Book events for
The Field House: A Writer’s Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine
(I will do my best to keep this page updated with sign-in information and other details.)
2024 events
JUNE 4 - Join Robert Klose and me in a conversation called "Breaking the Block" at Belfast Library, June 4th from 6:30-8:00pm. We will discuss many of the common perils and pitfalls of the writing life, plus a few celebrations!
2023 events
JULY
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PAST EVENTS:
2023
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MARCH
APRIL
2022
JANUARY
OCTOBER
DECEMBER
2021
DECEMBER
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JUNE --
MAY --
Wednesday, May 5, 7-8pm -Big Blend Radio, a lively podcast interview (prerecorded) with Lisa Smith and Nancy Reid. Here's the link that will allow you to tune in live. You can also use this link to hear the recorded interview any time after it airs: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/big-blend-radio/2021/05/05/big-blend-radio-robin-clifford-wood--the-field-house
Friday, May 7th, 4-7pm - IN PERSON outdoor reception at Edythe Dyer Library in Hampden. Author talk, Q and A, book sales and signing
Wednesday, May 12th, 7-7:15pm, Podcast interview on “Stories That Empower” with Sean Farjadi; sponsored by enlightenednegotiation.com. Use this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74098839867?pwd=VUQrYzQwdXZ3aHlleTIzeHNDN2hrZz09
January 2021 -- After my fabulous experience as a student in the Stonecoast MFA program, I am excited to return as a presenter in 2021. Darlene Taylor (another Stonecoast alum) and I will be co-teaching a class on research and storytelling during Stonecoast's January residency. Darlene will cover fiction, and I will cover non-fiction.
2020
October, 2020 -- "Ghost Postcards From Maine!"
My ghostly ballad will be featured this fall alongside spooky tales from four other Maine writers. Penobscot Theatre Company is presenting a series of audio dramas, "Ghost Postcards," as the first fall program in their brilliantly revised 2020/2021 season, "Digitus Theatrum." Call PTC's box office today for tickets. Ghost Postcards starts on October 15th (THIS RECORDING IS AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE. GO TO THE POETRY TAB UNDER "BOOKS.")
June 9, 2020 - I'm pleased to have been invited to give a Zoom presentation for the lunchtime meeting of the Bangor area Tuesday Forum on June 9th. They wanted to hear from an author, so I'll be talking about the circuitous path that brought me here - on the threshold of publishing my first book. The Tuesday Forum is a local women's networking group. I look forward to some great lunchtime conversation.
PRE-2020
March 7-10, 2018 --
I am excited to be attending my first AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) conference this spring in Tampa, Florida from March 7-10. I hope to connect with other writers and talk to agents about representation for one or both of my completed manuscripts!
If you haven't seen them yet, take a look at February, March, and April 2017 issues of Bangor Metro!
My feature story about the Green Gem center in Bangor, Maine was in Bangor Metro's February issue. In March I highlighted the Caribou Russet potato, Maine's newest potato star. The April issue has a story I wrote about a local engineer/entrepreneur who has invented a cutting edge machine that uses 3D printing to make shoes. Check them out!
Friday, July 1, 2016. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Many thanks to GCIHS! We had a full house and a fun time.
Island home as inspiration: Rachel Field, Hortense Flexner, and me.
Why is it so fascinating to visit the former homes of artists and writers? Is it just the idea of a house's creative history that inspires our imagination? Is there something inherent in certain places that has universal inspirational appeal? Or is there actually something undefinable that lingers in the air, in the dusty corners, some legacy of creative energy that infuses the soul of those who cross the threshold?
Through stories and pictures, Robin Clifford Wood will explore these questions in the context of her house on Sutton Island. The 1898 building gave literary inspiration to several former residents, including Maine author, Rachel Field and the writer Hortense Flexner. Wood, a former columnist for the Bangor Daily News, has been working on a biography of Rachel Field for eight years.
The event will take place on July 1st on Great Cranberry Island at 4:45pm. The Beal and Bunker ferry has a 4:00pm boat from Northeast Harbor to Great Cranberry, and a 6:45pm boat back to Northeast.
March 22nd, 2016 Many thanks to Southwest Harbor Library!
I was honored to be a featured presenter in the Women's History Month events at the Southwest Harbor Library in Southwest Harbor, Maine, part of the Acadia National Park Centennial 2016 celebrations. On March 22nd, I spoke about two woman writers, Hortense Flexner and Rachel Field. Among their other accomplishments, Flexner and Field wrote beautiful poetry inspired by a particular island off the coast of Maine. Both women resided during their summer months in the same house that now belongs to my family, Field from 1922 to 1938, and Flexner from the 1940's through the 1960s. I enjoyed speaking about their work and about what it means to share creative space with inspiring artists from the past.
