Noepe Center for Literary Arts

Writing Scholarships Offered

Thursday July 30, 2020

Scholarships for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) writers are available for an upcoming workshop on young adult fiction.

Several years ago, writer and teacher Naomi Jackson began encountering more and more participants in her workshops who did not so much need discussions on craft and technique. They just needed to write.

The Next Chapter: Noepe Returns

Wednesday March 27, 2019

Noepe Center for Literary Arts announced this week that it will reopen this spring in partnership with Featherstone Center for the Arts.

With Sale of Building, Noepe Literary Center Closes a Vibrant Chapter

Thursday March 9, 2017

The Noepe Center for Literary Arts in Edgartown will not reopen this spring because of the impending sale of the former Point Way Inn that has served as its headquarters for the past 10 years.

Giving Voice and Cojones to the Immigrant Experience

Wednesday July 29, 2015

Bill Eville

Junot Diaz burst onto the literary scene in 1996 with the publication of Drown. In 2007 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his second book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. And on Thursday, July 30, he will read at the Noepe Center for Literary Arts in Edgartown.

A Writer's Life Needs Quiet and Community

Thursday May 21, 2015

Megan Cerullo

A group of writers recently landed on Martha’s Vineyard to commit the remainder of May to honing their craft. Nine writers will live together and work on their poems, novels and other writing projects for two weeks as part of the Noepe Center for Literary Arts writer’s residency program.

Noepe's Night of Words and Music

Wednesday June 18, 2014

An evening of poetry, libation and dance is planned at the Noepe Center for the Literary Arts on Upper Main street in Edgartown for Wednesday, July 2.

Young Adult Book Launch

Monday November 25, 2013

Local author Lara O’Brien’s debut fiction novel Chelsea and the Spirit of Grace will be available at online book retailers in both print and e-book formats beginning Dec. 1.

First Book Party at Noepe

Wednesday July 31, 2013

It has been a busy year for West Tisbury poet laureate Justen Ahren. Recently he opened the Noepe Center for Literary Arts, a creative refuge on the Island to foster writing through the gift of time and solitude. He also just completed his first book of poetry, A Strange Catechism. He will give a reading at the Noepe Center, 104 Main street, Edgartown on Tuesday, August 6 at 7 p.m.

Noepe Center Welcomes Author Jennifer Clements

Wednesday July 17, 2013

Author Jennifer Clement is guest speaker as part of a series sponsored by the Noepe Center for Literary Arts this Wednesday, July 24. Her new novel, Prayers for the Stolen, is set in Mexico and was inspired by the interviews she did with young women who were survivors of trafficking by the drug cartels.

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