Live Reading Events
Join us at our upcoming live reading events. Registration is NOT required to attend or read. We look forward to seeing you there!
May 14, 2024
Pennsylvania
What: Featured readers, followed by a 20-minute open mic for all Kelsay Books poets
Where: Newtown Bookstore | 2120 S. Eagle Road | Newtown, PA 18940 | (215) 968-2400
When: 6:00–7:30 PM | May 14, 2024 (Tuesday)
Who: Featured readers include Cheryl Baldi, Shaheen Dil, Carole Croll, VA Smith, and Jane Edna Mohler
May 18, 2024
New York
What: A two and a half-hour open mic for all Kelsay Books poets
Where: The Parkside Lounge | 317 East Houston Street | New York, NY 10002 | (212) 673-6270
When: 3:30–5:30 PM | May 18, 2024 (Saturday)
Who: Any author published by Kelsay Books
Authors published by Kelsay Books are also invited to request to participate as a guest poet in one of our upcoming Zoom reading events.
July 2024 | December 2024
Zoom
What: Biannual reading events
Where: Online through Zoom
When: 2:00–3:30 PM | July 20, 2024 (Saturday)
& December 2024 (Date and time TBD)
Who: Four featured readers and ten guest poets
How: Any author published by Kelsay Books may request to participate as a guest poet. Email Karen with the subject “Zoom group reading request.” Include the title of your book, the date it was published, and a link to a short video of your reading a poem.
Afterward, if we enjoy a guest poet’s reading, we may invite them to be a featured later. The featured readers are by unsolicited invitation only.
We help promote your books by including links to the bookstore while you read. A few months before the reading is scheduled, we will confirm that you have been included in the program. The reading will be recorded and posted on the Kelsay Books YouTube channel.
Past Readings
December 9, 2023 | Zoom
Featured poets: Catherine Chandler, Shutta Crum, Margaret Duda, and Neil Creighton
Guest readers: Constance Brewer, Kathleen Mickelson, Jane Muschenetz, S. Salazar, George Perreault, Janet Rives, Victoria Twomey, Katie Dary-Mullins, Lisa Grunberger, and Rodney Torreson
November 4, 2023 | Utah
Pioneer Bookstore
Featured poets: Justin Evans, Maurine Haltiner, Javen Tanner, Steven Peck, Anita Barrows, and David Shaddock
30-minute open mic for all Kelsay Books poets
June 3, 2023 | Zoom
Featured poets: Ann Bookman, Rebecca Brock, Lorraine Henrie Lins, and Majorie Maddox
Guest readers: Laurie Kuntz, Rose Marie Boehm, Lisa St John, Dale Cotttingham, Mark Saba, Peggy Gerber, Peter Crowley, Alfred Encarnacion, and Glen Mazis
May 20, 2023 | New York
The Parkside Lounge
Open mic for all Kelsay Books poets
December 17, 2022 | Zoom
Featured poets: Rita Maria Martinez, Paul Bone, Yasmin Mariam Kloth, and Luke Stromberg
Guest readers: David Ruekberg, Arnie Johnston, Jennifer Freed, Carolyn Clark, Michael Milligan, Jacqueline Jules, Daniel Lusk, Angela Patten, Gene Twaronite, Lee Woodman, John Johnston, Lois Roma-Deeley, and Jeannie Roberts
July 16, 2022 | Zoom
Featured poets: Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, Patrice Boyer Claeys, Katerina Canyon, Kathleen A Dale
Guest readers: Matthew Johnson, Laura Johnson, Charise M. Hoge, Stephen Anderson, Maggie Mackay, Bruce W. Niedt, Thomas DeFreitas, and Chris O’Carroll
May 21, 2022 | New York
The Parkside Lounge
90-minute open mic for all Kelsay Books poets
May 18, 2022 | Pennsylvania
The Newtown Bookshop
Featured poets: Jane Ebihara, Cheryl Baldi, Charlotte Innes, Kim Malinowski, Jane Edna Mohler, Lynn Fanok, Wendy Fulton Steginsky, Marie Kane, Bernadette McBride, and Constance Wrzesniewski
May 12, 2022 | Vermont
The Putney Library
Featured poets: Tim Mayo, Toni Ortner, Midge Goldberg, and Arlene Distler
15-minute open mic for all Kelsay Books poets