EVENTS

2026 Upcoming Events

...More to Come!

  • Saturday, March 28: The Art of Poetry from 5pm - 7pm at Georgian Gallery in McDonough, GA .

  • Saturday, April 4: Book Reading & Signing from 1pm - 3pm at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Decatur, GA .

  • Saturday, April 4: Poetry on the Mountain from 3:30pm - 5pm at the Davidson Arabia Mountain Nature Center in Stonecrest, GA.

  • Sunday, April 12: FAYETTEVILLE BOOK LAUNCH from 6pm - 8:30 pm at Scholar & Scribe Bookshop & Library Bar in Fayetteville, GA.

  • Saturday, April 25: ATLANTA BOOK LAUNCH from 6pm - 8pm at Lost in the Letters in Atlanta, GA.

  • Tuesday, April 28: Lunch & Learn with artist Teah Charkawi from 12:10pm - 1:10pm at Pace Academy in Atlanta, GA.

  • Saturday, May 2: Atlanta Writers Conference at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel in Atlanta, GA.

    • mini-seminar: 10:30- 11:30: "Creating a Body of Work: How to Embody Your Writing Practice”

    • mini-seminar: 11:45- 12:45: “The Best Words in the Best Order: Revising for Impact"

  • Tuesday, May 26: Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry 2026 at 6pm in Washington Park, Charleston, SC.

  • Friday, May 29: BUFFALO BOOK LAUNCH from 6pm - 8pm at Fitz Books & Waffles in Buffalo, NY.

2026 Past Events

  • Saturday, February 21: YARDBARDS. Birdcoat Quarterly . 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM . Readings start at 7:00 . Grant Park, Atlanta . follow link for free tickets

  • Friday, March 6: AWP/ Baltimore . Red Hen Off-site reading

  • Saturday, March 7: AWP/ Baltimore . 12:20 to 1:25 Ballroom II of the Baltimore Convention Center Level 400 Red Hen Panel 1 with Abrea Armstrong, Lara Ehrlich and Luke Goebel . moderated by editor and publisher Kate Gale

    2025

  • April 19, 2025: Launch of WE TRAVEL TOWARDS IT, La Cathedral de Noonerosa, with art by Dorothy O'Connor and music by The Bryans

  • May 6 . 2025: 7:00 PM . Georgia Center for the Book . Decatur. GA. Sisterhood & Stanzas: Women and the Art of Poetry with readers Hester L. Furey, Livija Rieksts Bolster, and Claire Bateman. Get tickets here: https://aftontickets.com/SisterhoodandStanzas

  • June 12 . 2025: With featured reader Rupert Fike . The Book Bird of Avondale Estates . 32 N. Avondale Rd.

  • August 9. 2025: Writing Contrapuntal Ecopoems + Reading at 6:00 pm . South Carolina Poetry Society . Charleston, SC

  • August 11. 2025: In Conversation with Claire Bateman . M. Judson Books . Greenville, SC . 130 Main St

  • November 2 . 2025: 3:00-5:00 . Pine Lake Art Salon & Playhouse . 4641 Ridge Drive . Pine Lake / with Stell Simonton and Feral Willcox

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