December 10, 2006, 2:00 PM Seattle Central Library 1000 Fourth Ave Seattle (206) 386-4636 map Reading to launch the new anthology, Poetry on Wheels. Come hear Madeline DeFrees, Kelli Russell Agodon, Dana Elkin, Paul Hunter, Joan Swift, Martha Silano and many others.
November 17, 2006, 07:30 PM Ravenna Third Place 6504 20th Ave. NE Seattle (206) 525-2347 map Pontoon 9 reading with Johnny Horton, Susan Landgraf, Erin Malone, Annette Spaulding-Convy, and Katharine Whitcomb.
November 9, 2006, 07:30 PM Auntie's Bookstore 402 W. Main Spokane (509) 838-0206 map A Pontoon 9 reading in the Inland Empire. Readers include Thomas Aslin, Susan Cowger, Joseph Powell, and Katharine Whitcomb.
November 3, 2006, 07:00 PM Orca Books 509 E 4th Ave Olympia (360) 352-0123 map Readers include Timothy Kelly, Annette Spaulding-Convy, Elizabeth St. Louis, Chris Dahl, and Terri Cohlene.
October 15, 2006, 01:00 PM Richard Hugo House 1634 11th Ave Seattle (206) 322-7030 map Our Gala Pontoon 9 reading celebrating the release of our latest anthology. Join us and Terri Cohlene, Laura Snyder, CR Manley, Esther Helfgott, Joseph Powell, Kathy Whitcomb, Katy McKinney, Tatyana Mishel, Michael Schein, Nina Bayer, Susan Landgraf, Michael Spence, Annette Spaulding-Convy, Ronda Broatch, Joan Swift, Marjorie Manwaring, Crysta Casey, and maybe more!
October 4 Soulfood Books Michael Dylan Welch, Tatyana Mishel, C. R. Manley, Joan Swift, Carlos Martinez.
August 27, 2006, 03:00 PM Queen Anne Books 1811 Queen Anne Ave N Seattle (206) 283-5624 map Readers to be announced.
July 15, 2006, 07:30 PM Elliott Bay Books 101 S Main Street Seattle (206) 624-6600 map Floating Bridge Press presents a reading with Tim Kelly, Cody Walker, Jeannette Allee, and Clifford Paul Fetters.
July 11, 2006, 07:00 PM Third Place Books, Lake Forest 17171 Bothell Way NE Lake Forest Park (206) 366-3333 map Join us for a reading with John Wright, Chris Dahl, Michael Schein, Debby Bacharach, and Sibyl James.
June 29, 2006, 07:00 PM Richard Hugo House 1634 11th Ave Seattle (206) 322-7030 map Join us, the chapbook award winner, Annette Spaulding-Convy, and finalists Erin Malone, Marjorie Manwaring, and Joan Swift, for a reading celebrating the chapbook award.
April 2006 Queen Anne Books, 1811 Queen Anne Ave N Seattle (206) 283-5624 map Pontoon reading. Readers to be announced.
March 10, 2006, 8pm CoCA 410 Dexter Ave. N Seattle (206) 728-1980 map Come early to see the new exhibit, Shards, curated by David Francis. Then stay for a reading by Pontoon 8 poets Janet Knox, John Burgess, Steve Potter, Julene Tripp Weaver, and David Gravender.
February 24, 2006, 7:00pm Columbia Cascade Wine Experience at Apple Annie Antique Mall Cashmere Map and directions Join readers Derek Sheffield, Joseph Powell, and Judith Kleck in Cashmere for a Pontoon reading. Hosted by A Book for All Seasons. Please call A Book for All Seasons at (509) 548-1451 if you're planning to attend. There is no charge.
February 22, 2006, 7:30pm Village Books 1200 Eleventh Street, Bellingham (360) 671-2626 map Please join Pontoon 8 readers Terri Cohlene, Carlos Martinez, Nancy Pagh, Richard Widerkehr, and Ladd Holroyd in Bellingham at Village Books.
January 12, 2006, 7:00pm University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle (206) 634-3400 map Pontoon reading. Readers are Norman Goodwin, Johnny Horton, Sigrun Susan Lane, Gerry McFarland, and Tatyana Mishel.
January 12, 2006, 7:00pm Northwind Gallery 2409 Jefferson Street Port Townsend (360) 379-1086 map Join Pontoon 8 readers Sally Albiso, Ronda Broatch, Mike Dillon, Holly Hughes, and Barbara Lovell for a wonderful evening of poetry.