The Field House: A Writer’s Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine
(I will do my best to keep this page updated with sign-in information and other details.)
2024 events
JUNE 4 - Join Robert Klose and me in a conversation called "Breaking the Block" at Belfast Library, June 4th from 6:30-8:00pm. We will discuss many of the common perils and pitfalls of the writing life, plus a few celebrations!
2023 events
JULY
- July 27 - 2:00pm. Book talk in Prospect Harbor, Maine. Dorcas Library, 28 Main Street, Prospect Harbor, Maine.
- August 31 -- ~4:30pm: I will be speaking live on WABI-TV channel 5 as a guest on their TV5 Book Club segment. Tune in!
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PAST EVENTS:
2023
JANUARY
- COME WRITE WITH ME THIS WINTER! I'll be teaching a five-week Explorations in Creative Nonfiction class this winter, January 19-Feb 16. The course will look at personal essays, blogs, research, other people's stories, interviews, and memoir. If you or someone you know might be interested, read more here:
https://www.mainewriters.org/calendar/writingcreativenonfiction
MARCH
- March 2-5 Snowbound Writer's Retreat, teaching personal essay
- March 7 Book talk at Winterport Public Library, 6-7pm
APRIL
- April 24, 6:00-7:00pm - online - I will be a guest at Mount Desert Island Historical Society's book club event about God's Pocket, by Rachel Field. Captain Samuel Hadlock, Jr, the subject of Field's first nonfiction book, was a charismatic, notorious, even despicable sea captain from the Cranberry Isles. I will offer some lesser known insights about the book, the man, and the biographer. To learn more and register for the event, go here: www.mdihistory.org/book-club
- April 28-30 - IN PERSON - I'll be presenting at the Newburyport Literary Festival in Newburyport, Massachusetts. For updated info on the MANY authors involved and the calendar of events, go here: https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/soe-shell/
2022
JANUARY
- Jan 14-15 Robin teaches at the Stonecoast MFA residency, Freeport, Maine
- Wednesday, Jan. 26th, 7:00pm - NOTE DATE CHANGE! online event hosted by Chappaqua Public Library, Chappaqua, NY (Robin's home town!)
Click this link for registration:
https://www.chappaqualibrary.org/events
- Feb. 16 - Kennebec Historical Society book talk, 6:30pm. "Rediscovering Rachel Field - The extraordinary book journey that led to The Field House", Presented by Robin Clifford Wood, Location: Tune in to Facebook Live through Kennebec Historical Society's FB page.
- Tuesday, March 15, (11:15am-12:15pm) - book talk, Old Town Library; IN PERSON (check website)
- Fridays, March 18th-April 8th, COURSE: "Biography, memoir, and fiction: creative ways to interact with history." Robin will teach a 4-week online course through Acadia Senior College, 4 Friday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30. DATES: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8.
- Tuesday, April 26, 6:30-7:30pm - Bangor Public Library - IN PERSON (probably). In conversation with Jennifer Dupree, pre-launch event celebrating Dupree's novel release: The Miraculous Flight of Owen Leach
- Tuesday, May 3, 2-3pm - Ellsworth Library Book Group - guest author event
- Saturday, May 21 (11:00am) - Manchester Public Library, Manchester-By-The-Sea, Massachusetts. Live, outdoor event - tea and talk with the author. Register here: https://manchesterpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/manchester-reads-author-talk-and-tea/
- Tuesday, July 12, 6:00pm - Live book event in Islesboro, Maine, Islesboro Community Center.
- Sunday, July 17, 3:00pm - Live book event in Denmark, Maine, Denmark Arts Center.
- August 9, 2:00pm IN PERSON - Tuesday forum, Brewer, Maine.
- August 10, evening, IN PERSON 5:30-6:30pm, Seal Harbor Library, hosted by Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor, ME.
OCTOBER
- Saturday, October 8 - **BOOK FAIR IN PORTLAND MAINE** Monument Square, 456 Congress St. From 10:00am to 6:00pm. The Field House and I will be sharing a table with several other She Writes Press authors - discount pricing, book signing, and time to chat face-to-face with lots of authors and their great books.
- Thursday, October 20 - Bremen Public Library, Bremen, Maine, 7:00pm. In person.
DECEMBER
- Saturday, December 10, 11am-5pm, FIRST ANNUAL BANGOR AREA AUTHORS WINTER BOOK FAIR. Come pick up "locally sourced" holiday gifts for the readers you love. 120 Park Street, Bangor, Maine, in the Unitarian Universalist church.
