An Inaugural Reading & Conversation at Watermelon Books LA with Award-Winning Novelists Randa Jarrar & NANCY KRICORIAN

Watermelon Books Holy Ground 4874 W. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Watermelon Books LA presents its first public event — a powerful evening of literature, solidarity, and shared histories of diaspora and genocide connecting Palestinian and Armenian experiences. As survivors of ethnic cleansing and genocide, Armenian and Palestinian communities share intertwined histories of loss, endurance, and resistance that continue to inform liberation struggles and shape global […]

Marivi Soliven Stories On Screen and On the Page

Saroyan Area, 6th floor San Francisco Public Library 100 Lark Street, San Francisco.

The San Francisco premiere of the award-winning short film  “Pandemic Bread,” doubled with more tales from Suddenly Stateside Postscript.

Poetry and Prose reading with HELEN BENEDICT, Stephen O’Connor, Vijay Seshadri and Anja Konig

Von Bar Von Bar, 3 Bleecker St, New York, NY, United States

Join Von Bar for poetry and prose with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshedri; Helen Benedict, author of 14 books, including The Good Deed; Stephen O'Connor, novelist and poet, whose novel “We Want So Much to Be Ourselves,” is forthcoming; and Anja Konig whose new poetry collection, Noise, will be out in 2027. Helen Benedict will […]

Molly Fisk: Sierra Poetry Fringe Festival

Miner’s Foundry Cultural Center 325 Spring St. Nevada City, CA

5 Nevada City Women Poets, 10th anniversary. Molly reads with Kirsten Casey, Judy Crowe, Ingrid Keriotis, & Judie Rae

Enjoy a community day with Florencia Ramirez at The Other Strawberry Festival!

Community Roots Garden 1801 Joliet Place, Oxnard, CA, United States

The Other Strawberry Festival—not to be confused with the popular two-day Strawberry Festival that celebrates all things strawberry—invites us to look at the berry more fully. We will still honor the sweetness of strawberries—and the hands that harvest them. This gathering also asks a deeper question: What would it look like to grow strawberries—and all agriculture […]

David Mason 2026 COLD FIRE Book Launch Tour – Grand Mesa University

Grand Mesa University

David Mason will be touring the US during the month of April, giving readings and workshops in support of the book. April 2–5, Grand Junction, Colorado, reading at Grand Mesa University and other locations Contact: Wendy Videlock, coloradawendy@gmail.com

David Mason 2026 COLD FIRE Book Tour – Boulder

Trident Bookseller and Cafe 940 Pearl St, Boulder, CO, United States

April 8, Trident Bookstore, Boulder, Colorado, 6:30 pm reading with Mark Irwin Contact: briantridentbookstore@gmail.com

Diane Thiel reading from QUESTIONS FROM OUTER SPACE at “an evening of poetry,” Georgia Museum of Art

Georgia Museum of Art 90 Carlton St, Athens, Georgia, United States

Celebrate National Poetry Month with an evening of poetry readings inspired by the special exhibition “We, Too, Are Made of Wonders” on April 9th. The program will begin with a reading by visiting poet Diane Thiel from her book QUESTIONS FROM OUTER SPACE, followed by original poems written by student writers from Stillpoint Literary Magazine, […]