{"id":4740,"date":"2021-10-06T12:59:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T17:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/?page_id=4740"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:58:18","slug":"events-readings-signings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/events-readings-signings\/","title":{"rendered":"Events, Readings, Signings"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><strong>Something Wonderful and Something Necessary &#8211; Events, Readings, Signings<\/strong><\/header>\n<p><strong>All times Eastern US unless otherwise noted<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><b>Upcoming:<\/b><\/p>\n<li>Wednesday, June 10, 6 pm.<br \/>\nPoetry at the Plant.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairgamebeverage.com\/\">Fair Game Beverages, Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC<\/a><br \/>\nGroup reading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><b>Past Events:<\/b><\/p>\n<li>Wednesday, December 17, 2025. 7 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/artsorange.org\/weaveandspin\/\">Weave and Spin series<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/enohouse.org\">Eno House Artist&#8217;s Den<\/a> 903 Eno Street Hillsborough, NC 27278.<br \/>\nFeatured poet with <a href=\"https:\/\/clairehermann.com\/\">Claire Hermann<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Saturday, January 17, 2025. 11 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuaryattheburrow.com\/welcome-to-death-faire-book\">Welcome to Death Faire<\/a> Book Reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/fearrington.com\/mcintyres-books\/\">McIntyre&#8217;s Books.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fearrington.com\/\">Fearrington.<\/a> Pittsboro, NC.<br \/>\nWith selected Anthology contributors.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, November 12, 6 pm.<br \/>\nPoetry at the Plant.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairgamebeverage.com\/\">Fair Game Beverages, Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC<\/a><br \/>\nGroup reading with <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/groups\/114027925452\/?ref=share\">fellow Black Socks Poets.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, October 16, 7 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carrboronc.gov\/3162\/Festival-Schedule-2025\">Carrboro Poets Council kicks of the West End Poetry Festival.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/steelstringbrewery.com\/taproom\/\">Steel String Brewery at 106-A S. Greensboro Street, Carrboro<\/a><br \/>\nWith Carrboro Poet\u2019s Council and Gilbert-Chappell Mentorship Series Poet Kelsey Weimar.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, October 27, 7 pm.<br \/>\nFlooded Poetry at <a href=\"https:\/\/floodgallery.org\/\">Flood Fine Art Gallery.<\/a><br \/>\nEast Asheville, NC: 802 Fairview Road, Asheville 28803, Suite 1200, at River Ridge Business Center.<br \/>\nFeatured poet with open mic.\n<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, October 30, 2025. 6-8 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuaryattheburrow.com\/general-1-1\">&#8220;Welcome to Death Faire: Love, Loss and Healing in a Small Southern Town&#8221;<\/a>Anthology Book Launch.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foresthallatchathammills.com\/\">Forest Hall @ Chatham Mills<\/a><br \/>\n480 Hillsboro Street, Ste 530<br \/>\nPittsboro, NC 27312<br \/>\nAnthology contributors.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, November 2, 2025. Noon &#8211; 2:30 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctuaryattheburrow.com\/deathfaire\">&#8220;Welcome to Death Faire: Love, Loss and Healing in a Small Southern Town&#8221; The Death Faire Anthology at Death Faire.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairgamebeverage.com\/\">Fair Game Beverages, Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC<\/a><br \/>\nWith Jaki Shelton Green, Karen Howard, and anthology contributors.\n<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 6 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/islandartscouncil.net\/poetry-thursdays\">Island Arts Council Poetry Thursday<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverviewrestaurantff.com\/\">Riverview Restaurant, Kure Beach, NC<\/a><br \/>\nFeatured poet followed by open mic.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/poetryhickory.wordpress.com\/2025\/08\/19\/sep-9-poetry-hickory-featuring-paul-jones-and-debra-kaufman\/\">Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 6:15 pm.