2014-2015 | 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011
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2014 – 2015
| October 1 | Strange Stories of Science! Bugs! Scandal! Fiction!
Faith Deering, entomologist, Historic Deerfield Peter Kobel, author, The Strange Case of the Mad Professor Brian Adams, novelist, Love in the Time of Climate Change |
| November 5 | Paradise Found: A Walking and Biking Tour of Northampton, Massachusetts through poetry and art.
Tom Clark, Lori Desrosiers and Oonagh Doherty, editors. Various readers. |
| December 3 | Celebration of Local Novelists
M.P. Barker, novelist, Mending Horses Suzanne Strempek Shea, novelist, Make a Wish But Not for Money D. Dina Friedman, novelist, Escaping into the Night Karen Shepard, novelist, The Celestials |
| January 7 | Engaging Young People with History: An Evening with YA and Middle Grade Novelists
Jeannine Atkins, novelist, Becoming Little Women: Louisa May at Fruitlands Burleigh Muten, novelist, Miss Emily Ellen Wittlinger, novelist, This Means War! Jane Yolen, novelist, Centaur Rising curated by Naila Moreira |
| February 4 | Remembering Those Gone
Lesléa Newman, poet, I Carry My Mother Mark Hart, poet, Boy Singing to Cattle Elise Bernier-Feeley, Forbes Special Collections and Genealogy Librarian, on Bridge Street Cemetery |
| March 4 | Crime Fiction*
Dean Flower, professor of English, Smith College Michael Ponsor, novelist, The Hanging Judge Susan Kelly, novelist, Out of the Darkness *in conjunction with All Hamptons Read The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett |
| April 8 (2ND Wed.) |
Shay’s Rebellion
Dan Bullen, poet and author, The Dangers of Passion: The Transcendental Friendship of Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson Constance Congdon, author and playwright, No Little Rebellion Richard Colton, historian, Springfield Armory |
| May 6 | Celebration of Local Novelists
Ellen Meeropol, novelist, On Hurricane Island John Clayton, novelist, Many Seconds Into The Future MB Caschetta , novelist, Miracle Girls Alex Myers, novelist, Revolutionary |
2013 – 2014
| October 2 | Spider in a Tree book launch Susan Stinson First Churches, 129 Main Street, Northampton co-sponsored by Small Beer Press, Broadside Books and First Churches |
| November 6 | Celebration of Local Novelists, Part 1 Marisa Labozzetta, novelist, Sometimes It Snows in America Karen Osborn, novelist, Centerville |
| December 4 | Hampshire County Memories: Historic Local Photographs Faith Kaufmann and Dylan Gaffney, Forbes Library Special Collections |
| January 8 | Journalists as Fiction Writers Andrew Adamek Fred Contrada Bob Flaherty James Heflin Diane Lederman Mark Roessler |
| February 5 | Quabbin J.R. Greene, author, The creation of Quabbin Reservoir: The death of the Swift River Valley Maryanne O’Hara, novelist, Cascade Gail Thomas, poet, No Simple Wilderness: An Elegy for Swift River Valley |
| April 9 (2nd Wed.) |
Emily Dickinson/Quiet Charles Coe, author, All Sins Forgiven: Poems for My Parents Kevin Quashie, author, The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture Jane Wald, director, Emily Dickinson Museum |
| May 7 | Celebration of Local Novelists, Part 2 Deborah Noyes, novelist, Plague in the Mirror Jacqueline Sheehan, novelist, Picture This Hilary Sloin, novelist, Art on Fire |
2012 – 2013
| October 7 Sunday, 1pm |
Jonathan Edwards Walking Tour of Bridge Street Cemetery. Also: Sally Maminash & Sylvester Graham. Forbes Writer in Residence Susan Stinson. |
| November 7 | Henry James Michael Gorra, author, Portrait of A Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece Carole DeSanti, novelist, The Unruly Passions of Eugenie R. Elise Bernier-Feeley, Hampshire Room for Local History and Special Collections, Forbes |
| December 5 | The Common : Writers and Modern Sense of Place. Panel Discussion Jennifer Acker, editor, The Common Amity Gaige, novelist, The Folded World Victoria Redel, novelist and poet, The Border of Truth, Woman Without Umbrella Claire Messud, novelist, The Emperor’s Children |
| January 2 | James Baldwin Ekwueme Michael Thelwell, Professor Emeritus, Afro-American Studies, Literature and Writing, University of Massachusetts. Author, The Harder They Come Lenelle Moïse; playwright, poet, and performance artist; Expatriate, Ache What Make Mistinguette Smith, executive director, The Black/Land Project |
| February 6 | Celebration of Local Novelists Zane Kotker, White Rising Joann Kobin, Woman Made of Sand Corinne Demas, The Writing Circle |
