All events listed here are free, unless otherwise noted. (See the Events archive here.)
September 2019
September 27-28-29 LitFuse – Poetry Conference -Tieton – Fee required
September 21 Olympia Laureate Fest – Five Poets Laureate of WA State – St Martin’s University – Lacey Panel Discussion 1 -3 p.m. Readings 7 – 9 pm
September 14 Kettle Falls Library free writing workshop 10-2 pm
September 13 Kettle Falls Library reading with Poet Lynn Rigney Shott- 6 p.m.
September 13 Kettle Falls High School
September 11 Poetry in Translation – Northwest Film Forum, Seattle – 6:30 p.m
September 8 Town Hall Seattle – 4:00 p.m. – Fee required
June 2019
June 29th Taller de Poesia – Vancouver Community Library – Vancouver, 10 – 12 a.m.
June 28 With Clark County Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Morgan at Magenta Theater Vancouver 7 p.m.
June 20 – 22 Chuckanut Writer’s Conference – Bellingham
June 19 Words West Final Reading – C&P Cafe West Seattle 7:00 p.m.
June 15 Poetry With Gary Copeland Lilley – Workshop and evening reading Writer’s Workshoppe and Imprint Books Port Townsend – Reading at 7 p.m.
June 13 With Jorge Pech, Fulgencio Lazo at Elliott Bay Books – Seattle 7 p.m.
June 5 Poetry in Translation 6:30 Northwest Film Archive, Seattle 6:30-7:30 p.m.
June 1 Poetry workshop Book Tree Bookstore – Kirkland 4:30-6:00 p.m.
June 1 Noon. Book Fest Eagle Harbor Books (157 Winslow Way East) -Bainbridge Island
May 2019
May 24-25 North Olympic Library System (Clallam County)
May 23 Reading Central City College Library – Seattle 12:00
May 19 Black Dog Arts Coalition – Poetry Hike – Snoqualmie
May 17-18 Yakima Valley College
May 13 Squalicum HS – Bellingham
May 9-11 Cascadia Poetry Festival
May 5 Olympia – Evergreen College
April 2019
April 28 Cleveland HS – Seattle
April 27th Yes! Media event
April 22 -26 Get Lit! Festival, Spokane https://getlitfestival.org
April 18 – Soul Food Poetry Night reading with Alex Gallo Brown – Redmond, 7 p.m.
https://Soul Food Reading Redmond
April 16 – Reading with Seattle Youth Poet Laureate and Seattle’s Civic Poet Anastacia
Renee, Writers in the Schools 7 P.M.
April 12 – The Center Salon, Olympia, 7:30 https://www.experienceolympia.com/event/the-center-salon/4273/
April 11 – South Sound Reading Foundation, Lacey 7 a.m.
Reading at Vancouver Community Library, 7 p.m.
April 10 – Poetry in Translation – Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, 7 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/2515527495128128/
April 9 – Contemporary Reading Series – Mills College, Oakland, CA
April 6 – Inland Poetry Prowl – Ellensburg https://www.inlandpoetry.com
April 1 – Bellevue Children’s Academy 9 A.M.
University of Puget Sound Reading with Glenna Cook – 7 p.m. Thomas Hall,
Tahoma Room
March 2019
March 27 – 30 AWP – Portland
March 19: Interview Michael Straus .The Summit on Pike (Capitol Hill) 7:30 p.m. Seattle
March 19: Presentation – reading: Discovery School, Gig Harbor
March 8: Reading: Lower Columbia Valley College, Longview 7 p.m
March 6: Workshop. Momentia group. Camp Long. 9:30 -12:00 West Seattle
March 2: Reading -Poetry and Democracy. Mount Baker Theater, 7 p.m. Bellingham
February 2019
Unfortunately because of the weather many events scheduled for this month were cancelled.
Hopefully this one will not be:
February 27: Reading – Seattle U, Seattle 4 – 5:30 Casey Commons introducing Laura Da, Cedar Sigo and Casandra Lopez
January 2019
January 18: Reading – Peninsula College, Port Angeles 12:30
January 14: Opening of the Senate, State Capitol: Olympia 12 noon
January 12: Sedro-Woolley Library poetry workshop 1 p.m.
January 11: Puget Sound Poetry Connection – Tacoma, Immanuel Presbyterian 5th and I (eye) St 6 p.m.
January 10: Words and Writer’s SouthWest Branch of Seattle Public Library, West Seattle 5 p.m.
January 9: Poetry Bridge reading at C&P Cafe, West Seattle with Shankar Narayan, 7 p.m.
December 2018
November 8: Eatonville High School, EatonvilleNovember 7: Centralia College East Campus, Morton 12 noonNovember 6: Mossyrock Middle and High School, Mossyrock
September 2018
Sept 8: Poets on the Coast, Writing Retreat, Fee required, La Conner
Sept 15: Open Books, 7 p.m. Seattle
Sept 16: Benaroya, Writers in the Schools 2018-2019 Anthology Launch, 2 p.m. Seattle
Sept 19: Freeland Library reading, 2 p.m. Whidbey Island
Sept 19: Coupeville Library reading, 5:30 p.m. Whidbey Island
Sept 20: Margin Shift Reading, 7 p.m. Seattle
Sept 22: Poetry writing workshop in Spanish, 10: 30 a.m. Renton Library
Centro de la Raza annual gala – keynote, Fee required, 7 p.m. Seattle
Sept 24 – 28: Methow Valley -readings, workshops, school visits – Methow Arts
August 2018
Aug 2: Vashon Bookshop, Raising Our Voices for Compassion, 6 p.m. Vashon Island
Aug 4: Open Books, 7 p.m. Seattle
Aug 6: Elliott Bay Books, 7 p.m. Seattle
July 2018
Jul 31: Washington Corrections Center for women, Gig Harbor
April 2018
Apr 15: Studio Lazo, Seattle – International Children’s Day
Apr 17: Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla
Apr 17: Walla Walla Univerity
Apr 18: Walla Walla Community College
Apr 18: The Foundry Vineyards – Words and Wine with Walla Walla Public Library
Apr 22: Open Books, Seattle – Bilingual Reading
Apr 23: Federal Way Library – Workshop
Apr 25: Highline Community College
Apr 26: Lopez Island High School
Apr 26: Community Poetry Workshop, Lopez Island
Apr 26: Lopez Island Library – Reading
Apr 26: Put a Poem Your Pocket Day – List of Bookstores carrying mini broadsides of the poem “The Tree Inside Me” by Michelle Carranza
Apr 27: American Camp, San Juan Island National Historical Park – Poetry Walk
Apr 28: Lopez Island – Poetry Walk
