admin on Mar 24 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized
The Bookloft has long sensed the need for a place where the local writers can exchange ideas and experiences amongst themselves, as well as a vehicle for expressing themselves and updating their accomplishments to the general literary public. This website was established to become just that. Over the course of the next several months, The [...]
admin on Mar 24 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized
The Bookloft initiated Berkshire Women Write! in conjunction with the Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts sponsored by The Women’s Times and the Eighth Annual International Women’s Day Conference at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. This week-long event in early-March, 2009, featured the literary works of local women prominently displayed throughout the store for [...]
admin on Mar 19 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized
The Berkshires and our surrounding area have been home to a myriad of talented and influential women writers over the years. Some of our most famous women authors include Edith Wharton, Catherine Maria Sedgwick, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, to name a few. The Berkshire’s contemporary literary scene continues to enjoy hundreds [...]