A new six-week session of the Writers’ Workshop for adults is slated at Dog Ears Bookstore & Café, 688 Abbott Road, Buffalo. Classes will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. beginning Thursday, Oct. 12.

All participants will present current writing efforts that will be gently critiqued. Light refreshments are included, and the cost is $75 for all six meetings.                             

To register for the Writers’ Workshop, which continues on Oct. 19 and 26 and Nov. 2, 9 and 16, please call the bookstore at 823-2665 or email John Schreier at jmarkschrei@aol.com.

A new six-week Puppy Tales series at Dog Ears Bookstore & Café, located at 688 Abbott Road in South Buffalo, will kick off at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29.

Open to children ages 3 and 4 accompanied by a parent or guardian, Puppy Tales runs on six consecutive Friday mornings and each session includes three stories, a craft and healthy snacks. Sessions are skill- and book-based and the cost is $30 per child. Puppy Tales is limited to 15 children.

Puppy Tales is a great way to prepare students for Pre-K. To register for Puppy Tales, please visit the bookstore or call 823-2665.

The new adult literary program at Dog Ears Bookstore that focuses on women in literature will continue on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The book highlighted during this session will be Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.

The All Our Voices Literary Program is a free monthly series for women of all ages that explores the different voices of women including immigrants, Black, Latina, Indigenous, LGBTQ, and formerly incarcerated individuals through diverse authors and time periods.

Sessions take place from 10 a.m. to noon at Dog Ears Bookstore, located at 688 Abbott Road in South Buffalo. The program is planned and led by a local college professor who encourage participants to share their own experiences, views and thoughts as they explore works of fiction, nonfiction, short stories and essays.

Sessions consists of a mix of high-quality discussions, group activities, personal reflections, conversations, writing exercises and more. The sessions will also include a deep dive into the role of women as well as the experiences, expectations, restrictions, prejudices, biases, challenges, etc. they experienced and the overall view of women by society during each time frame.

Prior to each session, participants will be given reading guides, prepared by the literary Instructor, with certain themes, questions and things to look for in each book while they read it. Each book in the program will be available for purchase at a reduced rate at Dog Ears Bookstore. Attendees are asked to read the book prior to the session if possible.

Future sessions on the schedule include:

• Tuesday, Oct. 31, The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

• Tuesday, Nov. 21, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

• Wednesday, Dec. 13, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Shorter essays by additional authors will also be read during each session, and the program is limited to 15 participants per session. Please visit Dog Ears Bookstore or call 823-2665 to register or for more information.

The All Our Voices Literary Program is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Services Inc.

Dog Ears Bookstore, a nonprofit community bookstore located at 688 Abbott Road in South Buffalo, will offer a new literary program for adults beginning June 20. The All of Our Voices Literary Program is offered free of charge thanks to an Art Services of WNY grant.

With an emphasis on women in literature, each session will run from 10 a.m. to noon, with seven sessions total. Prior to each session, participants will be given reading guides, prepared by the literary Instructor, with certain themes, questions and things to look for in each book while they read it.

Sessions will consist of a mix of high-quality discussions, group activities, personal reflections, conversations, writing exercises and more. Sessions will also include a deep dive into the role of women as well as the experiences, expectations, restrictions, prejudices, biases, challenges, etc. they experienced and the overall view of women by society during each time frame. At the end of each session, participants will also be given a list of related books for further reading, relative to the theme or topic covered.

The seven sessions will be held on the following dates and will focus on the books and authors listed:

• Tuesday, June 20, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

• Thursday, July 20, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

• Tuesday, Aug. 22, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

• Tuesday, Sept. 19, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

• Tuesday, Oct. 31, The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

• Tuesday, Nov. 21, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

• Wednesday, Dec. 13, The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Shorter essays by additional authors will also be read during each session, and the program is limited to 15 participants per session. Please visit Dog Ears Bookstore or call 823-2665 to register or for more information.