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
Thursday, 5th March 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
Friday, 6th March 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
Sunday, 5th April 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/
Sunday, 12th April 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 Tuesday, 14th April 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/
Tuesday, 14th April 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/
Friday, 17th April Postponed Reading with Linda Strever Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR Time: TBA http://www.crmm.org/
Saturday, 18th April Postponed Poetry Workshop with Linda Strever Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Dr, Astoria, OR Time: TBA http://www.crmm.org/
Sunday, 19th April 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/
Sunday, April 26th 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, 26th April 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, 3rd May 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, 10th May 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, 17th May 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/
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