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/poetryhickory.wordpress.com\/\">Poetry Hickory<\/a><br \/>\nIn person with <a href=\"https:\/\/debrakaufman.info\/\">Debra Kaufman<\/a> followed by open mic.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tastefullbeans.com\/\">Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse<\/a>, Hickory, NC<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 4:30.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaprops.com\/node\/61255\">Poetquartet at Malaprop&#8217;s Bookstore<\/a><br \/>\nWith Chris Arvidson, Andy Young, and Caroline M. Mar in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaprops.com\/\">Asheville, NC<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 6 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplantnc.com\/event-details\/poetry-the-plant-2025-07-09-18-00\">Poetry at the Plant<\/a><br \/>\nWith Nicole Farmer, Erin Miller, Elizabeth Corley, Ani Cramer, Mark McAllister, and Jim Nass.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairgamebeverage.com\/\">Fair Game Beverages<\/a> in Pittsboro, NC.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, May 4, 2025. 5 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/ashevillefm.org\/show\/wordplay\/\">Word Play Radio with Jeff Davis.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ashevillefm.org\/\">AshevilleFM.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Saturday, May 2-4, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncwriters.org\/programs\/conferences\/spring-conference-2025\/\">North Carolina Writers Network Spring Conference<\/a>.<br \/>\nAll Stories Connect panel discussion:<br \/>\nHave You People Never Seen <i>The Terminator?<\/i>: Writers &#038; AI<br \/>\nIn person with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncwriters.org\/programs\/conferences\/fall-conference-2024\/faculty\/#berger\">Michele T. Berger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncwriters.org\/programs\/conferences\/fall-conference-2024\/faculty\/#cumby\">Patrick Cumby<\/a><br \/>\nRescheduled from Fall 2024<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 27, 2025. 5 pm. Set Free Poetry at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bowbarr\">Bowbarr Poetry<\/a> featured poet with Chad Knuth and Em Gee.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Monday, March 31 &#8211; Monday, April 7, 2025. Writer-in-Residence.<a href=\"https:\/\/weymouthcenter.org\/\"> Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities<\/a>, Southern Pines, NC<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 6, 2025. 4 pm. Poetry by the Pond. In Person with TBA. <a href=\"https:\/\/weymouthcenter.org\/\"> Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities<\/a>, Southern Pines, NC<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, March 26, 2025. 7 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WaterbeanPoetryNightattheMic\/\">Waterbean Reading Series and Open mic<\/a>. WaterBean Coffee Huntersville, NC. In person with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lizawolff.com\/\">Liza Wolff-Francis<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, February 12, 6 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplantnc.com\/event-details\/poetry-the-plant-2nd-wednesdays-2023-12-13-18-00\">Poetry at the Plant<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn person with Debra Kaufman, Ralph Earle, Gary Phillips and others.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairgamebeverage.com\/\">Fair Game Distillery at the Plant, Pittsboro, NC<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Monday, January 27, 2025. 6:30 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7T3GBXGSkrM?si=1ve2AgweM5OJ91gk\">NC Poetry Society Online.<\/a> Featured poet with open mic following on Zoom.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, January 26, 2025. 2 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpoetrysociety.org\/\">North Carolina Poetry Society Series<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/fearrington.com\/mcintyres-books\/\">McIntyre&#8217;s Books in Fearrington Village, NC.<\/a><br \/>\nIn person with <a href=\"https:\/\/mainstreetragbookstore.com\/product-tag\/m-scott-douglass\/\">M. Scott Douglass<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisebloodbooks.com\/store\/p145\/Memory%27s_Abacus%3A_Poems_by_Anna_Lewis.html\">Anna Lewis<\/a> followed by open mic.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, January 26, 2025. 8 pm. A brief appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/kim-addonizio-rattlecast-278\/1153012879510546\/\">Rattlecast reading my Poets Respond poem, before Kim Addonizio is interviewed<\/a>. On Facebook and Zoom. And later on YouTube.