- READING & PRESENTATION (online) 11/13/24 @ 7 pm: 2024 Maintenant 18: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art
- READING, 11/21/24 @ 6 pm: Great Pond Conservation Trust, 77 Main St., Bucksport, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- WORKSHOP (free), 11/23/24 @ 11 am to 1 pm: Millinocket Memorial Library. Write ME, an initiative of the Maine Poet Laureate. You don’t need to know anything. Bring yourselves to explore epistolary (letter!) forms in poetry and write funny, sad, brilliant poems to friends and family, wolves and seed pods, world leaders, the living and the dead (the possibilities are endless). And have some fun doing it! 207.723.7020
- READING 12/14/24 @ TBD: Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME. 3rd annual Bangor Authors’ Book Fair & Literary Festival. Reading Maine Poets Laureate from Kate Barnes through Julia Bouwsma (2024).
PAST EVENTS
- READING, 3/29/24 @ 6 pm: Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- READING, 4/25/24 @ 5:30 pm: Poets/Speak!, Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME
- READING & CONVERSATION, 5/14/24 @ 7 pm: Littorally Alive!, online, with Agnes Bushell, novelist and publisher of Littoral Books.
- READING, 5/16/24 @ 6 pm: Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- OPENING RECEPTION, 6/13/24: Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, mixed media work included in 9th annual group exhibition. Converge runs through 8/3/24.
- READING, 6/21/24 @1:30 pm: Boothbay Harbor Library, Boothbay, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- READING, 6/28/24 @ 6 pm: Millinocket Memorial Library, Millinocket, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- READING, 7/2/24 @ 5:30 pm: Northeast Harbor Library, Northeast Harbor, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- WORLD PREMIERE, 8/9/24: LOVE AFFAIR, The Legacy Theatre, Branford, CT. Contributing writer along with the brilliant Joseph Simeone.
- READING, 8/22/24 @ 7 pm: Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- READING, 9/19/24 @ 6 pm: Orono Public Library, Orono, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- READING, 9/19/24 @ 6 pm: Orono Public Library, Orono, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- READING, 9/20/24 @ 1 pm: Russell’s Poetry Grove, Common Ground Fair, Unity, ME: reading in conversation with Claire Ackroyd, Kara Douglas, & Chris Packard. Reading new work and from anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.
- READING, 9/21/24 @ 1 pm: Russell’s Poetry Grove, Common Ground Fair, Unity, ME: reading of Maine poets over time with Kathleen Sullivan.
- READING & LAUNCH, 10/6/24 @ 2 pm: The Grange, 529 Harpswell Neck Rd., Harpswell, ME. Come celebrate the new anthology Alive to This: Essays on Living Fully by 20 Maine Writers.
- TEN, 10/10/24 @ 5 to 8 pm: BookSpace, Bangor, ME. Art Exhibit & Sale. 10 artists each with 10 artworks, all 10 x 10, selling for $210 each. Jean Deighan, June Grey, David Haskins, JoAnne Houlsen, Annaliese Jakimides, Deb Jellison, John LeBlanc, Linda Packard, Kristbjorg Whitney, Diana Young. Art made in response to literary works. % of sales to Bangor Public Library & Briar Patch Books.
- READING, 10/17/24 @ 6 pm: Veterans’ Memorial Library, Patten, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot. Note: Patten and Mount Chase are my home turf where I raised my family.
- READING, 10/28/24 @ 6 pm: Auburn Public Library, Auburn, ME, in conjunction with the anthology Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot.