Jim Schley's Reading Schedule

2014


April 11, 2014 at 12:00 PM.
Poetry reading for Boston Poetry Festival, with Martha Collins, David Ferry, Lloyd Schwartz, Dan Tobin, Alfred Nicol, and others. Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts.

January 31, 2014 at 7:00 PM.
Reading and conversation for Winter Evenings series. Tunbridge Public Library, Tunbridge, Vermont.

2012

June 28, 2012 at 7:00 PM.
Poetry reading with Sydney Lea and Angela Patten, hosted by composer Erik Nielsen for the annual Poetry and Pie festivities. Old Town Hall in Brookfield, Vermont 05036. (802) 276-9906 or erik AT eriknielsenmusic.com

2011

June 30, 2011 at 7:00 PM.
Poetry reading with Franz Wright and Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright, hosted by The Grolier Poetry Book Shop at the First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts (617) 547-4648 or http://grolierpoetrybookshop.org/blog2/

October 7, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Reading of poems by Elizabeth Bishop at Hope Cemetery, 119 Webster Street,#A,, Worcester, Massachusetts 01603. Hosted by Dead Poets Remembrance Day Caravan, with stops at the graves or homes of Massachusetts poets John Greenleaf Whittier, Anne Bradstreet, Jack Kerouac, Elizabeth Bishop and Louisa May Alcott, with additional readings by Walter Skold, Carle Johnson, Raffael de Gruttola, Susan Lenoe and others. http://deadpoets.typepad.com/dprd-ne/

2010

December 8, 2010 at 7:00 PM.
Prose reading with Catherine Tudish, hosted by Artichokearts, 220 Route 132, South Strafford, Vermont 05070. (802) 765-4335 or http://artichoke-arts.com/

July 31, 2010 at 1:00 PM.
Poetry and prose reading with Jody Gladding at Bookstock:
The Green Mountain Festival of Words
10 The Green, Woodstock, Vermont 05091
(802) 457-9149 or pfr@rousmaniere.com or www.bookstockvt.org/

October 31, 2010 at 3:00 PM.
Reading with poet Ellen Doré Watson at the Concord Poetry Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord, Massachusetts 01742.
cpc@concordpoetry.org or (978) 897-0054 or www.concordpoetry.org

2009

December 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm.
Reading with poets Maggie Dietz, Jennifer Militello, Meg Kearney and others at Gibson's Bookstore, 27 S. Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301
(603) 224–0562 or www.gibsonsbookstore.com

October 13, 2009 at 7:30 pm.
Reading with poet Alice B. Fogel at Left Bank Books, Main Street, Hanover, New Hampshire
(603) 643–4479

February 12–14 (times to be announced)
Book signing, with Marick Press authors at Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Conference and Bookfair. Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
http://www.marickpress.com

Sunday, February 22 at 2:00 pm
Readings on the Bowery, sponsored by Four Way Books,
with Alice B. Fogel, Wendell Hawken, and Allston James
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery between Houston and First Streets, New York City, $8.00 admission, $2.00 gets you a drink at the bar.
(212) 614–0505
www.fourwaybooks.com

Wednesday, February 25 at 1:00 pm
Presentation on work in progress: “The Way of the Warbonnet”
School of Architecture + Art, Norwich University,
Northfield, Vermont. Free admission.
(802) 485–2931

Wednesday, February 25 at 6:00 pm
Reading with another poet (to be announced) and musicians.
Painted Word Reading Series, hosted by poet Major Jackson.
Music begins at 6 pm, with readings at 6:30.
The Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Free admission.
(802) 656-2090 http://www.uvm.edu/~fleming/index.php?category=events&page=poetry_series

2008

Tuesday, March 11 at 7 pm
Left Bank Books
Main Street, Hanover, New Hampshire
(603) 643–4479

Wednesday, April 23 at 7 pm
Franconia Heritage Museum
Co-sponsored by Abbie Greenleaf Library and The Frost Place
553 Main Street (Route 18), Franconia, New Hampshire
(603) 823-5000 museum@franconiaheritage.org

Friday, May 2 at 6:30 pm
Poets Follies, along with Ilya Kaminsky, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Peter Conners, Sean Thomas Dougherty and Derick Burleson
Grosse Pointe Artists Association Art Center
15001 Kercheval Avenue, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
(313) 407-9236
mgriffor@marickpress.com
www.marickpress.com

Saturday, May 3 at 8 pm
Marick Press Authors Reading
Izzy's Raw Art Gallery, Admission $5
2572 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
(313) 407-9236
mgriffor@marickpress.com
www.marickpress.com

Sunday, May 4 at 2–5 pm
(5:30 to 7:30 pm: Book Signing and Reception)
Book Party, with Ilya Kaminsky, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Peter Conners, Sean Thomas Dougherty and Derick Burleson
Tompkins House (Tompkins Community Center)
14920 Windmill Pointe Drive, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
(313) 407-9236
mgriffor@marickpress.com
www.marickpress.com

Wednesday, May 14 at 7 pm
with Leland Kinsey
Norwich Bookstore
291 Main Street, Norwich, Vermont
(802) 649–1114
info@norwichbookstore.com
norwichbookstore.com/

Thursday, June 12 at 1 pm
Reading and Discussion of Book-Creation Process
Morrill Memorial and Harris Library
Strafford, Vermont
(802) 765–5510

Saturday, June 14 at 11:00 am
with Dzvinia Orlowsky
Kingdom Books
283 East Village Road, Waterford, Vermont
(802) 748-5488
KingdomBks@aol.com
http://www.kingdombks.com/

Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 pm
Canaan Meetinghouse Reading Series, hosted By William Craig
With Dennis McCullough
On Canaan Street Lake at the Old Meetinghouse
(603) 523-9650
meetinghouse.us
Press: (802) 785-2030 William Craig

Tuesday, July 29 at 8 pm
with Jean Valentine
The Frost Place
158 Ridge Road, Franconia, New Hampshire
(603) 823–5510The Frost Place
158 Ridge Road, Franconia, New Hampshire
(603) 823–5510
rfrost@ncia.net
www.frostplace.org

Wednesday, August 6, at 8 pm
Monday, July 28
with Jeanne Marie Beaumont and James Hoch
The Frost Place
158 Ridge Road, Franconia, New Hampshire
(603) 823–5510
rfrost@ncia.net
www.frostplace.org

Wednesday, August 20 at 7 pm
with Cleopatra Mathis and Gary Lenhart
Strafford Townhouse, Strafford, Vermont
(802) 765–4922
cltudish@sover.net

Wednesday, August 27, at 7 pm
with James Hoch, Frost Place Resident Poet
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
1171 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
for information: (603) 823–5510
rfrost@ncia.net
www.frostplace.org

 

Saturday, October 4 at 12:30 pm
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Panel on "The Endurance of Robert Frost" with Ellen Bryant Voigt, John Elder, Peter Gilbert, and Natalie Bober
Centre Congregational Church, Main Street, Brattleboro, Vermont bookfest@brattleboroliteraryfestival.org
www.brattleboroliteraryfestival.org//

Sunday, October 5 at 11:00 am Brattleboro Literary Festival Reading with John Elder
Location: Hooker Dunham Theater, Main Street, Brattleboro, Vermont
bookfest@brattleboroliteraryfestival.org
www.brattleboroliteraryfestival.org

Thursday, October 9 at 7:00 pm
Presentation and discussion on the complex legacy of Robert Frost.
Wisconsin Book Festival: Presented in conjunction with Woodland Pattern Book Center.
Site: Milwaukee Public Library's Centennial Hall, 733 N. 8th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(414) 286–3031

Friday, October 9 at 11:00 am
Reading and discussion at Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin (not public).

Friday, October 10 - 7:00 p.m. Reading
Selections from As When, In Season and other writings, with musician Jesus Villa.
Location: Art & Soul Gallery, 5708 W. Vliet Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(414) 257–3853

Saturday, October 11 at 2:00 pm
Wisconsin Book Festival: Editor/Agent Panel and Reception featuring Sheree Bykofsky, Michael Rothenberg and Jim Schley
Site: UWM School of Continuing Education, 161 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Plankinton Building, 7th floor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(414) 227–3311

Thursday, October 30 at 7:00 pm
with Baron Wormser, for The Collected Poets Series. Free.
Mocha Maya’s Coffee House, 47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 01370
(413) 625–6292.
www.mochamayas.com

Sunday, February 22 at 2:00 pm
Readings on the Bowery, sponsored by Four Way Books,
with Alice B. Fogel, Allston James and Dzvinia Orlowsky
Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery between Houston and First Streets, $8.00 admission, $2.00 gets you a drink at the bar.
(212) 614–0505
www.fourwaybooks.com/