Upcoming Events

Just a quick list of upcoming events:

Sunday, September 30th, Leverett Town Library, 75 Montague Road, Leverett, MA, author Gerald W. McFarland will be discussing his new book, T.T. Mann, Ace Detective at 3PM

Saturday, October 13th, PumpkinFest in downtown Westfield, MA. Deadline is quickly approaching to reserve table space for authors and artists on the Elm Street block extending from Fast Feet on the corner of Elm & School Streets up to empty lot just past Vintage Blended Marketplace. Rhonda Boulette, Bear Paw Ridge storybooks and Susan Buffum have reserved spaces and will be in attendance from noon until 6PM. Susan will be featuring her anthology of ghost stories, The Hanging Man and Other Stories and 2018 novel The Clockmaker's Son. Susan's also been dabbling in pen & ink art, black squirrels in particular. Contact cheryl.crowe@comcast.net for information. This part of PumpkinFest is sponsored by Artworks of Westfield.

Saturday October 20th, WhipCity Wordsmiths meeting at Blue Umbrella Books, 2 Main Street, downtown Westfield MA across from the gazebo on the green, 3PM-5PM. Open to members and the curious with a passion for the written word. Join a group of talented local authors and writers as we meet to discuss ongoing and new projects, share information about upcoming events and the craft of writing, share stories of our adventures in the world of publishing and self-publishing, etc. Informal group, no mandatory attendance. Drop-in authors/writers always welcome.

Saturday, October 27th, Ghost Stories Live! hosted by author Russell Atwood at Blue Umbrella Books, 2 Main Street, Westfield, MA across from the big white gazebo. Susan Buffum will be reading a new ghost story. Russell will read something classic. There will be another guest reader as well! Join us if you dare!

Saturday, November 17th, Agawam Congregational Church, Main Street, Agawam MA, 9AM-2PM, author Susan Buffum will be featuring her 3 holiday novellas, A Major Production, The Red Velvet Suit and The Winter Solstice Ball, plus 4 holiday story collections, Christmases Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Inspirations, and Christmas with the Family at the Holiday Bazaar.

Saturday, November 24th, Shop Small Saturday at Blue Umbrella Books, 2 Main Street, Westfield, MA. Susan Buffum will be among the pop-up vendors at the bookshop with her holiday books and a few others on the day after Black Friday when consumers are encouraged to shop small businesses in their and surrounding communities.