November 17, 2005, 7:00pm Barnes & Noble 4099 Meridian St. Bellingham (360) 647-7018 map Pontoon reading. Join Terry Cohlene, Carlos Martinez, and Nancy Pagh in Bellingham for an evening of wonderful poetry from these Pontoon poets.
November 3, 2005, 7:30pm Open Books 2414 N. 45th Street Seattle (206) 633-0811 map Seattle poet Catherine Wing reads from her first book, Enter Invisible, published by Sarabande Books.
October 19, 2005, 6:30pm Traditions Fair Trade 300 5th Avenue SW Olympia (360) 705-2819 map Timothy Kelly, recipient of the 2005 Floating Bridge Chapbook Award, reads. Sponsored by the Olympia Poetry Network.
October 16, 2005, 3pm Open Books 2414 N. 45th Street Seattle (206) 633-0811 map Michael Bonnaci and Timothy Kelly, the recipients of the 2004 and 2005 Floating Bridge Chapbook Awards, read. Should be a great afternoon.
October 14, 2005, 7:30pm Ravenna Third Place Books 6504 20th NE Seattle (206) 525-2347 map Join Lillias Bever and Floating Bridge editor Susan Rich for From Istanbul to Mogadishu: An Evening of Poetry. Bever is the author of Bellini in Istanbul from Tupelo Press.
September 24, 2005, 7:30pm Lucia Douglas Gallery 1415 13th Street Bellingham (360) 733-0693 map Timothy Kelly and our editor Kathleen Flenniken read together as part of the Whatcom Poetry Series.
September 11, 2005, 2pm Frye Art Museum 704 Terry Avenue Seattle (206) 622-9250 map A Pontoon 8 Gala. Floating Bridge presents a Pontoon 8 Gala, celebrating the release of our newest anthology of Washington State poets, featuring as many of them as we can fit through the doors.
January 13, 2005, 7pm Northwind Art Gallery Port Townsend Pontoon 7 Reading. TBA.
December 6, 2004, 7pm University Bookstore 4326 University Way NE Seattle (206) 634-3400 map Pontoon 7 Reading. TBA.
November 4, 2004, 7pm Hugo House 1634 11th Seattle (206) 322-7030 map Not a Lawfirm: Bonacci, Flenniken, Loudon, and Martinez. Michael Bonacci, Kathleen Flenniken, Rebecca Loudon, and Carlos Martinez read from recently published work. Free. Supported by the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.
October 17, 2004, 3pm Ravenna Third Place Books, Pontoon 7 Reading with Jeanine Hall Gailey, Susan Landgraf, A.J. Rathbun, Amy Schrader, Cody Walker.
August 26, 2004, 7pm Barnes and Noble, 4099 Meridian Street, Bellingham (360) 647-7018 map Pontoon Reading with Jim Bertolino, Ladd T. Holroyd, Johnny Horton, and Paul Hunter.
August 5, 2004, 7pm University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle (206) 634-3400 map Pontoon Reading with Ronda Broatch, Crysta Casey, Daniel Gutierrez, Holly Hughes, Janet Knox, and Rebecca Loudon.
July 27, 2004, 7pm Queen Anne Books, 1811 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle (206) 283-5624 map Pontoon Reading with Elizabeth Austen, John Burgess, Norman Goodwin, Roberta Hart, Michael Hickey, and Kary Wayson.
July 12, 2004, 7:30pm Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th NE, Seattle (206) 525-2347 map Pontoon Reading with Thomas Aslin, Shannon Borg, Clifford Paul Fetters, Gregory Hischak, Leonard Orr, and Joseph Powell.
June 24, 2004, 7pm Hugo House 1634 11th Seattle (206) 322-7030 map, Chapbook Award Reading with Michael Bonacci, Kathryn Hunt, Marjorie Manwaring, Annette Spaulding-Convy, and Cody Walker.
June 17, 2004, 7pm, Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave, Seattle (206) 622-9250 map Reading with Arlene Naganawa, Eli Richardson, and John Sangster.
February 29, 2004, 3pm Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 South Main Street, Seattle (206) 624-6600. map Pontoon 6 Reading with Martha Clarkson, Gregory Hischak, Johnny Horton, Paul Hunter, and Rebecca Loudon.
February 12, 2004, 6pm Defunct Books, 123 S. Wall Street, Spokane, WA 99201, (509) 624-9064. map Pontoon 6 Reading with Thomas Gribble, Iris Gribble-Neal, and Kris Christensen.
