Public Events
August 20, 2022 2-3:30PM
Martins Ferry Library
Featured Reader
20 S 5th St.
Martins Ferry, OH 43935
August 30, 2022 7PM
ReadAppalachia
Interview-Live
September 7, 2022, 5PM
John Carroll University
Featured Reader
Rodman Hall
John Carroll Blvd
University Heights, OH 44118
September 10 2022 2-4PM
Sandusky Library
Reading
114 West Adams Street
Sandusky, OH 44870
September 15, 2022, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
52 Stuart's Opera House
Public Square
Nelsonville OH 45764
Virtual Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B5jzUGrrTaqMxVAIg5BCAw
September 29 & 30, 2022
Lenoir-Rhyne University Visiting Writers Series
Thursday Reading: 7-9PM
Friday Workshop: 1-3PM
LRU Lineberger Center
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Hickory, NC 28603
October 6, 2022, 7-9PM
Miami University Hamilton
READING
1601 University Blvd
Hamilton, OH 45011
October 15, 2022, 2-4pm
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum
READING
300 Whitewoman Street
Coshocton, OH 43812
October 20, 2022, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
Featuring Diane Seuss, Kari Gunter-Seymour
& Quartez Harris
52 Stuart's Opera House
Public Square
Nelsonville OH 45764
Virtual Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register
/WN_3l74X-wiSi6800S1FXDsrQ
October 20-23, 2022
Dodge Poetry Festival - 4 Day Event
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Details to come
1 Center St,
Newark, NJ 07102
October 28, 2022 2:30PM
6th Annual Athens Area Women's Summit
Keynote Speaker
Stuart's Opera House
52 Public Square
Nelsonville OH 45701
October 29-30, 2022
Creative Aging Weekend Retreat
Hocking Hills
Registration Required
(740) 385.9318
November 5, 2022 10AM-4:30PM
Buckeye Book Fair
3540 Burbank Rd
Suite #133
Wooster, OH 44691
November 14, 2022 6-7:30PM
Richfield Branch Library
Akron-Summit County Public Library
READING
Virtual Event
Registration link to come
November 17, 2022, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
Featuring Jon D. Lee, Rosemerry Trommer
& Sandra Gill
52 Stuart's Opera House
Public Square
Nelsonville OH 45764
Virtual Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E9BBd9WRR2yNjAOwBGfeug