2021
DECEMBER
- Thursday, Dec. 2, 7:00-8:00pm - online reading with the Stonecoast Alumni Reading Series; poets, pop fiction, and creative non-fiction writers will read from their work.
- Tuesday, Dec. 7, 5:30pm - Southwest Harbor Library event, online. To register, go here: https://swhplibrary.libcal.com/event/8421350
- Saturday, Dec. 18, 1:30-2:30pm - book group event, private.
- Tuesday, Nov. 2, 6:00-7:00 - ONLINE event at Orono Library; register here: https://www.orono.org/362/Book-Talk
- Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2:00pm - book group, private
- Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2:00-3:00pm - book group, private
- CHANGE Wednesday, Nov. 17, 7:00pm, author talk at Vose Library, Union Maine. Talk will now be remote only. To sign up, visit here: https://voselibrary.org/event/robin-wood-author-of-the-field-house/
- Saturday, Nov. 20, 10-11am - online panel with Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance: "Perspectives on Non-Traditional Publishing."
- Friday, Oct. 22-Thursday, Oct 28 - writer's retreat, Largo, Florida.
- Tuesday, Sep. 14, 7:00pm - book group author visit, private.
- POSTPONED DUE TO COVID (Thursday, Sep. 16 - Author talk at Winterport Library, Winterport, ME)
- POSTPONED DUE TO COVID (Friday, Sep. 17, 11:00am - Author visit, Penobscot Shores Retirement Community, Belfast, ME. )
- Tuesday, Sep. 21, 8:30pm - online book group event, private.
- **TIME CHANGED** Wednesday, Sep. 22, 6:30pm - IN PERSON event at York Public Library in York, Maine. **Masks required**
- Wed, Sep. 29 - evening, book group author visit; private.
AUGUST --
- Sunday, Aug. 1, 2:00pm - IN PERSON book talk and signing at the charming shop, Leaf and Anna, in Brooklin, Maine.
- Friday, Aug. 6, 3-5pm - IN PERSON author event at Great Cranberry Island Historical Society on Great Cranberry Island, Cranberry Isles, Maine.
- Thursday, Aug 12, 6:00pm - online author talk, sponsored by Ellsworth Public Library. Register in advance here: https://networkmaine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsce6qqzgvGNO0qGzqjD3GPEZOol5JTGtW
- Wednesday, Aug. 18, 6pm-7pm - IN PERSON and streamed live online author talk, and Q and A, sponsored by Bangor Public Library. You Tube link: https://www.youtube.com/user/bangorpubliclibrary
JULY --
- Friday, July 23, 6:30-8:00pm - IN PERSON author presentation and conversation at NorthEast Millerton Library, Millerton, NY.
- Saturday, July 24, 3:00pm - IN PERSON author talk and book signing at Stockbridge Library, Stockbridge Massachusetts.
- Wednesday, July 28, 6:00pm - Book group event at Sorrento Public Library, open to the public.
- Thursday, July 29, 6:30-7:30pm - online author presentation hosted by Rockland Public Library. For a link to the Zoom event, please email [email protected] by 4 p.m. on July 29 and identify the event you are interested in attending in the subject line.
JUNE --
- Thursday, June 3, 7am - online author talk with Bangor Rotary Club
- Thursday, June 3, 7pm - online author talk/Q and A with RCW, sponsored by Jesup Library (Bar Harbor, ME). Register online here: https://www.jesuplibrary.org/events/wood
- Thursday, June 3, 8:30pm - book group, remote call-in (private)
- Friday, June 4, 11:30am - Maine Public Radio, live call-in to Jennifer Rooks for Maine Calling's special feature: "Summer Reads." Robin will talk about The Field House and what she has on her own summer reading list. Participate by emailing [email protected], calling 1-800-399-3566 or tweeting @mainecalling.
- Monday, June 7, 9:30-11:30 - Book group visit (private)
- Tuesday, June 8, 7:00-8:00pm, Book group visit (private)
- Tuesday, June 15, 6-7pm - online author presentation hosted by Camden Public Library Email: [email protected] to request a Zoom link to attend.
- Wednesday, June 30th, 6pm - online book event, RCW "in conversation" with author Melanie Brooks, sponsored by Windham Library. Email: [email protected] to request a Zoom link to attend.
