Now in its fifth year, the BERKSHIRE FESTIVAL OF WOMEN WRITERS is a monthlong celebration with more than 50 events throughout March, including workshops, readings, screenings, and special events. Highlights include keynote speaker and acclaimed memoirist Dani Shapiro on "The Permission To Write" (3/1 at 7pm, Daniel Arts, Bard College at Simon's Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, MA; $15, students free) and the Festival Book Expo, featuring bestselling young adult author Mary Pope Osborne and dozens more (3/29, 1-5pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pittsfield, MA; admission free). Berkshirewomenwriters.org.