December 2, 2022 7-9PM
Mercantile Library
READING
414 Walnut St #1100,
Cincinnati, OH 45202
December 9, 2022 6-8PM
Southeast Ohio History Center
READING
24 West State Street
Athens, OH 45701
February 14, 2023, 3PM
Fairmount Center for the Arts
Pull Back the Curtain Speaker Series
Virtual Event
Link to come
February 28, 2023, 11:30AM
Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton
Celebrating Self Speaker Series
101 S Monument Ave
Hamilton, OH 45011
April 5, 2023 6pm
Thurber House
Featured Reading
77 Jefferson Avenue
Columbus, OH
June 15-16, 2023
Lakeside Chautauqua
Educational Speaker, Friday 7PM
Workshop Leader, Saturday 10:30 AM
Lakeside Chautauqua
236 Walnut Ave.
Lakeside, OH 43440
PAST EVENTS
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August 22, 2018, 7pm-10pm
Thurber House
Summer Literary Picnics
77 Jefferson Avenue
Columbus, OH
March 15, 2019, 3:30 pm
March 17, 2019, 2:00pm
Appalachian Studies Association Conference
University of North Carolina Asheville
Asheville, NC
May 15-19
Bridgewater International Poetry Festival
Bridgewater College
402 E College St,
Bridgewater, VA 22812
May 20, 2019, 6pm-9pm
June 7-9 , 2019
West Virginia Writers Conference
Keynote & Workshops
Cedar Lakes Conference Center
Ripley, W.Va. 25271
June 26, 2019
Allegany Echos
Master Artist
Performance & Workshops
21507 Seneca Trail
Marlinton, WV 24954
June 27, 2019, 1-4pm
Pear S. Buck Birthplace Museum
8129 Seneca Trail
Hillsboro, WV 24946
July 9, 2019, 6-9pm
Ohio County Public Library
52 16th St
Wheeling, WV 26003
August 1, 2019 6:00 PM
Ohio State Fair Inaugural Poetry Showcase
Cox Fine Art Center
717 E 17th Ave (at The Ohio Expo Center & State Fairgrounds)
Columbus, OH 43211
October 4-5, 2019
Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival
-Workshop: 10-10:50PM
-Reading: 2-2:50PM
Kilcawley Center
Youngstown State University
1 University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555
October 31, 2019 3:30-5PM
(RE)COVERING APPALACHIA SYMPOSIUM
Appleton Gallery
Shawnee State University
Portsmouth, OH 45662
November 1, 2019 Noon
Word Stream: The Weekly Writers Voice
"Live" at WDVX Stage, Knoxville Visitors Center
301 S Gay Street
Knoxville, Tenn 37902
February 29, 2020 6PM
The Boom Project
Stuart's Opera House
30 Public Square
Nelsonville, OH
March 8, 2020, 11AM
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta
232 Third Street
Marietta, OH 45750
March 12-15, 2020
Appalachian Studies Association Conference
Fearless Women (reading)
Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel (reading)
Riparian (Reading)
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506
April 9, 2020, 3-4:15 PM
Berea College Convocation
Phelps Stokes Auditorium
212 Chestnut Street
Berea KY 40404
April 30, 2020, 9am-10am EST
Rawkous Radio Creative Thursdays
Featured Poet
May 10, 2020, 3PM
South Euclid-Lyndhurst Library
1876 South Green Rd.
South Euclid, OH 44121
May 13-17, 2020
Bridgewater International Poetry Festival
Virtual Workshop & Reading
Featured Poet/Workshop Instructor
402 East College Street
Bridgewater, VA 22812
June 26, 2020, Noon
Art in the Library
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26508
July 7, 2020, 9PM
Rattlecast
Rattle Magazine's Virtual
Reading Series
August 16, 2020, Noon
Ohio University Cutler Scholars
Workshop for incoming students
September 9, 2020, 6:30PM
Thurber House Author Event
77 Jefferson Ave
Columbus 43215
