Thursday, 28th March 2019 AWP Off- Site Book Launch with 2019 Salmon Poets The Redd on Salmon Street, 831 SW Salmon Street, Portland, OR 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm https://ecotrust.org/project/the-redd-on-salmon-street/
Friday, 29th March 2019 AWP Off- Site Book Launch with 2019 Salmon Poets Kells Irish Pub, 112 SW Second Avenue, Portland, OR 8:00 pm -10:00 pm https://www.kellsportland.com
Saturday, 30th March 2019 AWP Book Signing with Drew Blanchard AWP Bookfair, Salmon Poetry Booth #4054 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/
Friday, 5th April 2019 Conference Presentation "Play, Curiosity, and Poetry as Antidote to Academic Writing Trauma" National University of Ireland - Galway Galway, IRELAND Time and Location: TBA http://www.nuigalway.ie
Wednesday, 10th April 2019 Featured Reader with Jim Burke, April is Poetry Month Celebration Limerick Writers' Centre Limerick, IRELAND Time and Location: TBA http://www.limerickwriterscentre.com/upcoming-events/
Friday, 31st May 2019 Boats for Women Book Launch Party Women's Club of Olympia (Abigail Stuart House) 1002 Washington St. SE, Olympia, WA TIME: 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm (reading at 7:00 pm) Special Guests: Linda Strever, Tara Hardy, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Michele Bombardier, and the Heartsparkle Players www.womansclubofolympia.org/
Friday, 7th June 2019 Fishplate Presents! with Michele Bombardier & Tara Hardy Good Egg 140 Winslow Way West, Bainbridge Island, WA TIME: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm https://www.goodeggbi.com
Wednesday, 19th June 2019 Featured Reader Olympia Poetry Network Traditions Café, Cafe & World Folk Art 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia, WA TIME: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ("includes" open mic ) https://www.olympiapoetrynetwork.org/readings-workshops-special-events.html
Thursday, 11th July 2019 Special Guest Over The Edge Writer's Gathering in association with the Yehuda Amichai International Poetry Festival with Katherine Noone, Yvonne Green, Roisin Tierney and Morag Anderson The Kitchen, Galway City Museum Spanish Parade, Galway, IRELAND TIME: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm www.thekitchengalway.ie/
Monday, 15th July 2019 Poetry Reading/Writing Workshop Waterford Institute of Technology with Professor Stephen Powers Waterford, IRELAND TIME: 9:30 am - 11:30 am https://www.wit.ie
Saturday, 20th July 2019 Featured Reader Poets in the Park New Book Showcase Anderson Park 7802 168th Ave NE, Redmond, WA TIME: 3:00 pm www.graceguts.com/poets-in-the-park
Thursday, 8th August 2019 Featured Reader It's About Time Writing Series Seattle Public Library, Ballard Branch 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA TIME: 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com
Tuesday, 24th September 2019 with Alissa Hattman Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR TIME: 7:00 pm https://www.broadwaybooks.net
Tuesday, 1st October 2019 Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA Online discussion about Boats For Women
Friday, 11th October 2019 Featured Reader: Coming Out Day Open House Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave. Tacoma, WA 98402 Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm https://www.rainbowcntr.org/events
Thursday, 24th October 2019 Featured Reader Visiting Artists' Series Mary Lyon Hall, Woolley Room Wheaton College, Norton, MA Time: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm https://wheatoncollege.edu
Tuesday, 29th October 2019 2019-2020 EaglePondAuthors' Series at Plymouth State University Silver Center for the Arts Plymouth State University 17 High Street, Plymouth, NH Time: 7:00 pm www.facebook.com/EaglePondAuthorsSeries/?ref=page_internal
Monday, 11th November 2019 Featured Reader Easy Speak Open Mike Wedgwood Ale House & Cafe 8515 35th Ave NE, Seattle, Wa Time: 8 pm www.wedgwoodalehouse.com/
Tuesday, 12th November 2019 Sonnet Party sponsored by Olympia Poetry Network Olympia Senior Center 222 Columbia St NW, Olympia, WA Time: TBA www.olympiapoetrynetwork.org
Wednesday, 18 December 2019 Author Visit and Book Signing Acton Public Library 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, CT TIME: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm http://www.actonlibrary.org ~ 2020 ~
Friday, 17th January Featured Reader 50+ Lunch Bunch Rainbow Center 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm https://www.rainbowcntr.org/events
Thursday, 13th February Craft Talk w/open mic It's About Time Writing Series Seattle Public Library, Ballard Branch 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA Time: 6:00 pm to 7:45 pm http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com
I love to participate in readings/festivals and to facilitate poetry workshops for writers of any age and experience in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and United Kingdom, in particular. Please contact me at slyoly@gmail.com to inquire about availability. Email: slyoly@gmail.com Call: 360-951-9506