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, January 17, 7 pm. Kakalak poets in Carrboro. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrbororec.org\/3053\/Civic-Club\">Carrboro Civic Club, 108 Bim Street<\/a>. Featuring poets contributing to <a href=\"https:\/\/kakalakanthology.com\/\">the 2024 Kakalak Anthology.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, January 8, 2025 5:30 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/longleafpress.org\/product\/a-path-to-freedom-edited-by-lenard-d-moore-lejuane-elja-bowens-and-shannon-c-ward\/\">A Path to Freedom anthology<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/longleafpress.org\/\">Longleaf Press<\/a> reading. <a href=\"https:\/\/weymouthcenter.org\/\">Weymouth Center for Arts and Humanities.<\/a> Southern Pines, NC.<br \/>\nIn person with selected anthology contributors.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, November 14, 2024. 7 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadedmag.com\/poetree\/\">Red-headed Stepchild reading series<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/book-launch-with-paul-jones-op\/379423138570531\/\">On Zoom. Something Necessary followed by open mic.<\/a><br \/>\nMissed this reading? <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YDPz7h1M3yE?si=fQwlB0P5PlaLhc5a\">View it here on YouTube.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, November 13, 2024. 6 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplantnc.com\/event-details\/poetry-the-plant-2024-11-13-18-00\">Poetry at the Plant<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn person with Darryl Wally, Don Wildman, Melissa Frey, Brenda Linton, and Gary Phillips.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairgamebeverage.com\/\">Fair Game Distillery at the Plant, Pittsboro, NC<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, November 10, 2024. 2:30 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/flyleaf-second-sunday-poetry-s\/1074941000695912\/\">Flyleaf Poetry 2nd Sunday Series.<\/a><br \/>\nIn person and in conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredjoiner.com\/\">Fred Joiner<\/a> followed by open mic.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/Flyleafbooks.com\/\">Flyleaf Books,<\/a> Chapel Hill, NC.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, October 17, 2024. 6:30 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carrboronc.gov\/2781\/West-End-Poetry-Festival\">West End Poetry Festival<\/a> Kickoff reading.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lunarotisserie.com\/\">Luna Rotisserie<\/a> Carrboro, NC<br \/>\nWith Carrboro Poets Council members.\n<\/li>\n<li><strike>Sunday, November 3, 2024. 5 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/ashevillefm.org\/show\/wordplay\/\">Word Play Radio with Jeff Davis.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ashevillefm.org\/\">AshevilleFM.<\/a><\/strike>To be rescheduled for Spring 2025<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, September 28, 2024. 6:30 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/bullcitypress.com\/reading-series\/\">Bull City Press Series<\/a> meets <a href=\"https:\/\/thisismettlesome.com\/golden-age\">Golden Age Improv Comedy.<\/a> In Person with <a href=\"https:\/\/amandashawpoet.com\/\">Amanda Shaw.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thisismettlesome.com\/\">Mettlesome in Durham, NC.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Saturday, September 14, 2024. 3:30 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/thomasstevens.com\/\">Thomas Stevens Gallery<\/a> Hillsborough, NC<br \/>\nIn person with <a href=\"https:\/\/blacklawrencepress.com\/authors\/david-rigsbee\/\">David Rigsbee.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fearrington.com\/events\/paul-jones-and-david-rigsbee\/\">Sunday, September 15, 2024. 2 pm.<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/fearrington.com\/mcintyres-books\/\">McIntyre&#8217;s Books in Fearrington Village, NC.<\/a><br \/>\nIn person with <a href=\"https:\/\/blacklawrencepress.com\/authors\/david-rigsbee\/\">David Rigsbee.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, September 15, 2024. 6 pm. So &#038; So Books.<br \/>\nIn person with <a href=\"https:\/\/blacklawrencepress.com\/authors\/david-rigsbee\/\">David Rigsbee.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soandsobooks.com\/\">So &#038; So Books in Raleigh, NC.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Monday, September 9, 2024. 8 am. <a href=\"https:\/\/whupfm.org\/\">WHUP radio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/whupfm.org\/show\/3d-news\/\">3D News with Bob Burtman.