Quabbin Quills

Quabbin Quills Quabbin Quills is a Massachusetts nonprofit writer's group. Founded in 2017, our purpose is to enrich local opportunities for publication and education.

A shoutout to author Brenda Anderson who has released her first book titled "Lessons From My Father.” It is a guidebook...
12/03/2025

A shoutout to author Brenda Anderson who has released her first book titled "Lessons From My Father.” It is a guidebook on life for readers of all ages. Brenda grew up on her family's farm in North Central Massachusetts. As she experienced more of the world, she realized the value of her father's life lessons and wanted to share his story. Brenda, her husband and their beagle travel the country in an RV and explore small towns. Chatting with people from all walks of life and different places has shown her that everyone would like to point society in a more hopeful direction. Her book is a simple guide using her father's wisdom. Please congratulate her in the comments!

12/02/2025

There’s still time to make a contribution! Thank you in advance!

12/02/2025

December 2nd is Giving Tuesday. We’d love it if you’d make a small (or generous) contribution to our cause! We were so fortunate to increase our scholarship this year and we hope to keep it going! Thank you so much in advance!

If you have any pics with your QQ books please share them!
12/01/2025

If you have any pics with your QQ books please share them!

11/30/2025

As winter sets in, we want to remind you all that our submissions portal is set to open in the next few weeks. Our theme has been decided so we’re only allowed to hint until our big announcement! Stay tuned!

11/30/2025

Allen Young: From the Octagon
Thursday, December 4 @ 6:30

Join us as we welcome Allen Young for an author visit and reading of excerpts from his new book.

Free and open to the public. Registration required.

The Athol Daily News says:

"Author Allen Young of Royalston has released his 15th book, From the Octagon/people•places•news•views, a compilation of his previously published vignettes, accounts, and opinion pieces from Athol Daily News, the rag blog, the Christian Science Monitor, Uniquely Quabbin magazine, and more . . .

Internationally known for his 1972 book Out of the Closets • Voices of Gay Liberation with Karla Jay, Young established the independent Millers River Publishing Company in the North Quabbin region during the 1980s. With others in the 1990s, he founded and co-facilitated the North Quabbin Diversity Awareness Group.

Young is the author of North of Quabbin Revisited and other books about local topics, as well as his autobiography, Left, Gay & Green: A Writer’s Life.

The octagon in the title of From the Octagon refers to Young’s eight-sided residence in a rural, common space on Butterworth Road in Royalston. Young does his writing in his home, which he helped build in the early 1970s after moving to the region with others from New York City.

Young spent years in the 1970s and 1980s as reporter at and assistant editor of the Athol Daily News. From 1989 to 1999, he served as director of community relations at Athol Memorial Hospital. By invitation, he wrote the history of Erving Paper Mills.

Young holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, New York City, and masters degrees from Stanford University in California and from Columbia. A Fulbright Scholar, he spent three years in South America.

He received the first Barbara Corey Award from the North Quabbin Community Coalition and the Writing and Society Award from the University of Massachusetts English Department."

Books will be available for purchase at this event ($28, cash or check). 10% of the evening's proceeds will be donated to the Friends of the Athol Public Library.

Free and open to the public. Registration required.

Happy Thanksgiving! Be thankful for the art and creativity in life for that is spark that endures! Happy Holidays to all...
11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! Be thankful for the art and creativity in life for that is spark that endures! Happy Holidays to all as well!

A shoutout to the Mahar School in Orange, MA. The past two weekend showed that the kids are alright—at keeping the arts ...
11/24/2025

A shoutout to the Mahar School in Orange, MA. The past two weekend showed that the kids are alright—at keeping the arts and literature alive. Our future may just be safe enough to continue the tradition of storytelling and expression as is the human condition! ❤️🎭📖

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Quabbin Quills is a Massachusetts non-profit writers group. Our purpose is to unite authors, publish high-quality anthologies, and give back to the community. Our first Anthology ‘Time’s Reservoir’ was published in 2018.

Our newest Anthology, Mountains and Meditations was just released. The book launch event is Tuesday, May 21, 6 pm, at Athol, MA Library. Join us if you can!

Both of our Anthologies are available at Amazon.com. Proceeds will go into future publications, local educational programs, and scholarships. We offer writing workshops to support writers and build a community of like-minded artists.

Visit our website QuabbinQuills.com for more information.