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SUMMARY:Storytime Reading with Mikki Knudsen
DESCRIPTION:Join Mikki Knudsen at Spirial Books for a storytime reading of her award-winning picture book\, Library Lion.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/storytime-reading-with-mikki-knudsen/
LOCATION:Spiral Books NYC\, 147 Sullivan St\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260207T110000
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SUMMARY:Self-Care for Writers with Deanna Richards
DESCRIPTION:Fiction or non-fiction\, the excavation process of writing can trigger past traumas\, reopen old wounds\, and just be downright exhausting. In this workshop\, you’ll discover how to:  \n\n\n\n\nRecognize the signs that writing is taking a toll\n\n\n\nLearn techniques to stay present and safe\n\n\n\nDevelop strategies to process difficult material without burning out\n\n\n\n\nYou’ll walk away with practical tools to care for yourself while doing meaningful work—so you can keep writing without sacrificing your wellbeing.  \n\n\n\nOpen to writers of all levels. \n\n\n\nNote: This is an experiential workshop. Participants are encouraged to bring special items\, wear cozy clothes\, light a candle. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/self-care-for-writers-with-deanna-richards/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Writers Circle":MAILTO:writerscircle@sarazarr.com
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SUMMARY:Book Launch with Cynthia Platt
DESCRIPTION:Join Cynthia Platt for the book launch of her new children’s book at Whitelam Books!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-with-cynthia-platt/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, Massachusetts\, 01867\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Whitelam Books":MAILTO:whitelambooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T190000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Michael Lowenthal
DESCRIPTION:Join Michael Lowenthal at Porter Square Books for the release of Place Envy. Jennifer Haigh will join Lowenthal in conversation.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrowing up in places where his family had no past\, and met mostly by silence from his Holocaust-refugee grandparents\, Michael Lowenthal longed to be from somewhere. Then he realized he was gay and felt displaced from his own displaced family. Place Envy—his first book of essays after five acclaimed books of fiction—chronicles his quest for orientation in the world.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/author-talk-with-michael-lowenthal/
LOCATION:Porter Square Books\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Porter Square Books":MAILTO:INFO@PORTERSQUAREBOOKS.COM
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T133000
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SUMMARY:Bookelicious Presents Tracey Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Bookelicious Presents features live\, interactive classroom events with celebrated authors and illustrators\, books for your students\, and a student activity guide. Join this event with Tracey Baptiste (WFYP\, Mentor)! Recommended for Grades 4-6. Last day to sign-up is February 10th. \n\n\n\nTracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books and several short stories for children. She writes fiction and nonfiction picture books\, middle grade\, young adult\, and graphic novels. She is best known for the horror adventure Jumbies series and Minecraft: The Crash. Tracey can be found online at traceybaptiste.com and on Instagram: @traceybaptistewrites.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/bookelicious-presents-tracey-baptiste/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:Reading with Michael Lowenthal
DESCRIPTION:Join Michael Lowenthal as he reads from\, Place Envy. Hester Kaplan will join Lowenthal in conversation.  
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/reading-with-michael-lowenthal/
LOCATION:Riffraff Bookstore\, 60 Valley Street\, Providence\, Rhode Island\, 02909\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Riffraff Bookstore":MAILTO:info@riffraffpvd.com
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SUMMARY:Artful Connections: With Ben Keyes and Amy Asherah
DESCRIPTION:ARTFUL CONNECTIONS is a social justice-lensed event where artists offer music\, poetry\, readings\, and spoken word. Join this month’s co-hosts\, Ben Keyes and Amy Asherah (Nonfiction\, January 2023)\, for an evening presentation\, performance\, and discussion. Guests are welcome to add their words\, music\, and art to the conversation. Refreshments are available.  \n\n\n\nThis series is a collaboration between the Hopkinton Freedom Team and the Hopkinton Center for the Arts\, with support from Riverside Properties\, the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, the Hopkinton Cultural Council\, and Hopkinton Youth and Family Services. \n\n\n\nBen Keyes grew up in Southborough\, Massachusetts. He attended Brown University\, where he studied ethnomusicology and later received his Master’s degree in Theology and the Arts from Regent College (Vancouver\, B.C.). Ben and his wife Nickaela are now co-directors of the Southborough L’Abri Fellowship\, where he cooks for the guests\, tutors students\, gives lectures\, splits wood\, and thinks about God and art. They have two daughters and a son. \n\n\n\nAmy Asherah is a poet\, writer\, and writing instructor. Her work has been published in Modern Love (NY Times)\, Boulevard\, CALYX Journal\, and other places. Amy completed two apprenticeships in herbal medicine and co-founded the Common Street Spiritual Center in Natick\, MA. She is a mother of four daughters.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/artful-connections-with-ben-keyes-and-amy-asherah/
LOCATION:Hopkinton Center for the Arts\, 98 Hayden Rowe St\, Hopkinton\, Massachusetts\, 01748\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hopkinton Freedom Team and the Hopkinton Center for the Arts":MAILTO:info@hopartscenter.org
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SUMMARY:In Living Memory: A conversation on African American Archives with Jason Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:A reflective conversation on African American archives\, collective memory\, and the power of preservation with Lindsay Adams\, Jason Reynolds (WFYP\, Mentor)\, and Savannah Wood\, to coincide with the current Irene and Richard Frary Gallery exhibition\, Ceremony: New Works by Lindsay Adams in Conversation with Objects from Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries. Moderated by Ceremony’s guest curator\, Claudia M. Watts\, the discussion will address each panelist’s relationship with archival materials\, exploring the similarities and differences while underscoring the importance of archives and their afterlives. \n\n\n\nA reception with light fare will directly follow.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/in-living-memory-a-conversation-on-african-american-archives-with-jason-reynolds/
LOCATION:Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center\, 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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SUMMARY:Book Launch with Cynthia Platt: Bunny in Disguise
DESCRIPTION:Join Whitelam Books to celebrate Cynthia Platt’s (WFYP\, June 2014) NEW picture book\, Bunny in Disguise!Egg hunt’s starting at high noon!That bunny has to hide eggs soon!We must act now or they’ll be latefor this important Easter date!The Easter Bunny is late! Can a group of creative kids help this iconic rabbit get to the town’s egg hunt in time all while keeping the famous bunny incognito and out of sight? The kids need to work together and hop to it if they’re going to pull this off and save the holiday. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a perfectly funny and sweet read-aloud tale to share in every Easter basket!