February 2, 2004, 7pm, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, (206) 366-3333. map Pontoon 6 Reading with Thomas Aslin, Elizabeth Austen, John Burgess, Clifford Paul Fetters, and Marjorie Manwaring.
January 13, 2004, 7pm University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle, (206) 634-3400. map Pontoon 6 Reading with Crysta Casey, Larry Crist, Abigail Howell, Corey Howland, and Bethany Reid.
November 16, 2003, 2-3pm Ravenna Third Place, 6504 20th NE, Seattle, (206) 525-2347. map Pontoon 6 Reading with Martha Silano, Shannon Borg, and Kary Wayson.
October 19, 2003, 3-4pm. Northwest Bookfest, Magnuson Park, Seattle. Kelli Russell Agodon, Hilda Raz, and Paula Gardiner read poems about breast cancer.
October 16, 2003, 7:30pm. Eagle Harbor Books, 157 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, (206) 842-5332. map Kelli Russell Agodon reads with fellow Kitsap poets Janet Norman Knox and Ronda Broatch whose work appears in the new Pontoon 6.
October 2, 2003, 7:30pm. Poulsbohemian Coffeeshop, 19003 Front Street NE, Poulsbo, (360) 779-9199. map Kelli Russell Agodon and John Davis read. Open Mic follows.
September 12, 2003, 7pm. One World One Love, 118 S. 9th Street, Tacoma, (253) 383-3380. map Distinguished Writing Series featuring Kelli Russell Agodon. Open Mic follows.
September 10, 2003, 7pm. Parkplace Books, 348 Parkplace Ctr, Kirkland, (425) 828-6546. map Reading featuring 2003 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award Winner Kelli Russell Agodon, as well as Carlos Martinez, Martha Clarkson, and Arne Pihl.
Labor Day Weekend (8/29 – 9/1), 2003, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle. Stop by our booth in the Snoqualmie Room at Bumbershoot. We'll have the new Pontoon 6, guidelines for submissions for the 2004 Chapbook Award, our 2003 Chapbook Award winner, Geography, and glass by Jeff Crandall, the artist who did the cover for the very first Pontoon. While you're bumbershooting, catch readings by Pontoon 6 writers Elizabeth Austen and Gregory Hischack. Ms. Austen is part of the Jack Straw Writers reading at 7:15pm on Monday. Mr. Hischack appears an hour earlier at 6:00pm on Monday as part of the Crab Creek Review reading.
Thursday, June 26th, 2003: 7:30 PM. Kelli Russell
Agodon, winner of the 2003 Chapbook Award, reads from her
new chapbook Geography, at Open Books: 2414
N. 45th Street, Seattle. Also reading, Linda Greenmun,
author of Wheel
of Days. Greenmun is the winner of a recent Washington
State Arts Commision/Artist Trust poetry fellowship. Call
(206) 633-0811 for more information.
Tuesday, June 24th, 2003. 7:00 PM Please join us to
celebrate the release of Kelli Russell Agodon's chapbook,
Geography, winner of the 2003 Chapbook Award. She
will be joined by the finalists Martha Silano, Gregory Hischak,
Iris Gribble-Neal, and Eli Richardson. The Cabaret at Richard
Hugo House: 1634 - 11th Avenue, on Capitol Hill near 11th and
Pine, in Seattle. A reception and book-signing follows. This
event is ASL interpreted and open to the public. Free admission
& ample free parking available. Please call 206-322-7030 for
more information.
Thursday, June 19th, 2003. 7:00 PM. Frye Art Museum. Sean
Bentley and Roger Fanning read from Divertimento: The Lost Works of Nelson Bentley.
704 Terry Avenue, Seattle. Call 206-622-9250
for more information.
2003 National Poetry Month Readings
Please join us to hear readings from Floating Bridge Press'
most recent publications: Divertimento: The Lost Works
of Nelson Bentley; Wheel of Days a first book by Camano
Island poet Linda Greenmun; and Pontoon 5, an anthology
of Washington State Poets. All readings are free and open to the
public. We are grateful to the support of the Seattle Office of
Arts & Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Development Authority
of King County, and the Allen Foundation for the Arts. Please
join us to support small press poetry!
Saturday April 12, 2003 at 2pm, University Book Store. Linda Greenmun, Peter Suruda, Lenae Nofziger, Gregory Hischak. 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. Call 206-634-3400 for more information.