| March 6 | Three Houses Lu Stone, local historian/author, A House. A Street. A City. The Story of 17 Summer. Tzivia Gover, author, Learning in Mrs. Towne’s House: A Teacher, Her Students, And the Woman who Inspired Them lê thi diem thúy, novelist and performance artist, The Gangster We Are All Looking For |
| April 10 | Jewish Writers, History and New England Richard Michelson, Northampton Poet Laureate, Battles & Lullabies Michael Hoberman, historian, New Israel New England Jane Yolen, novelist and poet, Ekaterinoslav |
| May 1 | Celebration of Local Novelists Marianne Banks, Growing up Delicious Michele Barker, A Difficult Boy Suzanne Strempek Shea, Hoopi Shoopi Donna Karen V. Williams, My Enemy’s Tears: The Witch of Northampton |
2011 – 2012
| October 5 | The Vietnam War* Doug Anderson, poet and memoirist, THE MOON REFLECTED FIRE; KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN Tom Weiner, CALLED TO SERVE: Stories of Men & Women Confronted by the Vietnam War Draft lê thi diem thúy, novelist and performance artist, THE GANGSTER WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR *In conjunction with On the Same Page, Northampton reads The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien |
| October 9 | Sunday, 1pm: Jonathan Edwards Walking Tour of Bridge Street Cemetery. Also featuring Sally Maminash and Sylvester Graham. With Forbes Writer in Residence Susan Stinson. |
| November 21 | Sally Maminash Marge Bruchac, scholar, performer, and historical consultant, author, MALIAN’S SONG Neal Salisbury, professor emeritus, history, Smith College; co-author, THE PEOPLE: A HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICA Cheryl Savageau, poet; MOTHER/LAND and DIRT ROAD HOME |
| December 7 | Ralph Waldo Emerson F. Jay Deacon, minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester, NH Tracy Kidder, author, STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS, MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS |
| January 4 | Grace Coolidge Julie Bartlett, Archivist, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library Museum, Hampshire Room for Local History, Forbes Library Valija Evalds, Art History, Quinnipiac University, Grace Coolidge’s Clothing Rita Bleiman, author, DIRTY TRICKS |
| February 1 | Celebration of Local Novelists Jedediah Berry, author, THE MANUAL OF DETECTION John Crowley, author, ÆGYPT and FOUR FREEDOMS Ellen Meeropol, author, HOUSE ARREST Sabina Murray, author, TALES OF THE NEW WORLD |
| March 7 | Dominic Daley and James Halligan James Cahillane, author, ON HISTORY’S FRONT STEPS Eric Sawyer, composer, THE GARDEN OF MARTYRS (opera) Michael White, author, THE GARDEN OF MARTYRS |
| May 2 | Sylvester Graham Stephen Nissenbaum, author, SEX, DIET & DEBILITY IN JACKSONIAN AMERICA: Sylvester Graham & Health Reform Lynne Gerber, author, SEEKING THE STRAIGHT & NARROW Susan Stinson, Forbes Writer in Residence, author, VENUS OF CHALK |
2010 – 2011
| October 6 | Jonathan Edwards Kenneth Minkema, Jonathan Edwards Center and Online Archive, Yale Elise Bernier-Feeley, Hampshire Room for Local History and Special Collections, Forbes Susan Stinson, author of SPIDER IN A TREEPlus, special event: Bridge Street Cemetery Tour with Writer in Residence Susan Stinson: Sunday, October 3, 1 pm |
| November 3 | Lydia Maria Child Julie Bartlett, Archivist, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum, Hampshire Room for Local History, Forbes Patricia Holland, editor, The Collected Correspondence of Lydia Maria Child, 1817-1880 Pamela Thompson, author of EVERY PAST THING |
| December 1 | David Ruggles Steve Strimer, David Ruggles Center Andrea Hairston, author of REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE Jacqueline Sheehan, author of TRUTH |
| January 5 | Celebration of Local Novelists: Part 1 Emily Arsenault, author of THE BROKEN TEAGLASS Bob Flaherty, author of PUFF Judith Frank, author of CRYBABY BUTCH Dori Ostermiller, author of OUTSIDE THE ORDINARY WORLD |
| February 2 | French Canadians in Western Massachusetts Elise Bernier-Feeley, Hampshire Room for Local History, Forbes Sally Bellerose, author of THE GIRLS CLUB Ellen LaFleche, author of ESTELLA, WITH ONE LUNG |
| March 16 | Brian Kiteley, author of THE RIVER GODS |
| April 13 | Sylvia Plath Cornelia Pearsall, Professor of English, Smith College Karen Kukil, Associate Curator of Special Collections, Smith College Nancy K. Pearson, author of TWO MINUTES OF LIGHT |
| May 4 | Celebration of Local Novelists: Part 2 Anthony Giardina, author of RECENT HISTORY Cathi Hanuaer, author of SWEET RUIN Frederick Reiken, author of DAY FOR NIGHT |