As we lunge toward winter here in Portsmouth, the urge to go inside and get cozy with a book grabs us…and with it, the diverging desire to travel far, far away! If you have these longings too, join us in the weeks ahead for four very different writers’ nights.Read More
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We’re coming off of a truly amazing week for writers events at The Music Hall! I hope you were in-house for one of our recent filled-to-the-rafters happenings—hearing from Angela Duckworth about GRIT or gaining Doris Kearns Goodwin’s insights on LEADERSHIP alongside NHPR interviewer Lauren Chooljian. Read More
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Not in my 10+ years’ producing our literary series alongside Patricia Lynch have I launched such an exciting and varied series of spring of events - truly, an embarrassment of riches! We feel very lucky to have such distinct voices, masterful minds, and brilliant insight coming our way…Read More
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Here the bestselling author Judy Blume talks with Margaret Talcott, the Producer of Writers on a New England Stage, about her teen years, her writing, and what’s in store for the future.Read More
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There have been so many fabulous moments in the production of this series …. I couldn’t name just one. Needless to say, we do much work behind the scenes for months leading up to each writer’s event, identifying writers/books to feature and then negotiating and organizing with appropriate contacts in New York. It’s like any other business or product - you work hard to get it just right and then you put it out into the marketplace - or, in our case, on stage. It’s great fun and a great challenge getting to that point, a mix of “big game hunting” and administrative and marketing execution. Read More
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As a follow on to our wonderful Writers in the Loft event on Thu., May 15 with David Allen Sibley and his new work THE SIBLEY GUIDE TO BIRDS (second edition), we co-hosted a bird walk on the morning of May 16th at Seacoast Science Center/Odiorne State Park in Rye, NH.Read More
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