Islanders Write: Workshop Vignettes
Writers as young as 6 years old gathered at Featherstone Center for the Arts over the weekend to attend The MV Times' first midwinter Islanders Write. Over the course of two days, 15 workshops...
Islanders Write comes in like a lion
Get those pens, pencils, journals, or laptops ready. Whether you’re a professional or a budding writer, the Islanders Write free March workshops have something for you.
Event producer Kate Feiffer says, "We thought the time was...
Islanders Write: Free writing workshops for students
Can a Frog Bark? ... Let’s Make Stuff Up ... Story Ingredients ... Journaling ... Finding Your Unique Voice ... Writing the College Essay ... Saudade Creative Writing ...
These are the seven writing workshops...
Islanders Write: What are you working on?
Whenever I spoke to my father, Jules Feiffer — who passed away on Jan. 17 — he would ask me, “What are you working on?”
If I answered, “I’ve been busy putting together the first...
All-Island Book Fair
Mathew Tombers, the manager of Edgartown Books, recently told me that they did a count of books written by Island-connected authors, and there were more than 200 of them. Included in this number, which...
Islanders Write: ‘Book flood’
Christmas Eve is celebrated in Iceland with a book swap. Families and friends exchange recently published books, and spend the evening reading together. This Icelandic tradition is called a Jólabókaflód — think Christmas book...
Islanders Write: Shouldering writers in March
March on the Vineyard can feel a bit like a houseguest who overstays a welcome, which is why I am delighted to announce an event that we hope will help break up the monochromatic...
Islanders Write: Election season
Two members of my writer’s group have books coming out in the next few months. Nicole Galland’s novel “Boy” will be published in late February, comfortably after the inauguration. But Nancy Slonim Aronie’s “Seven...
Writing for your life
This year’s Islanders Write, graciously hosted at Featherstone Center for the Arts, was a stellar array of panel discussions and writing workshops. The event originated 10 years ago when the former publisher of The...
Islanders Write — It’s gametime!
The good news is that if you spent too much money at the fair, you can still afford to come to Islanders Write. The MV Times–sponsored writers’ festival, which kicks off on Sunday, August...
Islanders Write
I was sitting on the front porch of Edgartown Books making small talk and signing copies of my novel on the Sunday afternoon that Joe Biden announced he wouldn’t be running for reelection. Phones...
Islanders Write
This summer’s Islanders Write will kick off on Sunday, August 18, at 7:30 pm, with a discussion about “Finding Truth in a Post-Truth Era.” With conspiracy theories, scams, deceptions, lies, collective amnesia, false narratives...
Islanders Write
There was a shocking bit of publishing misinformation making the rounds a while back. It had to do with the number of books an author could expect to sell. We all know that not...
Islanders Write: On pitch
Last week during a book talk at the Chilmark library, someone asked me how I found a publisher for my novel. It’s a question I often get asked, as finding an agent and publisher...
Islanders Write, two ways
We are changing the name of this column from Around the Writers’ Table to Islanders Write. We decided to do this for two reasons — to make it clear that this column is intended...
Around the Writers’ Table: ’Tis the season for book talks all over the Island
It’s speaking season on the Vineyard, and Island-connected authors are stepping out. Terri Potts-Chattaway, Mark Chester, Thomas and Joyce Dresser, Richard Lewis Taylor, and Cynthia Riggs will all be discussing, discoursing, and dishing about...
Islanders Write 2023
A day of community, inspiration, and motivation took place at this year’s Islanders Write festival at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Founded in 2014 and sponsored by The Martha’s Vineyard Times and their M.V....
All the write stuff
The Martha’s Vineyard Times–sponsored conference Islanders Write returned to Featherstone Center for the Arts last weekend, after a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus.
Attendees of five panel discussions held on Sunday heard the expertise, advice, and candor...
Clarification: Islanders Write begins at 9 on Monday
In our program for Islanders Write at Featherstone Center for the Arts, the starting time for Monday is incorrect. The first panel will begin at 9 am. Here's the information.
9 – 10 am Writing...