<\/a><br \/>\nInterview about Something Necessary. On air and on website above until 9\/23\/24.\n<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, August 28, 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/chapelboro.com\/category\/town-square\/talking-culture\">Talking Culture with Aaron Keck.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/chapelboro.com\/\">WCHL and Chapelboro.com<\/a><br \/>\nInterview about Something Necessary. On air and on tape on website above.\n<\/li>\n<li>Friday, May 3, 2024. 6 pm. In Person. <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsboroarts.org\/news\/where-art-and-poetry-meet\">Confluence &#8211; Where Art and Poetry Meet.<\/a> With selected artists and poets. <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsboroarts.org\/\">Pittsboro Gallery of Arts.<\/a> Pittsboro, NC.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, April 12-30, 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraryaware.com\/2392\/Posts\/View\/f3110087-3efe-4757-8587-0301a89d7242\">First Annual Pittsboro Poetry Stroll.<\/a> Posters of poems are placed around the Town of Pittsboro. Mine is in Non-Fiction Section of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamcountync.gov\/government\/departments-programs-i-z\/library\/locations-hours\/chatham-community-library\">Chatham Community Library<\/a> in Pittsboro, NC<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 21, 2024. 2 pm. In Person. <a href=\"https:\/\/kakalakanthology.com\/news-events\/\">Kakalak Poets Group Reading.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scuppernongbooks.com\/\">Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 14, 2024. 4 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/events.timely.fun\/mfqj420x\/event\/77407763\/20240414160000?r=https%3A%2F%2Fweymouthcenter.org%2Fevent-calendar%2F%23event%3D77407763%3Binstance%3D20240414160000%26popup%3D1\">Poetry by the Pond.<\/a> In Person with Donna Wallace and Gary Phillips. <a href=\"https:\/\/weymouthcenter.org\/\">Weymouth Center for Arts and Humanities, Southern Pines, NC<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Saturday, March 16, 2024. 2 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapdragonjournal.com\/product-page\/i-tried-not-to-write\">Snapdragon Anthology Reading<\/a> In person. At <a href=\"https:\/\/bookmarksnc.org\">Bookmarks<\/a> in Winston-Salem, NC.\n<li>Sunday, March 10, 2024. 1-3pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61554291884230\">Poetry on Tap.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/odenbrewing.com\/\">Oden Brewing Company, Greensboro, NC.<\/a> Featured poet with Janis Harrington and Jenny Bates.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, March 8, 2024. 7 pm. In Person. <a href=\"https:\/\/kakalakanthology.com\/news-events\/\">Carrboro Kakalak Poets Group Reading.<\/a> Carrboro Civic Club, 108 Bim Street, Carrboro, NC<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, February 24, 2024. 7:30 pm. In Person also featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anniewoodfordpoet.com\/\">Annie Woodford<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonpalmore.com\/\">Simon Palmore<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/bullcitypress.com\/reading-series\/\">Bull City Press\/Mettlesome Reading series<\/a>. At <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/5Nz6H3feNqpF9WKt5?g_st=ic\">Mettlesome Theatre, 800 Taylor Street, Suite 9-156, Durham, NC, 27701.(map)<\/a> includes Improv!<\/li>\n<li><strike>Thursday, February 15, 2024. 12-2 pm at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsoftheboguebankspubliclibrary\">Bogue Banks Public Library, Pine Knoll Shores, NC.<\/a> Poems on Posters series.<\/strike>(My part canceled because of jury duty. The event will go on.).<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, February 8, 2024. 7 pm. On Zoom. <a href=\"https:\/\/kakalakanthology.com\/news-events\/\">Kakalak Poets Group Reading.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, January 10, 2024. 6-7 pm at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplantnc.com\/event-details\/poetry-the-plant-2024-01-10-18-00\">The Plant. Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC. With Black Socks Poets.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, December 13, 2023. 7 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/artsorange.org\/weaveandspin\/\">Weave and Spin series<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/artsorange.org\/enomill\/how-to-find-us\/\">Orange County Arts Commission and Eno Arts Mill<\/a>. Featured poet with open mic following.