Mary Anne Kalonas Slack
About the Author
Mary Anne Kalonas Slack is a retired music educator of 30+ years living in Central Massachusetts with her husband. Her short stories have been published in the literary magazines MUSED and Adelaide, as well as in the 2023, 2024, and 2025 anthologies published by Quabbin Quills.
An avid reader, she is active in her local library and enjoys traveling vicariously through books as well as in real life.
I'm available to speak to book clubs—in person or on Zoom—as well as at libraries and bookstores! Contact me for more information.
Current Books
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Upcoming Events
Featured Author Book Signing
1 to 3 p.m.
A Great Notion
65 Southbridge St.
Auburn, MA.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Book Discussion with author Mary Anne Kalonas Slack
Painting a Family
On Zoom or in person
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Richard Sugden Library
8 Pleasant St.
Spencer, MA
Sign up for Zoom link at www.spencerpubliclibrary.org
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Asparagus Festival
West Brookfield Town Common
10 to 3 PM
Over a hundred vendors
Wednesday, June 25, 2026
Local Author Showcase
6 to 8 p.m.
Shrewsbury Public Library
609 Main St.
Shrewsbury, MA
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