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Literature
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER/ Culture in brief: local poets to read
Tanya Manning-Yarde and Carla M. Cherry will hold a poetry showcase and book signing on Saturday, Jan. 6, 6:30 p.m., at Adinkra House, 26 Pleasant Ave. (doors open at 5:30 […]
Montclair’s Dionne Ford wins NEA Fellowship
Dionne Ford has won a Creative Writing Fellowship for her first book, “Finding Joesphine.”
Fancy Free Bobbi Brown’s father Joe to talk about imagination in Montclair
Joe Brown, father of Bobbi Brown, will speak about his children’s books next week. He and Bobbi will also do a Facebook Live.
Montclair’s Dionne Ford named NEA Creative Writing Fellow
Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Dionne Ford is one of 36 writers who will receive an FY 2018 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000. “The National […]
Montclair’s Kyrce Swenson offers tips to NaNoWrimo writers
Still some time to try to win NaNoWriMo: Kyrce Swenson offers tips!
Open Book/Open Mind: Isabel Allende tells Montclair ‘anything can happen’
Isabel Allende discussed her new book “In the Midst of Winter” with Montclair’s Christina Baker Kline at Buzz Aldrin Middle School this past Wednesday.
Coming to Montclair: talk on folk music’s Jersey roots
Michael Gabriele will talk about New Jersey’s huge role in the folk music revival on Monday at the Montclair Library: from taverns to today.
Culture in brief: Montclair’s Benjamin Selesnick wins runner-up Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize
Benjamin Selesnick of Montclair is a runner-up for the 2017 Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize for his story “Davidson Park.” This year, Amy Hempel served as the judge for the […]
Culture in brief: Isabelle Allende to appear at Open Book/Open Mind
Isabelle Allende will appear at Buzz Aldrin Middle School, 173 Bellevue Ave., in discussion with Montclair author Christina Baker Kline, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. The event is […]
Culture in brief: local author wins award
Bloomfield resident and member of the Write Group (writers’ support group) at Montclair Public Library, author Martha Moffett has won first prize for her novella, “Loeffler,” in William Faulkner-William Wisdom […]
NaNoWriMo starts today, Montclair Public Library offers help
For the fifth year, Montclair Public Library will participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). During NaNoWriMo, beginning Nov. 1, participants work toward the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel […]
Culture in brief: Montclair Kimberley Academy to hold book fair
Montclair Kimberley Academy will host what it describes as the largest annual Scholastic Book Fair in the country from Nov. 5 through Nov. 8. This year’s theme is the Wild […]
Culture in brief: Little Read starts today
The Montclair Public Library will hold its ninth annual Little Read weekend on Friday, Oct. 20, and Saturday, Oct. 21, a free children’s read-aloud marathon in a townwide celebration of […]