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.