Sunday, 2nd August Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Kim Ports Parsons, Sven Kretzschmar, Lynne Ellis, Muddy Dean Norman, Josephine LoRe, Lisa Cohen, Ken Burch, Bertha Rogers On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00pm to 1:30 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/756267305189999/
Sunday, 26th July 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry: New Book Showcase Facebook event featuring Dave Cavanagh, Maxima Kahn, Mark Ward On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12 pm to 1:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/314823639567275/
Sunday, 26th July 2020 POSTPONED Host, Cultivating Voices Reading Series with Lauren Davis and Daniel Edward Moore Shakespeare & Company: Coffee and Used Books 120 NW Pacific Ave, Chehalis, WA Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm PS https://www.facebook.com/events/195252928362019/
Friday, 24th July 2020 POSTPONED with Carolyn Tipton Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 N. Venice Blvd, Venice, CA Time: TBD https://www.beyondbaroque.org/
Sunday, 19th July 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Katie McIlroy, Rachael Stanley, Janet MacFadyen, Linda Ohlson Graham, Matt Mooney, Rajib Arjuni, Lori Desrosiers, Cathal Mac Theinfhir On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12 pm to 1:30 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1471811882990137/
Sunday, 12th July 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Book Showcase Featuring Books by Dee Allen, Kate Padilla, Daniel Edward Moore On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/886210508552241
Sunday, 5th July 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Patrick Dixon, Josephine LoRe, Tristan Beach, Phil Lynch, Elizabeth McGeown, Ken Burch, Telmo Dos Santos, Bertha Rogers On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join( Time: 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://facebook.com/events/s/cultivating-voices-live-poetry/759435078158940/?ti=cl
Sunday, 28th June 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices POETRY PRIDE PARADE LIVE Open Mic On Zoom simulcast to Facebook LIVE Featuring Risa Denenberg, Moncho Alvarado, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Laura Foley, April Lee Fields (Leopard Printcess), Tara Hardy, Lex Langguth Torres, Orla Fay, Caerdwyn MT, Charlie Dale, Wryly Tender McCutchen, Alyssa N. Moore, Mark Ward, Ananya Garg, Mariam Bazeed On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/587851302128969/
Sunday, 21st June 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic FATHER'S DAY EDITION Facebook event featuring Sandy Yannone & Elizabeth Yannone, Larry Kerschner, Kate Wegrzyn, Zoe Brooks, Marian Lovett, Bertha Rogers, Anne Gleeson, Ken Burch, Anne Deroe, Roxanna Groves, David Hornibrook, Andy Drummond On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/
Sunday, 14th June 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Bill Nevins, Kathryn Crowley, Ethna McKiernan, Anne McDonald, Michael Farry, Micheal Gallagher, Josephine LoRe, Fergus Hogan, Luke Salazar On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/announcements/
Sunday, 7th June 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Susana H. Case, Linda Ohlson Graham, David Halenda, Anne Gleeson, Tristin Beach, Gary Lilley, Faithfulness Joseph, Bertha Rogers, Bridgit Lacy, Peadar Badger O'Donoghue, Telmo Dos Santos, and Rajib Arjuni On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:oo pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/about
Saturday, 6th June 2020 Hopscotch Reading Series Featured Reader with Nancy Krygowski, Edward O'Dwyer Time: 9 am to 10:30 am PST
Sunday, 31st May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma, Amy Barry, Moyra Donaldson, Kim Ports Parsons, Bill Nevins, Mike Gallagher, Josh Forbes, Isabelle Kenyon, Lakita Pendleton, Terry Lucas, Raul Sanchez, Andi Talbot On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/
Sunday, 24 May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Alexander Nicholas Blake, Lori Desrosiers, Linda M. Robertson, Luke Salazar, Anne Deroe, Annette Sisson, Josephine LoRe, Tayve Neese, Alice Pettway, Samari Zysk, Ken Burch, Anne McDonald On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/
Sunday, 20th May 2020 Postponed Host, Cultivating Voices Reading Series with Ana Beatriz Gaspar Shakespeare & Company: Coffee & Used Books 120 NW Pacific Ave., Chehalis, WA Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm https://www.facebook.com/events/195252928362019/
Sunday, 17th May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Susana H. Case, Ara Morgenstern, Ann Tweedy, Bernadette Gallagher, Peadar Badger O'Donoghue, Kathryn Slattery, Bertha Rogers, Luke Salazar, Catherine Ann Cullen, Doug Rawlings, Bill Nevins On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/
Sunday, 10th May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic, Special Mother's Day Edition Facebook event featuring Lori Derosiers, John Harrington, Belle Kenyon, Indran Amirthanayagam, John Carew, Tanya Ko Hong, Gary Lilley, Ken Burch, Rachel Gomez, Bertha Rogers, David Hornibrook, Josephine LoRe On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/572124120348466/
Sunday, 3rd May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Sandra Yannone, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Peter O'Neill, Moyra Donaldson, Bill Nevins, Kathleen McCracken, Matt Mooney, Marian Lovett, Fergus Hogan, Attracta Fahy, Amy Barry, Telmo Dos Santos On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/565619034329860/
Sunday, 26th April 2020 Postponed Reading with Elizabeth Alexander, Geraldine Mills, Susan Rich Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle, WA Time: TBA https://www.elliottbaybook.com/events
