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Upcoming Readings & Events

2013

March 6-9, 2013

AWP in Boston

Reading, Patricia Olson Bookfair Stage, Thursday 1:30-2:45

Sub for Hilda Raz, Micro/Macro Panel, Friday 1:30-2:45 Room 309 Hynes

Panel, Write Short, Think Long, Friday 3:00-4:15 Room 108 Hynes Convention Center, Plaza Level

       Signing to follow at Rose Metal Press Booth, Bookfair

Moderator, Panel, Prairie Schooner Book Prize Series 10th Anniversary, 12:00-1:15 Room 209 Hynes

Red Hen Booth, Bookfair, Thurs. & Fri. 11:00-12:00, Sat. 2:00-3:00

March 13, 2013

Boston Court, Pasadena CA

Reading with Katharine Coles, Terrance Hayes, Peggy Shumaker, Dan Vera

March 21,2013

University of Arizona Poetry Center, Tucson

6:00 Reception

7:00 Reading with Eloise Klein Healy

11:00 class visit

March 27, 2013

Salt Lake City reading with Kate Coles

7:00, City Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City UT 84111.

and session with 200 high school students

April 4, 2013

Prairie Schooner Book Prize 10th Anniversary Celebration

7:00, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE

April 9, 2013

University of Alaska Anchorage reading

7:00, Library 307, UAA

Alaska Literary Series and Boreal Books Launch

with Erin Hollowell, Pause, Traveler

Mei Mei Evans, Oil and Water

Carolyn Kremers, Upriver

Sara Loewen, Gaining Daylight

Peggy Shumaker, Toucan Nest

April 14, 2013

2:00 Reading at the Ruskin Art Club, Los Angeles

with Katie Farris, Eva Saulitis, Ilya Kaminsky, Erin Hollowell

May 4, 2013

Fairbanks Arts Association Bear Gallery, 7:00

Alaska Literary Series and Boreal Books Launch

with Erin Hollowell, Pause, Traveler

Mei Mei Evans, Oil and Water

Carolyn Kremers, Upriver

Sara Loewen, Gaining Daylight

Peggy Shumaker, Toucan Nest

June 14-18, 2013

Kachemak Bay Writers Conference

Naomi Shihab Nye, keynote speaker

June 27-29, 2013

Jackson Hole Writing Conference

July 14-28, 2013

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival

August 4-14, 2013

Rainier Writing Workshop Residency

August 20, 2013

Bryant Park, New York City 

Reading

September 27-29, 2013

LitFuse, Tieton WA

October 2-6, 2013

Nome, Alaska

One-credit course

2012

January 7, 2012

Keynote address, Palmer Arts Council Annual Meeting, Palmer AK

January 11, 2012

7:00-8:30 p.m.

49 Writers Synergies Event

Poemgrass: a Poet and a Banjo

Featuring poet Peggy Shumaker and musician Robin Child

Anchorage Museum, Brian E. Davies Chugach Gallery (4th Floor)

January 12-14, 2012

Creating Communities

Alaska State Countil on the Arts Statewide Gathering, Anchorage AK

Feb. 29-March 3, 2012

AWP in Chicago

March 7, 2012

University of Arizona 40th Anniversary

11:00 Post-MFA Writers Communities

7:00 Reading

March 10, 2012

4:30  Reading at Poet's House, NYC

with Li-Young Lee and Amber Flora Thomas

March 20, 2012

Alaska Literary Series Launch Celebration and Reading,

7:30 ARTS 150, UAA Anchorage

Featuring poems by Joan Kane, Amber Flora Thomas, Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell, and prose by Marjorie Cole

March 24, 2012

Alaska Literary Series Launch Celebration and Reading, Fairbanks

7:00 Bear Gallery, Fairbanks Arts Association

Featuring poems by Joan Kane, Amber Flora Thomas, Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell, and prose by Marjorie Cole

March 27, 2012

Poetry Out Loud

April 8, 2012

1:00 Celebration, 2:00 Reading

Boreal Books Reading at Ruskin Art Center, 800 S. Plymouth Blvd. Los Angeles 

Featuring poems by Joan Kane, Amber Flora Thomas, Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell, and prose by Marjorie Cole    Special guest Ron Carlson.  Thanks, Red Hen Press!

April 9, 2012

Alaska Literary Series Launch Celebration and Reading, Seattle

7:00 Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., Seattle

Hosted by Hugo House and Rainier Writing Workshop

Featuring poems by Joan Kane, Amber Flora Thomas, Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell,

and prose by Marjorie Cole

April 10, 2012

Alaska Literary Series Launch Celebration and Reading, Ketchikan

5:00 Meet the writers, no host supper at The Point

6:30 Reading, Ketchikan Public Library

Hosted by Ketchikan Public Library, UAS Library, and Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council

Featuring poems by Joan Kane, Amber Flora Thomas, Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell,

and prose by Marjorie Cole

April 11, 2012

Alaska Literary Series Launch Celebration and Reading, Sitka

7:30 Kettleson Library, Sitka

Hosted by the Island Institute and Kettleson Library

Featuring poems by Joan Kane, Amber Flora Thomas, Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell,

and prose by Marjorie Cole

April 13, 2012

Alaska Literary Series Launch Celebration and Reading, Juneau

11:30 UAS Bookstore, reading and refreshments--open to everyone

Class visits

Hosted by UAS Bookstore, UAS Creative Writing

Featuring poems by Joan Kane, Amber Flora Thomas, Nicole Stellon-O'Donnell,

and prose by Marjorie Cole

June 8-12, 2012

Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference

July 15-22, 2012

Port Townsend Writers Conference

July 15-29, 2012

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival

Creative Writing Class

August 5-15, 2012

Rainier Writing Workshop Residency

September 8, 2012

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Creative Writing Class reading

7:00, Bear Gallery, Pioneer Park

September 21-23, 2012

LitFuse, Tieton WA

September 26-30, 2012

Alaska State Writer Laureate visit to Nome

teaching 1-credit class, giving reading

Oct. 1-3, 2012

Alaska State Writer Laureate visit to Kotzebue

October 18, 2012

Alaska Governor's Awards in the Arts and Humanities

Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage

Nov. 11, 2012

Red Hen Press Fundraiser, Pasadena CA

November 21-25, 2012

NonfictioNow in Melbourne Australia

*To arrange a reading, lecture, or guest appearance, please contact Peggy Shumaker.

Past Appearances (a selected list)