Kate Feiffer
Islanders Write March event
Islanders Write is returning to Featherstone Center for the Arts over the weekend of March 14 and 15 for a day of writing workshops,...
The two faces of Janus
The Roman god Janus gazes — or glares, depending on one’s interpretation — into the past with one face and looks toward the future...
Read the Vineyard
“Read local.” That’s no good. “Read M.V.” Nope. “Read the Vineyard.” That’s a possibility. Alas, my attempt to come up with a catchy slogan...
Eight is great
One of the great joys of my life was reading to my daughter at bedtime. Studies have shown that reading to a young child...
e. Lockhart’s latest book
During a recent interview on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” best-selling author e. Lockhart’s response to a question about Martha’s Vineyard was, “If I could...
Islanders Write Immersives
Last winter, The MV Times decided to experiment: We held an Islanders Write event in March. We programmed two days of writing workshops, and...
On process
Carrie Anne Vanderhoop recently published “Wôpanâak Seasons: Seeqan, Neepun, Keepun, Pup8n” (Tradewind), her first picture book for children. Vanderhoop grew up in Aquinnah, and...
Richard Michelson’s new picture book
Children’s book author Richard Michelson has written a number of books introducing children to lesser-celebrated firsts. In other words, he hasn’t retold the story...
All in: ‘From Founder to Future’
Back in the 1970s, CEOs were paid about 20 times more than their employees. That number has since ballooned past what you’d think would...
Thank you
At this summer’s Islanders Write on August 17 and 18, 34 writers and publishing professionals with ties to the Vineyard came together to do...
Speaker Bios
ELIZABETH BENEDICT is the author of eight books and hundreds of articles and essays, as well as the editor of three anthologies. Her five...
Islanders Write starts Sunday night
It’s been a year of headline hangovers, with little time to recover from one breaking news shocker before the next one hits. (As I...
Islanders Write starts Sunday night
It’s August, and we’re getting ready for Islanders Write 2025. Please join us for this year’s event at Featherstone Center for the Arts on...
Islanders Write Workshops Schedule 2025
We invite you to Wake Up and Write! with Judith Hannan outside on the Featherstone deck to get the day started. ALL of the...
Islanders talking about writing
When we created Islanders Write in 2014, we decided that we wanted to tap into the extraordinary writers and publishing professionals among us on...
Islanders Talking about Writing
While compiling the “Reading and Writing Around the Rock” section for this newsletter, I was struck by the sheer number of literary events happening...
An Islanders Write ask
In 2014, The MV Times invited writers and publishing professionals with ties to the Vineyard to take part in a day of discussions about...
The filming of ‘Forever’
Judy Blume fans of a certain age likely recall where they were when they read her groundbreaking coming-of-age novel “Forever …,” first published in...
Islanders Write Update
A few days ago I was listening to Willy Mason’s song “Oxygen,” playing it over and over again, fixating on one line then moving...
Information about the Islanders Write Pitch Panel
This is an opportunity for five writers to pitch their book project and get feedback from four publishing professionals — a publisher/editor, a literary...