MAY --
- Tuesday, May 4, 7-8pm - **official online book launch celebration** RCW "in conversation" with bestselling author Christina Baker Kline, co-sponsored by Left Bank Books (Belfast, ME) and Bangor Daily News. To register – click here: tinyurl.com/BDNRobinCliffor
Wednesday, May 5, 7-8pm -Big Blend Radio, a lively podcast interview (prerecorded) with Lisa Smith and Nancy Reid. Here's the link that will allow you to tune in live. You can also use this link to hear the recorded interview any time after it airs: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/big-blend-radio/2021/05/05/big-blend-radio-robin-clifford-wood--the-field-house
Friday, May 7th, 4-7pm - IN PERSON outdoor reception at Edythe Dyer Library in Hampden. Author talk, Q and A, book sales and signing
- Tuesday, May 11th - · interview with Citywide Blackout podcast (recorded for later broadcast, TBA)
Wednesday, May 12th, 7-7:15pm, Podcast interview on “Stories That Empower” with Sean Farjadi; sponsored by enlightenednegotiation.com. Use this link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74098839867?pwd=VUQrYzQwdXZ3aHlleTIzeHNDN2hrZz09
- Sunday, May 16th, 8:00pm. Tune in to the Facebook live Stone House Readers series, where Robin will be one of three featured writer-presenters.
- Thursday, May 20th, 7pm - online book event, RCW "in conversation" with author Susan Conley, sponsored by Print: A Bookstore (Portland, Maine). Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ThJI8P8hTmeNcrxamUEyXg
- Sunday, May 23, 10-11am; IN PERSON at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor, guest speaker about story.
January 2021 -- After my fabulous experience as a student in the Stonecoast MFA program, I am excited to return as a presenter in 2021. Darlene Taylor (another Stonecoast alum) and I will be co-teaching a class on research and storytelling during Stonecoast's January residency. Darlene will cover fiction, and I will cover non-fiction.
2020
October, 2020 -- "Ghost Postcards From Maine!"
My ghostly ballad will be featured this fall alongside spooky tales from four other Maine writers. Penobscot Theatre Company is presenting a series of audio dramas, "Ghost Postcards," as the first fall program in their brilliantly revised 2020/2021 season, "Digitus Theatrum." Call PTC's box office today for tickets. Ghost Postcards starts on October 15th (THIS RECORDING IS AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE. GO TO THE POETRY TAB UNDER "BOOKS.")
June 9, 2020 - I'm pleased to have been invited to give a Zoom presentation for the lunchtime meeting of the Bangor area Tuesday Forum on June 9th. They wanted to hear from an author, so I'll be talking about the circuitous path that brought me here - on the threshold of publishing my first book. The Tuesday Forum is a local women's networking group. I look forward to some great lunchtime conversation.
PRE-2020
March 7-10, 2018 --
I am excited to be attending my first AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) conference this spring in Tampa, Florida from March 7-10. I hope to connect with other writers and talk to agents about representation for one or both of my completed manuscripts!
If you haven't seen them yet, take a look at February, March, and April 2017 issues of Bangor Metro!
My feature story about the Green Gem center in Bangor, Maine was in Bangor Metro's February issue. In March I highlighted the Caribou Russet potato, Maine's newest potato star. The April issue has a story I wrote about a local engineer/entrepreneur who has invented a cutting edge machine that uses 3D printing to make shoes. Check them out!
Friday, July 1, 2016. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Many thanks to GCIHS! We had a full house and a fun time.
Island home as inspiration: Rachel Field, Hortense Flexner, and me.
Why is it so fascinating to visit the former homes of artists and writers? Is it just the idea of a house's creative history that inspires our imagination? Is there something inherent in certain places that has universal inspirational appeal? Or is there actually something undefinable that lingers in the air, in the dusty corners, some legacy of creative energy that infuses the soul of those who cross the threshold?
Through stories and pictures, Robin Clifford Wood will explore these questions in the context of her house on Sutton Island. The 1898 building gave literary inspiration to several former residents, including Maine author, Rachel Field and the writer Hortense Flexner. Wood, a former columnist for the Bangor Daily News, has been working on a biography of Rachel Field for eight years.
The event will take place on July 1st on Great Cranberry Island at 4:45pm. The Beal and Bunker ferry has a 4:00pm boat from Northeast Harbor to Great Cranberry, and a 6:45pm boat back to Northeast.
March 22nd, 2016 Many thanks to Southwest Harbor Library!
I was honored to be a featured presenter in the Women's History Month events at the Southwest Harbor Library in Southwest Harbor, Maine, part of the Acadia National Park Centennial 2016 celebrations. On March 22nd, I spoke about two woman writers, Hortense Flexner and Rachel Field. Among their other accomplishments, Flexner and Field wrote beautiful poetry inspired by a particular island off the coast of Maine. Both women resided during their summer months in the same house that now belongs to my family, Field from 1922 to 1938, and Flexner from the 1940's through the 1960s. I enjoyed speaking about their work and about what it means to share creative space with inspiring artists from the past.