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, November 3, 2023. Noon. NC Writers Network Ekphrastic Pre-conference &#8220;Tail Gate&#8221; with Chris Arvidson at Charlotte Art League. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/ekphrastic-tail-gate-at-nc-writers-network-fall-conference-nov-3-noon-at-charlotte-art-league\/\">Details here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Friday, October 27, 2023. 7 pm. Ekphrastic poems and photos. <a href=\"https:\/\/artscenterlive.org\/\">ArtCenter<\/a> Carrboro, NC. With several Black Socks poets and others.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, September 30. 10 am &#8211; 2 pm. Catawba Valley Festival of the Arts. Book Fair. Catawba County Main Library. 115 West C St., Newton, NC<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, August 20. 4 pm. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visionsi.com\/index.php\">Visions International<\/a> reading with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hassanmelehy.org\/\">Hassan Melehy.<\/a> On Zoom.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, August 28 &#8211; Monday, September 4, 2023. Writers Residency at <a href=\"https:\/\/weymouthcenter.org\/\">Weymouth Center for Arts and Humanities.<\/a> Southern Pines, NC.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday April 1, 2 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpoetrysociety.org\/pips\/\">Poetry in Plain Sight<\/a> reading. Hybrid with other PiPS poets.<br \/>\nIn person at <a href=\"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com\/event\/10461603\">North Regional Library, Durham, NC.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sunday March 26, 2023, 2 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecountrybookshop.biz\/\">The Country Bookshop<\/a>, Southern Pines, NC. Reading from Something Wonderful with <a href=\"https:\/\/patriviereseel.com\/\">Pat Rivi\u00e8re-Seel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Saturday, March 18, 2023, 1 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/verse-virtual-book-party-3-202\/1219396805658017\/\">Verse Virtual Book Party &#8211; Number 3.<\/a> On Zoom. Registration required.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 6 pm.<br \/>\nCarrboro Poets Council reading. In person with others. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyleafbooks.com\/\">Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Friday, March 10, 2023, 6 pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteartleague.org\/\">Charlotte Art League<\/a> &#8211; Art and Poetry Opening. In person with several other writers. My poem, the same one seen in Hillsborough, will be somewhere sort of random as a surprise. In the bathroom! The one with a shark mural.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, January 6, 2023, 6 pm. Coalesce &#8211; Art and Poetry Opening. Eno Arts Mill, Hillsborough, NC. Show continues until February. <a href=\"https:\/\/artsorange.org\/coalescebroadsides\/\">Broadsides of art and poetry available here!<\/a><br \/>\nIn person with poets: Morrow Dowdle (co-curator), Bartholomew Barker, Fred Joiner, Paul Jones, Samir Knego, Amelia Loeffler, Blaine Purcell, Soteria Shepperson, Gideon Young, and Katie Bowler Young<br \/>\nwith art by: Max Dowdle (co-curator), Theresa Arico, Tonya Brami, Ann Brownlee Hobgood, TJ Mundy, Sudie Rakusin, Ryan Solstice, Dennis Szerszen, Natalia Torres del Valle, and Esten Walker<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, October 29, 2022, 2 &#8211; 4:30 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/hermitfeatherspress.com\/\">Hermit Feathers Press<\/a> Poetry-polozza. <a href=\"https:\/\/stokesarts.org\/\">Three Sisters Stage at Stoke County Arts Council<\/a>, Danbury, NC. In person with other Hermit Feathers Press poets.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, October 30, 2022, 4 pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scuppernongbooks.com\/\">Scuppernong Books.<\/a> Greensboro, NC. In person with Kate Kehoe and <a href=\"https:\/\/patriviereseel.com\/\">Pat Rivi\u00e8re-Seel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, October 17, 2022, 2 pm (7 pm BST aka GMT). <a href=\"https:\/\/indeliblelit.com\/\">Indelible Literary and Arts Journal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/the-indelible-oktoberfest-2022\/1791053331232341\/\">Oktober Fest reading. On Zoom world-wide<\/a>. With Debra Kaufman, Hedy Habra, Joan Leotta, and others.