Readings and Events




Inkberry’s reading series has two goals: to feature established writers from around the country, creating a venue where the public can talk with these writers about their craft, and to promote up-and-coming writers from our own region whose work may not yet have found a wide audience. Inkberry’s reading series is a “moveable feast,” migrating around the region. We bring literature to you! Please check carefully to see where each event will be held. For more information about our upcoming readings, contact Inkberry at 664-0775.

Inkberry & Papyri Books present Michelle Laflamme-Childs

Papyri Books, 45 Eagle St., North Adams MA
Saturday, August 9, from 7pm-9pm
Free

North Adams native Michelle Laflamme-Childs is a poet, essayist, and arts administrator currently living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She holds degrees from the University of Massachusetts and St. John’s College, and having fled the corporate world in 2006, is now the Administrative Director of the Santa Fe Art Institute.

Laflamme-Childs has just completed a stint at the prestigious Napa Valley Writers’ Conference and has recently published a chapbook entitled “Love and Lovers.” Having written poems secretly for over 25 years, she has only opted to share them with the world at large within the last year, and has had poems optioned by a variety of regional arts & culture magazines. Laflamme-Childs has been reading publicly around Northern and Central New Mexico and is currently working on a book length manuscript entitled “Chiaroscuro.”

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Inkberry & Papyri Books present: WordPlay featuring Derek Gentile

Papyri Books, 45 Eagle Street, North Adams MA
Saturday, July 12, from 7pm-9pm
Free

Derek Gentile is an award-winning journalist for The Berkshire Eagle and the baseball historian for Berkshire County. He is the author of eight nonfiction books, including The Complete Boston Red Sox, The Complete New York Yankees, The Complete Chicago Cubs, Baseball’s Best 1,000, and Smooth Moves, a history of professional basketball. The Vanilla Envelope is his first book of fiction. Set in Berkshire County, this mystery novel follows the adventures of an unusual private eye, Tony Rizzuto, and his loyal sidekick Cuba as they investigate the heist of $250,000 from a prominent Berkshire institution. Open mic to follow reading.

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