LAVA will continue to offer online programming, through the pandemic and beyond!
FIRST MONDAYS: Poets and Writers Virtual Café
Poets and writers of all stripes are invited to gather on Zoom with others to share short samples of their work, talk craft, and see where the conversation leads. 7–8:30 p.m.
Advance registration is required; click here to register.
Follow the Facebook event for updates.
SECOND MONDAYS: Online Playwrights’ Circle
Playwrights are invited to gather on Zoom to share short samples of their work, request readings of short pieces of work by others in the group, discuss topics of interest and importance to the playwriting community in general. 7–8:30 p.m.
Advance registration is required; click here to register.
Follow the Facebook event for updates.
THIRD MONDAYS: Online Book Club
7–8:30 p.m.
Jan 2022
Beautiful Country by Quian Julie Wang
memoir about growing up as an undocumented Asian in America
Feb 2022
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
a Regency romance from 1950s with a strong female protagonist
Mar 2022
There is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century by Fiona Hill
memoir by one of the featured witnesses in the impeachment trial of DT
Apr 2022
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
fiction based in history, 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner – a community’s efforts to halt displacement and elimination of Native American tribes in the 1950s
May 2022
The Diary of Alice James by Alice James
sister of Henry and William James, Alice is best known for her published diaries.
June 2022
into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
acclaimed novel about cross boundary lines of US and Mexico
Advance registration required; click here to register.
Follow the Facebook event for updates.
FOURTH MONDAYS: new Online Fiction Critique Group
This peer critique group offers fiction writers a way to support each other in producing excellent, publishable fiction. In addition to critiquing, we will share tips, resources, and ideas, and occasionally do exercises.
It is led by Karen Shapiro Miller, whose stories and articles have been published in a variety of venues, including NASA websites, Northeast Magazine, and the Montague Reporter. In addition to writing, Karen served for many years as a Contributing Editor at Galileo Magazine, has taught fiction writing, and published a small-press mystery magazine.
Meetings from 7–9 p.m. every fourth Monday. For more information, or to see if there are openings, email karen@localaccess.org.