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, October 8, 2022, 3 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylightsnc.com\/\">City Lights Books,<\/a> Sylva, NC. In person with <a href=\"https:\/\/patriviereseel.com\/\">Pat Rivi\u00e8re-Seel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/benjamincutlerpoet.com\/\">Ben Cutler<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, September 25, 2022, 2 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearrington.com\/mcintyres-books\/\">McIntyre\u2019s Books<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearrington.com\/\">Fearrington Village<\/a>, Pittsboro, NC. In person with <a href=\"https:\/\/patriviereseel.com\/\">Pat Rivi\u00e8re-Seel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxturtleroad.com\/author\/garyphillipsthewriter\/\">Gary Phillips.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday-Saturday, September 14-17, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/ashecountyarts.org\/on-the-same-page-literary-festival\/\">On the Same Page Literary Festival.<\/a> West Jefferson and Ashe County, NC. In person.<br \/>\n* Thursday, September 15 at 11 am &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arlibrary.org\/ashe\">Ashe County Library<\/a>, West Jefferson, NC.<br \/>\n* Thursday, September 15 at 7:30 pm &#8211; panel w\/ Georgann Eubanks, Ed Southern, and Jamie Southern at <a href=\"https:\/\/ashecountyarts.org\/\">Ashe County Arts Center.<\/a><br \/>\n* Saturday, September 17 at 9 am &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldorchardcreek.com\/general-store\">Old Orchard Creek General Store<\/a>, Lansing, NC<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, September 10, 2022, 6 pm. Reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/thomasstevens.com\/\">Thomas Stevens Gallery<\/a>, Books by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purplecrowbooks.com\/\">Purple Crow Books.<\/a> Hillsborough, NC. In person with Sally Greene.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, September 6, 7:30 AM, Interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/chapelboro.com\/this-morning-with-aaron-keck\">This Morning with Aaron Keck<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/chapelboro.com\/\">WCHL Chapelboro<\/a> with Sally Greene. (Available online sometime after airing).<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 6:30 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/poetryhickory.wordpress.com\/\">Poetry Hickory<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tastefullbeans.com\/\">Taste Full Beans,<\/a> Hickory, NC. In person<\/li>\n<li>Thursday June 30, 2022, 5:30 signing, 6:00 reading, <a href=\"https:\/\/Flyleafbooks.com\/\">Flyleaf Books,<\/a> Chapel Hill, NC. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyleafbooks.com\/event\/greene-paul-2022\">In person with Sally Greene. Sign up and details here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, June 22, 7 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WaterbeanPoetryNightattheMic\/\">Waterbean Poetry Night and open mic<\/a>. WaterBean Coffee Huntersville, NC. <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/2u7NQv8Hm\">In person with Pat Riviere-Seel. See FB event for more details<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Monday, May 23 &#8211; Monday, May 29, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/weymouthcenter.org\/\"> Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities<\/a> Residency, Southern Pines, NC. In person reading with Sally Greene at 5:30 pm Wednesday May 25<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday May 3, 2022, 7 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/nexuspoets.com\/\">Nexus Poets<\/a>, Unitarian Fellowship, 308 Meadows St., New Bern, NC. In person followed by open mic. <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/cXzs5QKrwl\/\">Event video on Facebook here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Friday April 22, 2022, 5:30 signing, 6:00 reading, <a href=\"https:\/\/Flyleafbooks.com\/\"> Flyleaf Books,<\/a> Chapel Hill, NC. In person with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffreyfranklin.com\/\">Jeff Franklin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/janisharrington.com\/\">Janis Harrington.<\/a> Celebrating <a href=\"https:\/\/NCLR.ecu.edu\/\">North Carolina Literary Review.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 7 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookmarksnc.org\/4on4th_April2022\">4 on the 4th for Poetry Month,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookmarksnc.org\/\">Bookmarks,<\/a> Winston-Salem, NC. In person with Joyce Brown, Nadine Hayes, Sam Barbee, and Kimberly Olivera Lainez. Free but registration is required (at link to 4 on the 4th above).<\/li>\n<li>Friday, April 15, 4-6 pm. Kings Mill-Morgan Creek Aging in Place Pub. In person.