The Lost Women of Azalea Court

On a chilly November morning, eighty-eight-year-old Iris Blum goes missing from Azalea Court, a six-bungalow development on the grounds of a long-closed state mental hospital. Her husband, Asher Blum, was […]

Her Sister’s Tattoo

Two sisters. One badly injured cop. A family torn between loyalty and politics. Rosa and Esther Cohen march through downtown Detroit in August 1968, protesting the war in Vietnam in […]

On Hurricane Island

As a major hurricane threatens the northeast, math professor Gandalf Cohen is abducted by federal agents and flown to a secret interrogation center off the coast of Maine. Austin Coombs, […]

House Arrest (2nd Edition)

Home care nurse Emily Klein usually loves her work. But her new assignment, prenatal visits to a young woman under house arrest for the death of her toddler daughter during […]

Kinship of Clover

He was nine when the vines first wrapped themselves around him and burrowed into his skin. Now a college botany major, Jeremy is desperately looking for a way to listen […]

House Arrest

Home care nurse Emily Klein usually loves her work. But her new assignment, prenatal visits to a young woman under house arrest for the death of her toddler daughter during […]

House Arrest (2nd Edition)

Home care nurse Emily Klein usually loves her work. But her new assignment, prenatal visits to a young woman under house arrest for the death of her toddler daughter during […]

Kinship of Clover

He was nine when the vines first wrapped themselves around him and burrowed into his skin. Now a college botany major, Jeremy is desperately looking for a way to listen […]

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Awards Red Hen Press is proud to confer five annual literary awards: the Quill Prose Award, the Red Hen Press Women’s Prose Prize, and the Ann Petry Award, each for $1000 and publication […]

Meet Ellen Meeropol at Lenox Library

We are pleased to host Northampton author Ellen Meeropol to discuss her new novel, The Lost Women of Azalea Court, on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.  Books will be […]

Ellen Meeropol at Odyssey Bookstore

Join us live and in-person on Thursday, September 29 at 7 PM as Ellen Meeropol talks about her new novel, The Lost Women of Azalea Court. She will be joined in conversation […]

A Walking & Reading Tour with Author Ellen Meeropol

Join local author Ellen Meeropol on a walk and talk around the former Northampton State Hospital and the Village Hill neighborhood, the setting and inspiration for her new novel. The Lost Women of Azalea Court begins […]

A Writer’s Night with Ellen Meeropol

The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild present “A Writer’s Night” with Ellen Meeropol, Thursday, September 15, 6:45-7:45pm. You may register by calling 413-565-4150, option 1. (Or just […]

Hobart Book Village Festival of Women Writers

Hobart Festival of Women Writers – All Flash Readings FINAL SHOW – SEPTEMBER 13th DAY ONE & TWO VIRTUAL FLASH READINGS **Registration now open!** The Flash Readings for each day […]

Writer’s Night Out–Featured Reader Ellen Meeropol

  Writers Night Out In! September @ 7:00pm ONLINE We’re live and online! Join us Tuesday, September on Zoom at 7:00 pm for Writers Night In. RSVP wno@strawdogwriters.org to receive the Zoom link to […]