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Sebastian Lockwood

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Sebastian Lockwood

Thursday, April 27th, 2023

6:30 at the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse

Monadnock Writers’ Group is co-hosting a literary storytelling performance by MWG member Sebastian Lockwood. If you have never seen Sebastian perform, prepare to be transported to the magic, mazes, and monsters of Homer’s Odysseus!

The NH Humanities Council sponsors this event. Admission is free for the public; meat or veggie lasagna will be available for $10 a plate. All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Greenfield Community Meetinghouse. 

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10th Anniversary Edition, Event, Public Reading

Smoky Quartz Reading at The Toadstool Bookshop

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Co-sponsored by Toadstool Bookshops

and Monadnock Writers’ Group/Smoky Quartz

Saturday, April 1st, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The Toadstool Bookshop
12 Depot Sq., Peterborough, NH

Featuring Alice Fogel, former NH Poet Laureate; Rodger Martin, Keene State Professor of Creative Writing; Maura MacNeil, New England College Professor; Jennifer Edwards, Pushcart Prize nominated poet; and Denise Ginzler, poet and writer; reading work from the Smoky Quartz Tenth Anniversary Anthology.

Smoky Quartz is a journal of literature and art published by the Monadnock Writers’ Group. The Toadstool Bookshop has been supporting readers and writers since 1972.

Questions? Email books@ptoad.com or call (603) 924-3543

The reading is open to the public. We hope to see you there!

 

 

10th Anniversary Edition, Issue Announcements, Publications

Smoky Quartz Anthology & Online Journal

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Update: Several MWG members have volunteered to serve as new Smoky Quartz editors. Stay tuned for an official announcement!

The editorial team for the Smoky Quartz online journal is seeking new members to participate in the review of submissions, as well as the formatting (using WordPress) of future issues. Please email mwgsmokyquartz@gmail.com if you are interested or have any have questions.

Copies of the Smoky Quartz Tenth Anniversary Anthology are available at Monadnock Writers’ Group’s monthly meetings and at the Toadstool Bookshops. (Copies at the Toadstool are limited, so call ahead to check stock.) The 168-page paperback contains 77 poems, 6 stories, and 24 color images of artwork. The cover art is by Barbara Danser. Or, you can email mwgsmokyquartz@gmail.com to order copies by postal mail. Price $20.00.

Stay tuned for news of additional readings from the anthology by contributors, both live and via Zoom, in 2023!