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, April 3, 5pm (PST)\/8pm (EST), <a href=\"https:\/\/sheilanagigblog.com\/\">Sheila-Na-Gig.<\/a> Reading featuring Millicent Borges Accardi on Zoom. With contributors from the Winter issue 2021-22 including Paul Jones and others. Missed this? <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qp2LBlst7Co\">Watch it here on YouTube.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Friday, March 11, 2022, 10 am EST-US, 7 pm Dubai, 5 pm UK, Issue 6 Launch &#8211; The Feminine, <a href=\"https:\/\/indeliblelit.com\/\">Indelible Literary and Arts Journal<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/aud.edu\/\">American University in Dubai.<\/a> Online.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZErduyqqzsrHd3I2NBV3TuEFpOauTPzcKGh\">To register for the Zoom session go here.<\/a><br \/>\nReaders: Chun Yu, Gottfried M. Heuer, Anna Citrino, Ralph Earle, Maura High, Debra Kaufman, Jenny Bates, Lucy Holme, Jade Nicole Beals, Paul Jones, Anna Aksenova, Norbert Hirschhorn<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 7 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/671866163826859\/\">The Jojo Show with John Compton.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/2705798\/posts\/10109310786141758\/\">On Facebook Live and recorded for replay here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 8 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/95137060908?pwd=R3kzaEMvMTNCUlVUZFVkWHRuV1I1dz09\">Red Fez issue 153 Kick Off. Zoom link here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sunday, January 9, 2022, 4:00 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaprops.com\/event\/live-stream-poetrio-paul-jones-aruni-kashyap-pat-riviere-seel\">Poetrio<\/a> With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arunikashyap.com\/\">Aruni Kashyap<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/patriviereseel.com\">Pat Riviere-Seel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaprops.com\/\">Malaprop\u2019s Bookstore<\/a> Asheville, NC. Online. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yl3nXHXdADk\">Watch the YouTube Live replay here.<\/a><br \/>\n<img scr=\"https:\/\/www.malaprops.com\/sites\/malaprops.com\/files\/jan2022poetrio_web_600.png\"><\/li>\n<li>Thursday, December 9, 2021, 7 pm, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolinapoets.com\/\">Carolina Poets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/2vTj4tgQ0\">#PoetryGoesViral<\/a> online with Pat Reviere-Seel and Tom Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dVJ8cZ_PaAQ\">Watch the YouTube session archive here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thursday December 2, 2021, 7 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/2705798\/posts\/10109077243443198\/\">Redheaded Stepchild Magazine Reading Series<\/a>, online<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/So9IOyJAdfs\">Watch the Zoom session archive here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday Decemember 1, 2021, 6 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/redhawkpublications.com\/\">5 Redhawk Poets on Zoom<\/a> Jake Young, Mary Ricketson, Paul Jones, Schereeya and Tim Peeler<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6bRx7JGECk4\">Watch the Zoom session archive here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sunday November 28, 2021, 5 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashevillefm.org\/show\/wordplay\/\">Wordplay Radio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashevillefm.org\/\">Asheville FM<\/a> on air and online<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stream.ashevillefm.org\/afm-word-play-11282021.mp3\">Listen to the show here at any time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/e\/4j0jWdd7N\">Thursday November 18, 2021, 7 pm,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soandsobooks.com\/\">So and So Books,<\/a> Raleigh, NC in person with Pat Reviere-Seel and Al Maginnes<\/li>\n<li>Monday November 8, 2021, 8 am, <a href=\"https:\/\/whupfm.org\/show\/3d-news\/\">3D News WHUP FM<\/a> (Recorded begin 23 minutes into the November 8 show) Hillsborough, NC on air and online<\/li>\n<li>Saturday October 30, 2021 noon &#8211; 6 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/redhawkpublications.com\/\">Redhawk Publications and Redhawk Creative Solutions<\/a> Book Fair at <a href=\"https:\/\/catawbafarms.com\/\">Catawba Farms<\/a>, Newton, NC in person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something Wonderful and Something Necessary &#8211; Events, Readings, Signings All times Eastern US unless otherwise noted Upcoming: Wednesday, June 10, 6 pm. 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