Events

UPCOMING:

Thursday, January 19, 2022: SoulFood Poetry with Madrona Writers: Dayna Patterson and Allie Spikes. SoulFood Poetry Night, SoulFood Coffee House, Redmond, WA, 6:00 p.m.

Past Readings–thanks to everyone for coming!

Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018: Speakeasy 22: “Animal Beast Creature,” with Elizabeth Colen, Paul Hunter, Jeffrey Morgan, Bethany Reid, Kimberly Roe, Ely Shipley, and Sheila Sondik. Encore Room, Mt. Baker Theater, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, June 8, 2018: Featured reader, Distinguished Writers Series. Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 901 N. J Street, Tacoma, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 15, 2018: Reading with Maya Jewell Zeller and Kathryn Smith, Village Books, 1200 11th St.. Bellingham, WA, 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 14, 2018: Panel presentation: “Exterior to Interior Landscapes: Writing to Explore” with Rick Barot, Allen Braden (Moderator), Gail Folkins, and Derek Sheffield. Orcas Island Literary Festival, Eastsound, WA, 9:30 a.m.

Friday, April 13, 2018: Lit Walk reading with Allen Braden, Tina Schumann, Derek Sheffield, and Rick Barot at the Orcas Island Literary Festival. The Kitchen, 249 Prune Alley, Eastsound, WA, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 15, 2018: Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse reading with Carolyne Wright and Heidi Seaborn. Soul Food Poetry Night, Soul Food Coffee House, Redmond, WA, 7:00 p.m.

February 2, 2018: Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse reading with Kelli Russell Agodon, Susan J. Erickson, Susan Rich, Judith Skillman, and Carolyne Wright. Open Books, Seattle, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 14, 2018: Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse reading with Susan J. Erickson, Jessica Lee, and Carolyne Wright. Village Books, Bellingham, 4:00 p.m.

Friday, October 20, 2017:  WA 129: Poets of Washington reading with Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall and Whatcom County contributors, featuring Tess Gallagher and Alice Derry. Encore Room, Mt. Baker Theater, Bellingham, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, September 10, 2017:  launch celebration and reading for Volume 13 of Clover: A Literary Rag. Village Books in Fairhaven, 4:00 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 29-Saturday, Sept. 30: Poetry at St. Paul’s. Festival program includes evening presentations by Gregory Wolfe, Luci Shaw, Jeannie Murray Walker, and Scott Cairns. Saturday afternoon poetry-writing workshops led by Luci Shaw, Caitlin Thomson, and me. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut Street, Bellingham.

Sunday, July 19: Poets in the Park. Reading with WA 129: Poets of Washington contributors. Anderson Park, Redmond, WA

Thursday, June 1, 2017: Artsmith Salon Series reading with Laura LeHew. Darvill’s Books, 1 Main Street, Eastsound, WA (Orcas Island), 6:00 p.m.

Friday, June 2, 2017: Local Authors Read with Lorna Reese and Laura LeHew. Lopez Bookshop, 211 Lopez Road, Plaza Building, Lopez Village, (Lopez Island), 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 5, 2016: Noisy Water: Poetry from Whatcom County, Washington. Multi-author reading. South Whatcom Library, Sudden Valley, 7:00 p.m.

Monday, April 6, 2015: Floating Bridge Press reading with Dennis Caswell and Michael Schmeltzer at the Fremont Library, 731 N. 35th St., Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 16, 2015: Reading with Dennis Caswell, David Horowitz, Erika Michael, and Bethany Reid at Edmonds Bookshop, 111 Fifth Avenue South, Edmonds, WA, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015: Poetry at The Station Bistro, 110 2nd Street # 125 Auburn, WA, 7:00 p.m., with Michael Dylan Welch

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: Bow-Moo-Meow: Poems and Stories about Animals, multi-author reading, The Good Shepherd Center Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle, WA, 7:00 p.m.

Monday, September 29, 2014: Floating Bridge Press reading with John Whalen and Michael Schmeltzer, Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 12, 2014: Poets in the Park, Redmond, WA, with Raul Sanchez and Tim Sherry

Wednesday, May 7, 2014: Duvall Poetry series at Duvall Visitor and Centennial Center, Duvall, WA, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 3, 2014: Think and Drink, multi-author fundraiser for Skagit River Poetry Festival, LaConner, WA, 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 17: Everett Poetry Nite at Cafe Zippy,  2811 Wetmore Avenue, Everett, WA, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 7, 2014: Floating Bridge Press reading with Sylvia Byrne Pollack and Michael Schmeltzer, Seattle Public Library, Fremont Branch, 6:45 p.m. 

Saturday, April 5, 2014: Village Books in Fairhaven, 1200 11th St., Bellingham, WA, 7:00 p.m.–with Shannon Laws and Heather Curtis.

Thursday, January 16, 2014: Soul Food Poetry Night with Bethany Reid, author of Sparrow, at SoulFood Books in Redmond, WA, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 11, 2014: With Kathryn Hunt, author of Long Way Through Ruin, at Village Books, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham, WA, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 15: Ish River Poet’s Circle with Jane Alynn (and another poet TBA), Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Avenue, Anacortes, WA, 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013: Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater. Followed by open mic. Firehouse Café in Bellingham, WA, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, August 11, 2013: Auburn Days Festival in Auburn, WA. With other MoonPath Press poets Marci Ameluxen, Laura LeHew, and Jill McCabe Johnson. Auburn Avenue Theater, 1:00 p.m

Wednesday, July 11, 2013: Launch reading for Impossible Lessons, Village Books, Bellingham, WA, 7:00 p.m.