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/book-launch-with-author-cynthia-platt-bunny-in-disguise/
LOCATION:Whitelam Books\, 610 Main Street\, Reading\, Massachusetts\, 01867\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Whitelam Books":MAILTO:whitelambooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T130000
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SUMMARY:Longfellow Days: Sunday Reading with Kate Kearns
DESCRIPTION:Lancaster Lounge\, Moulton Union at Bowdoin College \n\n\n\nVisit the Lancaster Lounge\, Moulton Union at Bowdoin College for the final Longfellow Days Sunday Reading with three Maine poets: Marcia Brown\, Marita O’Neil and Kate Kearns (June 2008). \n\n\n\nMarcia F. Brown is the author of five books of poetry and the essay collection Well Read\, Well Fed ~ A Year of Great Reads and Simple Dishes for Book Groups.  Marcia served as Poet Laureate for the City of Portland\, ME and co-hosts the monthly Local Buzz Reading Series at The Yarmouth History Center. \n\n\n\nMarita O’Neill lives in Portland with her dog\, Sweetpea. She received her MFA in Poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has had poems published in the Maine Sunday Telegram’s “Deep Water” series\, Maine Public Radio’s “Poems from Here\,” Cafe Review\, and other magazines. Deerbrook Editions published her new book\, Wild Nest\, No Prison\, last spring. \n\n\n\nKate Kearns is the author of You Are Ruining My Loneliness (Littoral Books\, 2023)\, and a chapbook called How to Love an Introvert (Finishing Line Press\, 2015). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner\, Appalachian Review\, Common Ground Review\, Sugar House Review\, Maine Sunday Telegram\, Maine Public Radio’s “Poems from Here\,” and elsewhere. Kate was a finalist for the 2024 Charles Simic Poetry Prize and the 2024 Maine Postmark Poetry Contest. She earned her MFA from Lesley
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/longfellow-days-sunday-reading-with-kate-kearns/
LOCATION:Lancaster Lounge\, Moulton Union at Bowdoin College\, 6 S Campus Drive\, Brunswick\, Maine\, 04011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alum Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick":MAILTO:administrator@uubrunswick.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T170000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Salon with Michael Lowenthal
DESCRIPTION:Sunday Salon NYC celebrates wondrous prose and poetry every third Sunday at the Von Bar. Join Michael Lowenthal for a reading\, warm vibes\, and a ceiling made of wine corks.
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/sunday-salon-with-michael-lowenthal/
LOCATION:Von Bar\, 3 Bleeker Street\, New York\, New York\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mentor Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sunday Salon NYC":MAILTO:askus@sundaysalon.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T180000
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SUMMARY:Black History Month Author Talk with Saraciea J. Fennell
DESCRIPTION:Saraciea J. Fennell (WFYP\, January 2020) will moderate a panel of adult and children’s authors\, highlighting the stories we need to protect and preserve\, featuring books on prominent figures\, Black history\, and a memoir on why it’s critical to prioritize reading in this time.  \n\n\n\nSaraciea J. Fennell is a Brooklyn born Black Honduran American writer from the Bronx. She is the founder of The Bronx is Reading\, and creator of Honduran Garifuna Writers. She is also a book publicist who has worked with many award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors. Fennell board chair for Latinx in Publishing as well as on the Advisory Board of People of Color in Publishing. She lives in the Bronx with her husband\, family and black poodle\, Oreo. Her nonfiction anthology Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is available wherever books are sold. Her horror anthology The Black Girl Survives in This One\, co-edited with Desiree S. Evans\, is available now from Flatiron Books. 
URL:https://cambridgecommonwriters.org/calendar/black-history-month-author-talk-with-saraciea-j-fennell/
LOCATION:Bronx Library Center\, 310 East Kingsbridge Road\, Bronx\, New York\, 10458\, United States
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