Virtual Reading
September 26, 2020, 2PM
Lit Youngstown Virtual Fall Fest
Featured Reader
Virtual Reading
October 11, 2020. 6PM
Poets In Pajamas Reading Series
Hosted by Sundress Publications
LIVE Facebook Event
October 17, 2020. 6PM
SpoFest: Poet Laureate Reading
Featuring 4 present and past laureates
from OH and MO
LIVE Facebook Event
October 22, 2020, 7PM
Caldwell Arts Council Poetry
Lenoir
North Carolina 28645
Virtual Reading
October 28, 2020, 3-4:15 PM
Berea College Convocation
Phelps Stokes Auditorium
212 Chestnut Street
Berea KY 40404
Virtual Reading
November 10, 2020, 7PM
Filson Historical Society, 6PM
4850 Brownsboro Center
Louisville, Kentucky 40207
Virtual Reading
December 3, 2020, 7PM
Don't Cry for me J.D.Vance
Virtual Reading in response to Hillbilly Elegy
Sponsors:
Downbound Books,
West Virginia University Press,
Urban Appalachian Community Coalition
Virtual Reading
https://www.downboundbooks.com/?q=h.calevents
December 11, 2020, 7PM
Solstice Poetry Reading
Tecumseh Land Trust
Yellow Springs, OH
Virtual Reading
December 17, 2020, 6PM
"Spoken & Heard"
Guests: Carter Taylor Seaton,
Karen Shubert, L Renee
Sponsor: City of Athens Ohio
January 21, 2021, 7PM
"Spoken & Heard"
Guests: poets Alison Luterman
Chiquita Mullins Lee
and singer/songwriter Megan Bee
Sponsor: Stuart's Opera House
February 13, 2021, 2PM
Poetry Out Loud Regional Finals
Virtual Reading
Stuart;s Opera House
Nelsonville, OH
February 18, 2021, 7PM
"Spoken & Heard"
Guests: poet Allison Joseph
and author Wesley Browne
Sponsor: Stuart's Opera House
March 5, 2021, 6-9PM
Poetry Out Loud State Finals
Virtual Reading
Columbus, OH
March 18, 2021, 7PM
"Spoken & Heard"
Guests: “Prettiest Star” Carter Sickles
and Jessica Salfia
Sponsor: Stuart's Opera House
March 19-20, 2021, 7-10PM
Power of Poetry Festival
Guests: Billy Collins, Naomi Shihab Nye,
Ellen Bass, Alison Luterman, Luis Rodriguez,
David Lee, Kari Gunter-Seymour
Virtual event
April 7, 2021, 2PM
Ohio University Southern
Virtual Reading and Q&A
April 8, 2021, 2-4PM
Springfield Arts Council
A reading and workshop for
"Youth Arts Ambassadors"
(middle and high school students)
April 10, 2021, 1-3PM
Clarksburg-Harrison Library
Fortifying Our Resilience
Poetry Workshop
Virtual event
April 13, 2021, 6:30 PM
Dover Library
Where I Come From,
It’s Pronounced Ap-uh-lach-uh!
Virtual Reading and Q&A
April 15, 2021, 7PM
"Spoken & Heard"
Guests: “Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle,
Robert Gipe, Kari Gunter-Seymour
Sponsor: Stuart's Opera House
April 20, 2021, 7PM
"Recipe for Life"
Generative Writer's Workshop
Virtual event
April 21, 2021, 7-9PM
West Liberty University Hughes Lecture Series
Featured Reader
Virtual event
April 24, 2021, 1PM
Ohioana Festival
Diverse Voices in Poetry
Ross Gay, Kari Gunter-Seymour
Zoe Brigley, Phillip Metres
Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Live Virtual Panel
April 22, 2021, 7PM
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Poetry Reading and Q&A
Kari Gunter-Seymour
Rose Smith, Geoff Anderson
Moderator: Scott Woods
Virtual event
May 14, 2021, 7-9PM
Greater Cincinnati Writer’s League
Featured Author, Q&A, Discussion
Virtual event
October 29 and 30, 2021,
Wellsprung Imagination
Wood Thrush Lodge, Elinger Road,
Hocking Hills, Logan OH
A retreat for those 55 and older to
access the creative part of themselves
that somehow was left along the way
to a ‘normal’ adult life.