Sunday, April 26th 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma, Paul McNamara, Kim Ports Parsons, Moyra Donaldson, Mary Mullen, Anne Deroe, Deirdre McKernan, Bertha Rogers, Stanley Notte, Josephine LoRe, Anna Jordan On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/842898799540077/
Sunday, 19th April 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Andi Talbot, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Elizabeth McGeown, Janet MacFadyen, Holly Dodge, Lori Desrosiers, Ken Burch, Bertha Rogers, Thomas A. Thomas, Samari Zysk, Ann Tweedy & Kevin Barrington On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/2519857658265780/
Saturday, 18th April 2020 Postponed Poetry Workshop with Linda Strever Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Dr, Astoria, OR Time: TBA http://www.crmm.org/
Friday, 17th April 2020 Postponed Reading with Linda Strever Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR Time: TBA http://www.crmm.org/
Thursday, 16th April 2020 Featured Online Reader Margin Shift: Friends in Poetry Common Area Maintenance 2125 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA Time: 7:00 pm http://commonartspace.com/index.php/programs/program-series-2/
Tuesday, 14th April 2020 Postponed Featured Reader with Susan Landgraf and others Book Launch of The Inspired Poet: Writing Exercises to Spark New Work Richard Hugo House 1634 11th Avenue Seattle, WA Time: 7:00 pm https://hugohouse.org/events/book-launch-the-inspired-poet-writing-exercises-to-spark-new-work/
Tuesday, 14th April 2020 A Night To Remember: A Titanic Irish Poetry Showcase Co-host & Featured Reader with Attracta Fahy, Kieran Beville, Frances Browner, Ron Carey, Edward O'Dwyer, Marie Studer, Michael Durack, Eileen Sheehan, Tommy Collins, Arthur Bloomfield and Anna M. Evans Co-sponsored with Limerick Writers' Centre, Limerick, Ireland Time: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm PST 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm IST https://www.facebook.com/events/222477888973362/
Sunday, 12th April 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices (CV) Online LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Dave Cavanagh, Michelle Parker Randall, Sharon Webster, Philip Lynch, John Carew, Larry Kerschner, Vincent Louis Carrella, Tanya Ko Hong, Fergus Hogan, David Hornibrook, Laura Foley On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/156086945713979
Sunday, 5th April 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices (CV) Online LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Morag Anderson, Joanne M. Clarkson, Caitlyn Krause, Chris Dahl, Kylin Larsson, Monica Barron, Carolyn Lee Wright, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Raul Sanchez, Susan Kay Anderson, Lori Desrosiers, Liz Ahl On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/2664922716964609/
Friday, 6th March 2020 Emcee, Salmon Poetry readings and book signings with Anne Casey, David Cavanagh, Dede Cummings, Lori Desrosiers, James Ragan and Sandra Ann Winters Mission B, 2nd floor, Grand Hyatt San Antonio 600 E Market St., San Antonio, TX 6.00 pm - 7:30 pm https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/schedule_overview
Thursday, 5th March 2020 Featured Reader Naugatuck River Review/Wordpeace with Lauren K. Alleyne, Joanna Cowan White, Monica Barron, Lisa C. Taylor and Lori Desrosiers Exhibit Halls 3-4 Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 900 E Market St, San Antonio, TX Time: 10:35 am - 11:50 am https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/schedule_overview
Thursday, 13th February 2020 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
Thursday, 6th February 2020 Northwind Reading Series with Lauren Davis Northwind Art Gallery 701 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA TIME: 7:00 pm https://northwindarts.org/programs/reading-series/
Thursday, 23rd January 2020 with Sherrie Flick Bookworks 4022 Rio Grande Blvd, Albuquerque, NM Time: TBA https://www.bkwrks.com
Sunday, 19th January 2020 Cultivating Voices Reading Series with Michele Bombardier & Putsata Reang Shakespeare & Company: Coffee & Used Books 120 NW Pacific Ave, Chehalis, WA Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm https://www.facebook.com/Shakespeare-Company-Coffee-and-Used-Books-424806447900404/
Friday, 17th January 2020 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
~ 2019 ~
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
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
Monday, 11th November 2019 Featured Reader Easy Speak Open Mic Wedgwood Ale House & Cafe 8515 35th Ave NE, Seattle, Wa Time: 8 pm www.wedgwoodalehouse.com/
Sunday, 10th November 2019 Cultivating Voice Reading Series with Larry Kirschner & Suzanne Simons Shakespeare & Company: Coffee & Used Books Chehalis, WA Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Coffee-Shop/Shakespeare-Company
Tuesday, 29th October 2019 2019-2020 Eagle Pond Authors' 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
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
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
Wednesday, 9th October 2019 Not a Luxury: Raucous Poetry by Womxn Faculty with Dawn Pichon Barron, Tara Hardy, Catalina Ocampo & Suzanne Simons Purce Hall 1, The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm https://www.evergreen.edu/news/post/evergreen-host-womxn%E2%80%99s-poetry-reading-wednesday-oct-9
Tuesday, 1st October 2019 Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA Online discussion about Boats For Women
Tuesday, 24th September 2019 with Alissa Hattman Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR TIME: 7:00 pm https://www.broadwaybooks.net
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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/
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, 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
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, 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
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/
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