events

These events I may or may not be at as some are recurring, so I may not be able to go to every one. But, you should go check these out some time! 

Events with exact dates indicate that I intend to be there. 

October 24, 2026 @ 1:00 - 3:00 pm: Tabling book sales with  Jessica Cory for her debut chapbook Disposable (Sheila-Na-Gig) and my debut chapbook. 

Wordkeepers: Ashe County's longest running event that celebrates and shares the written word. Held at the stunning Ashe County Arts Council building every other month, typically the third or fourth Saturday starting at 4:00 pm sharp, but come by 3:30 for live music. Contact Sandy Lassen at slassen@skybest.com to see when the next reading is and to sign up for if you'd like. I rarely miss a Wordkeepers! 

First and Third Tuesdays: Songwriters & Spoken Word Consort @ The Liar's Bench, 144 S. Big Horse Creek Rd, Lansing, NC

Second and Fourth Tuesdays: Songwriters & Spoken Word Consort @ Upstairs of Craft Bistro, West Jefferson, NC

Second Tuesdays: Poetry Hickory @ Taste Full Beans, 29 2nd St NW, Hickory, NC

Second Tuesdays: The Argot Room Open Mic, The Argot Room, 717 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 

July 28, 2026 @ 6:00 pm: High Country Book Launch. Hatchet West, 13 E. 2nd St, West Jefferson, NC

August 9, 2026 @ 2:00 pm: Seed Bed Poets @ Scup. Reading and book signing with Ivy Rozen at Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm St, Greensboro, NC

August 11, 2026 @ 6:15 pm: Feature at Poetry Hickory. Open mic to follow. Taste Full Beans, 29 2nd St NW, Hickory, NC

September 8, 2026 @ 6:00 pm: Midnight Draft Open Mic Feature. The Argot Room, 717 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC (flyers below show the 15th, but the 8th is the correct date)

September 19, 2026 @ 2:00 pm: Poetry Reading on Baber Mountain. Potluck! Bring a dish. Contact Morgan via the contact form for information on how to get there and for Bob Henry Baber's contact. 

September 26, 2026 @ 2:00 pm: Hope After Helene 2.0. Had I A Dove: Appalachian Poets on the Helene Flood commemorative reading at Leon Levine Hall, Second Floor, 1179 State Farm Rd, Boone, NC. 

October 9, 2026 @ 12:15 pm (Central): SKY Writers Featured Poet and workshop. Closed to the public. Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College, Bowling Green, KY