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Erin Dionne featured in The Boston Globe West

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Assoc. Prof. Erin Dionne was featured in The Boston Globe West for her most recent novel Notes from an Accidental Band Geek!

Erin Dionne, Framingham (preteen novelist)
Notes from an Accidental Band Geek

What led up to this book: ‘‘I participated in marching band in high school and at Boston College. Being part of a school marching band is a bizarre experience that a lot of people don’t know about. After my first two books sold, my former editor said she would love it if someone wrote a novel set amidst a school marching band. While this book includes a lot of the experiences I had as part of a band, including marching in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, which we did while I was at BC, it’s not a story about me. I played piccolo and flute; my main character plays brass. She’s standoffish and prickly and snobbish; I am not.’’

What’s in store for 2012: Dionne’s first project is to deliver her second child, due this month. After that, she’ll be completing her next age-group novel, scheduled for publication in 2013.

Click here to read the full article in The Boston Globe West!

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Asst. Prof. Erin Dionne’s Novel on Lone Star List

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

NOTES FROM AN ACCIDENTAL BAND GEEK by Erin Dionne

Asst. Prof. Erin Dionne has made it on to the 2012 Texas Lone Star reading list for the second time in row! (which is an extremely rare thing to do) This year it’s for NOTES FROM AN ACCIDENTAL BAND GEEK. The list was put together by the Texas Library Association where 12 books were chosen to highlight in schools and public libraries for the coming year. Erin’s TOTAL TRAGEDY OF A GIRL NAMED HAMLET made the list last year!

NOTES is a can’t-miss, genuinely fun middle-grade novel that brings out the inner band geek in all.

To view the complete 2012 Texas Lone Star List visit —> www.txla.org

Erin will discuss the writing, competitive marching band, and her new novel Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 11:30am in the Paul M. Scott Library.

An eight-year veteran of polyester uniforms and football halftime shows, Erin transformed her marching band experiences into a humorous, chaotic coming-of-age story. Stop by the library to learn more about the novel, see embarrassing photos of Erin in uniform, and have treats!

Personalized books will be available for purchase for $12 in the library

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Improbable Places Poetry Tour: Ink

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

The September month’s venue of the the Improbable Places Poetry Tour was the front window of Good Mojo’s tattoo parlor!

The Improbable Places Poetry Tour is Montserrat’s way of bringing together student writers, local poets, area businesses, and enthusiastic listeners to celebrate the power of poetry and community. Each month a new venue and theme will be selected.

Video filmed and edited by Jack Moffitt ’12.

Click here for more info and past readings!
Good Mojo Tattoos Website

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Submissions due for next stop on the Poetry Tour!

Monday, October 24th, 2011

The next stop on Montserrat’s wildly successful poetry tour is People’s United Bank, formerly Danversbank, in the old Beverly National Bank

Deadline for entries is Friday, Nov.  11th Submit them in a private message to the Improbable Places Poetry Tour Facebook Page, email them to colleen.michaels@montserrat.edu, or drop them off at the Writing Center on the 2nd floor of the Montserrat library in the Hardie building

Think about the old changing into the new, payouts, spare change in your pocket – $$ is all around us, being exchanged in so many different ways!

The reading will take place Wednesday, Nov. 16th, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. 240 Cabot Street, Beverly

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Faculty Members Colleen Michaels, Erin Dionne, and Dawn Paul Join This Year’s Salem Literary Festival

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Writing Center Director Colleen Michaels‘ panel “My Poetry Crush” will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, 3 pm, at The Phillips House, 34 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA. In this panel, four writers will share (more like “gush”) and briefly discuss the poems of their cherished “crush.” Panelists will also share their own works which have been influenced or inspired by their chosen writer.
Creative Writing Faculty Erin Dionne will be sitting on two panels on Sunday Sept. 25 at The Vault at The Gathering, 217 Essex Street, Salem. The first is for her participation in the anthology, Dear Bully, at 2 pm and second is the “Young Adult Authors“ panel at 3:30 pm, to discuss Young Adult Literature.
Liberal Arts Faculty Dawn Paul’s panel “Stealing the Family Jewel” will also be held Sunday, Sept. 25, 3 pm at the Phillips House, 34 Chestnut Street, Salem. In this panel, three authors of books that center on family and personal experience; including Dawn Paul’s The Country of Loneliness; will discuss the issue of how to make family members, beloved and otherwise, into rich, multi-dimensional characters, without hurting their feelings.
All featured books will be available for purchase and signing.

To view more about the panelists, Colleen Michaels, featured in The Salem Gazette and curator of The Improbable Places Poetry Tour, Erin Dionne, and Dawn Paul, view their full bios here.

Salem’s 2011 Literary Festival will take place Sept. 23-25 throughout downtown Salem, MA

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