Register: owl111@frontier.com
November 11, 2021, 7PM
Literary Club of Cincinnati
VETERANS DAY READING
500 E 4th St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
GUESTS MUST BE VACCINATED
February 17, 2022, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
52 Stuart's Opera House
Public Square
Nelsonville OH 45764
FEATURING: Timothy Green
Savannah Sipple and David Sanders
Virtual event: stuartsoperahouse.org
March 3, 2022 10-11:30AM
Ohio Library Council
Webinar: The Power of Poetry
March 10, 2022 7-9PM
Ohio Alliance for Arts Education
Webinar: Meet & Greet
March 10, 2022 7-9PM
Athens County Poets and Writers
Open Mic
SignUp and Registration HERE
March 12, 2022, 1-3PM
Women of Appalachia Project
West Virginia University Libraries
Hosted by WVU Libraries
with Women's Resource
Center, WVU LGBTQ+
Center & Center for
Women’s and Gender Studies
VIRTUAL EVENT
Click here to register
March 16, 2022, 6:30-8:30PM
BOOK LAUNCH
Sponsored by Urban Appalachian Community Coalition
Mercantile Library
414 Walnut St #1100
Cincinnati, OH 45202
March 17, 2022, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
52 Stuart's Opera House
Public Square
Nelsonville OH 45764
FEATURING: Heidi Seaborn
Donna Hilbert
Virtual event: stuartsoperahouse.org
March 23-25, 2022
AWP Conference
Panelist - How to Create a Successful Anthology
Friday, March 25, 2022
Scheduled Time: 12:10 PM–1:25 PM ET
Scheduled Room: 115AB
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
March 25, 2022, 7PM
Portsmouth Spring Literary Festival
Featured Reader
Downtown
Portsmouth, OH
March 26, 2022, 2-4pm
Sponsored by Ohio Poetry Association
Otterbein College
Towers Hall Room 112
1 South Grove Street
Westerville,
OH 43081
April 2, 2022, 1-2pm
The Ohio Center for the Book
at Cleveland Public Library
Featured reader
Virtual Event
April 6, 2022, 12-1pm
Columbus State Community College Library
& Columbus Metropolitan Library
Featured reader
Virtual Event
April 7, 2022, 6-8pm
Sponsored by Ohio University Southern
1804 Liberty Ave
Ironton, OH 45638
VIRTUAL READING
April 9, 2022, 1-3PM
Women of Appalachia Project
Loyal Jones Appalachian Center
205 N Main St.
Berea, Kentucky 40403
April 14, 2022, 6-9pm
Sponsored by Marietta College
McDonough Auditorium
215 5th St
Marietta, OH 45750
April 21, 2022, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
52 Stuart's Opera House
Public Square
Nelsonville OH 45764
FEATURING: Linda Parsons,
Stellasue Lee, Barnard Clay
Virtual event: stuartsoperahouse.org
April 22-23, 2022
Power of Poetry Festival
Evening Readings 7-10PM
Saturday Poetry Hike 2-4PM
Alley Park
Lancaster, OH 43130
April 28, 2022, 7PM
National Poetry Month Reading
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, OH
Virtual Event
Register Here:
April 29, 2022, 3PM
Ohioana Book Festival
Panel Moderator:
Readings and Conversations
Register Here:
May 7, 2022, 2-4pm
Sponsored by Summit ArtSpace
140 East Market Street,
Akron, OH
44308
May 12, 2022 7-9PM
Athens County Poets and Writers
Open Mic
SignUp and Registration HERE
May 14, 2022, 2-4pm
Sponsored by "Uncloistered Poetry"
Toledo Lucas County Public Library
McMaster Center
325 N. Michigan Street
Toledo, Ohio 43604
May 18, 2022, 7-9pm
Sponsored by Ohio University
Multicultural Center
Athens OH 45710
VIRTUAL EVENT
MAY 19, 2022, 10AM
Mid-Western History Conference
Panel: Writing the Region
Holiday Inn
Grand Rapids, MI, Downtown
MAY 19, 2022, 7PM
Spoken & Heard
52 Stuart's Opera House
Public Square
Nelsonville OH 45764
FEATURING: Doug Van Gundy,
Marianne Worthington, Neema Avashia
Virtual event: stuartsoperahouse.org
May 21, 2022, 1-3PM
Women of Appalachia Project
The Towngate Theater
Oglebay Institute
2118 Market St
Wheeling, WV 26003
June 2, 2022, 1-2:30PM
Society for the Study
of Midwestern Literature
Symposium
Panel: Writing in the Midwest
105A Kellogg Center.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
June 9-10 2022,
Lakeside Chautauqua
Educational Speaker, Thursday, 7PM
Workshop Instructor, Friday, 10:30AM
Lakeside Chautauqua
236 Walnut Ave.
Lakeside, OH 43440
June 11, 2022, 2-4pm
Sponsored by Cuyahoga County Public Library
South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch
876 S Green Rd
South Euclid, OH 44121
June 11, 2022, 5-7pm
Literary Cleveland and Flamingo Writers Guild
POETRY WORKSHOP
Veteran’s Memorial Park
6328 State Rd Pkwy Blvd
Parma, 44134
June 17, 7-9PM
Women of Appalachia Project
Stuarts Opera House
52 Public Square
Nelsonville, OH 45764
June 23, 2022, 8-10PM
National Federation of State Poetry Societies Convention
Sponsored by Ohio Poetry Association
Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center
100 Green Meadows Drive
Lewis Center, Ohio, 43035
