Coming up: A look at our Winter/Spring 2014 Line-up

I'm pleased to announce that our schedule of 2014 features is filling up.

Next Friday, January 24, we welcome local writer and T&G reporter Victor Infante, who will debut his manuscript, Why We Should Suffer For This.

On February 28, David Lucht will join us to read BASTA!, a short life story about bullfighting in modern Spain, written while he was traveling in Seville last spring.   

We're mixing it up with some poetry on March 28 with local poet Richard Fox reading from his recently published collection, Time Bomb.  Yeah, I know April is National Poetry Month but that's more of a reason to celebrate the storytelling of poetry at random times of the year.

On April 25, Diane V. Mulligan returns to read from her second book, The Latecomers Fan Club.

And, finally, on May 23, Joe Fusco Jr. will stop in to read from his new book of poems/essays, Three Score.

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Worcester Storytellers is held at 7:00PM on the 4th Friday of the month at Annie's Book Stop, 65 James Street.  The reading is hosted by local writer Kristina England and includes an open mic, feature reading, and question/answer session with the featured author.

Coming up this Winter: Our Feature Readers

I'm excited to announce our features from December 2013 through February 2014:

• Friday, December 27:  Trisha Wooldridge
• Friday, January 24:  Victor Infante
• Friday, February 28:  David Lucht

More information will follow on our facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/#!/WorcesterStorytellers.

Upcoming features in Fall/Winter 2013

I'm pleased to announce the Fall/Winter line-up for Worcester Storytellers:

• Friday, October 25th:  Lea Deschenes
• Friday, November 22nd - Sam Lalos
• Friday, December 27th - Trisha Wooldridge

Worcester Storytellers is held the 4th Friday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Annie's Book Stop, 65 James Street in Worcester.  We kick the night off with an open mic (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry welcome), then a reading by the feature, followed by a Q&A with the feature.

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Coming in May: Michael Land features at Worcester Storytellers

Date: Friday, May 24, 2013

Time: 7:00PM-8:30PM

Location: Annie's Book Stop, 65 James Street, Worcester

Venue: The Open Mic kicks off at 7:00 p.m. Writers - Bring your fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or prose to share with the audience (1 to 2 pieces, 5 minutes)

Feature Bio:
Mike Land has published creative nonfiction, fiction, journalism and poetry in places ranging from Brevity and So To Speak to the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Worcester Telegram. Land grew up in Alabama and spent more than a decade as a sports and features reporter before earning the masters and doctorate in creative writing at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He directs the Community Service Learning Program at Assumption College, where he also teaches journalism, creative writing, and literature.

Coming in April: Michael Fisher features at Worcester Storytellers

Michael Fisher
April 2013 Feature

Date:  Friday, April 26, 2013

Time:  7:00PM-8:30PM

Location:  Annie's Book Stop, 65 James Street, Worcester

Venue:  The Open Mic kicks off at 7:00 p.m.  Writers - Bring your fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or prose to share with the audience (1 to 2 pieces, 5 minutes)

Feature Bio:
Michael Fisher holds an MFA from New England College. He has completed post-grad work at Vermont College. His work has appeared in several publications, including 5am, The Worcester Review, Mad-hatter Review, specs, and Calibon. His first collection, "The Wolf Spider," received two honorable mentions for best first book of poetry before being published by plan b press in April 2010. His second collection, an exploration of quantum physics as a metaphor for human existence, entitled "Libretto for the Exhausted World" will be published by Spuyten Duyvil press in fall/winter of 2013. He currently resides in conversations heard in dive bars and coffee shops.

Heather Macpherson features at Worcester Storytellers

Heather Macpherson

Photo credit: Thomas Gerhardt

Please join us for the February edition of Worcester Storytellers!

Feature: Heather Macpherson

Host: Kristina England

Date/Time: Friday, February 22, 2012

Location: Annie's Book Stop, 65 James Street, Worcester, MA

Open Mic:  The reading starts with an Open Mic (1 to 2 pieces, no longer than 5 minutes). This venue loves fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and prose (sorry, no musical instruments).

Feature Bio:

Heather J. Macpherson writes from New England. Her work has appeared in The Worcester Review, Two Hawks Quarterly, Spillway, Blueline, Pearl, OVS, Wicked Alice, Nerve Cowboy and other fine publications. She has poems forthcoming in Weave and CLARE Literary Magazine. She is the founding publisher and editor of Ballard Street Poetry Journal, now under the auspices of the lovely and talented Jenith Charpentier. Heather is also the features editor for the fall 2013 issue of The Worcester Review.

Check out Annie's Book Stop's Interview with Diane Vanaskie Mulligan

Annie's Book Stop interviewed Worcester Storyteller's upcoming feature, Diane Vanaskie Mulligan, for their December 26, 2012 blog.  Check out what Diane has to say about the writing process at the Annie's Book Stop blog.

I also got the honor to interview with Annie's Book Stop.  My interview was posted today at their blog.  You can read about how I (re-)started Worcester Storytellers and learn more about me as a writer.

Thank you to Annie's Book Stop for such a wonderful partnership in 2012.  I'm looking forward to our continued collaboration in 2013!

I'm also pleased to say that I've confirmed features through April 2013. 

Michael Fisher is the most recent confirmation for Friday, April 26, 2013.  I was lucky enough to ask him on the same day he got a manuscript of strange poetry accepted for publication.  Congrats, Michael!