 Chappaqua Children's Book Festival":MAILTO:liz@ccbfestival.org
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SUMMARY:Maida Korte in conversation with Kyoto Mori
DESCRIPTION:Join author Maida Korte (Nonfiction) in conversation with Kyoko Mori (Nonfiction\, Mentor) for a lively discussion about Korte’s new book\, Gutted: How An Old House Remodeled Me.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/maida-korte-in-conversation-with-kyoto-mori/
LOCATION:Old Town Books Royal Street\, 130 S. Royal Street\, Alexandria\, Virginia\, 22314\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Old Town Books Royal Street":MAILTO:hello@oldtownbooks.com
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Kate Kearns
DESCRIPTION:Join Kate Kearns (Poetry\, June 2008) for a reading from Echoes in the Fog: Literary Reflections on the Liminal Spaces of Maine’s Coast\, an anthology celebrating the mystery and beauty of Maine’s coast.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/reading-with-kate-kearns/
LOCATION:Merrill Memorial Library\, 215 Main St\, Yarmouth\, Maine\, 04096\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Maida Korte
DESCRIPTION:Join author Maida Korte (Nonfiction) as she discusses her new book\, Gutted\, with Alan Watt.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-talk-with-maida-korte/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Reading Series with Kate Kearns
DESCRIPTION:Kate Kearns (Poetry\, June 2008) is a featured poet in the Local Buzz Reading Series\, Season 3. The events feature area writers of poetry and prose reading from their work. The series is free and open to all!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/reading-series-with-kate-kearns/
LOCATION:Yarmouth History Center\, 118 East Elm Street\,\, Yarmouth\, Maine\, 04096\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Yarmouth History Center":MAILTO:info@yarmouthmehistory.org
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SUMMARY:Storytime with Claudia Rueda
DESCRIPTION:Join Claudia Rueda (WFYP\, January 2010) for storytime as she reads from her newest board book\, The Smushkins: In the Snow.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/storytime-with-claudia-rueda-2/
LOCATION:Books Are Magic Montague\, 122 Montague Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Books Are Magic":MAILTO:hello@booksaremagic.net
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SUMMARY:Mystery Making Mayhem with Allison Keeton
DESCRIPTION:Visit the Bangor Public Library for an interactive event with Matt Cost\, Moe Claire\, Allison Keeton (WFYP\, January 2009)\, and Jule Selbo\, working together with the audience to create a mystery on the spot! Attendees will be asked to fill out five slips of paper upon entering the library\, including a character name\, possible occupations\, a setting for the mystery\, the weapon used\, and the motive for the murder. These slips of paper will be dropped into the corresponding bag for the authors to pull from and create a mystery\, with audience participation\, creating a mystery from scratch\, from beginning to end. The authors will share insights into their processes throughout the program.  \n\n\n\nThis event is presented in partnership with the Bangor Authors’ Book Fair & Literary Festival.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/mystery-making-mayhem-with-allison-keeton/
LOCATION:Bangor Public Library\, 145 Harlow St.\, Bangor\, Maine\, 04401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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SUMMARY:Book Fest with Mikki Knudsen & Sabrina Fedel
DESCRIPTION:Authors Michelle Knudsen (WFYP\, Mentor) and Sabrina Fedel (WFYP\, January 2014) will be among the featured authors at the Young People’s Book Festival (Yo! bookfest).
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-fest-with-mikki-knudsen-sabrina-fedel/
LOCATION:Black Rock Middle School\, 1860 Mongomery Ave\, Villanova\, Pennsylvania\, 19085\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event,Mentor Event
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