Thursday, April 17, 2003 at 7pm, Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park. Nelson Bentley Tribute. Beth Bentley, Joannie Kervran Stangeland, Bart Baxter. 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155. Call 206-366-3320 for more information.
Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 7:30 pm, Elliot Bay Books. Linda Greenmun, Rebecca Loudon, John Sangster, Carlos Martinez. 1st Avenue South and South Main, Seattle. Call 206-624-6600 for more information.
Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 7pm, Frye Art Museum. Tom Aslin, A.E. Swaney and Sybil James. 704 Terry Avenue, Seattle. Call 206-622-9250 for more information.
Friday, March 7th, 2003 Floating Bridge Press editors Jeff
Crandall and Peter Pereira read with poet and writer Carletta
Carrington Wilson, as part of as part of a collabortaion between
Rainier Valley Youth Theater, SEED (Southeast Effective Development),
and the Jack Straw Writers Program. All three writers are current
or recent participants in the Jack Straw Writers Program. At 6:30
- 8 PM Columbia City Starbuck's, 4824 Rainier Avenue South.
Call Jack Straw Productions for more information, at 206-634-0919.
Friday, February 28th, 2003 Linda Greenmun and Peter Pereira read as part of North Seattle Community College's Poets and Writers Series, curated by Pesha Gertler. Greenmun is the author of Wheel of Days, and winner of a recent Washington State Arts Commision/Artist Trust poetry fellowship. Pereira is an editor at Floating Bridge Press. Divertimento: The Lost Works of Nelson Bentley, will be on sale, as well as all our other recent chapbooks and past issues of the Pontoon anthology. Please join us and support small press poetry! North Seattle Community College, Rose Room, 9600 College Way North. Call NSCC Humanities at 206-527-3709, or Pesha Gertler, coordinator, at 206-525-5373 for more information.
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Floating Bridge Press is presenting two readings in January to
celebrate the life of Nelson Bentley and the publication of Divertimento: The
Lost Works of Nelson Bentley. Former students and poets
influenced by Nelson Bentley's work and teaching will read selections
from Divertimento, as well as from their own work. Please
join us!
Sunday, January 26th, 2003, 2:00 pm. University Bookstore: 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. Call 206-634-3400 for more information.
Friday, January 31st, 2003, 7:30 pm, Hugo House: 1634 - 11th Avenue, on Capitol Hill near 11th and Pine. Please call 206-322-7030 for more information.
These readings are free and open to the public, and funded, in part, by the Seattle Arts Commission, King County Arts Commission and the Allen Foundation for the Arts.
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Sat-Sun October 19-20th, 2002. Northwest Bookfest!! All are invited
to visit Floating Bridge Press at our Northwest Bookfest booth
at Sand Point's Magnuson Park. Our latest books, Wheel of Days,
by Linda Greenmun, and Divertimento: the Lost Poems of Nelson
Bentley, will be on sale, as well as all our other chapbooks and past issues of the Pontoon anthology. Meet the editors and support
small press poetry! Call Northwest Bookfest at 206-378-1883 for more
information.
Sunday, September 1st, 2002. Joseph Green, winner of
the 2001 Chapbook Award, reads from The End of Forgiveness. 3:45-4:45 PM,
The Starbuck's Literary Stage Bumbershoot Literary Arts Festival. If
you haven't had a chance to hear Joseph read from his fine chapbook
of poems, don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!
Friday-Monday August 30th-September 2nd, 2002. Bumbershoot Literary Arts Festival All
are invited to visit Floating Bridge Press at Bumbershoot! Our
latest books, Wheel of Days, by Linda Greenmun, and Divertimento:
the Lost Poems of Nelson Bentley, will be on sale, as well
as all our other chapbooks
and past issues of the Pontoon
anthology. We will also have submission guidelines for the 2003 Poetry Chapbook Award.
Meet the editors and support small press poetry. Hope to see you
there!!
2002 National Poetry Month Reading Series
Come listen to the Pontoon 5 Anthology Poets!!
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Eagle Harbor Books
Thursday, 7:30 PM April 4th:
Van Calvez, Marian McDonald, Kelli Russel Agodon
157 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island. Call 206-842-5332 for more information.
Frye Art Museum:
Thursday, 7:00 - 8:00PM, April 11th:
Jan Thomas, Judith Skillman, Jared Leising, Janet Sekijima, Joseph Green
704 Terry Avenue, Seattle. Call Roxanne Hadfield @ 206-622-9250 ext 220 for more information.Elliott Bay Books:
Sunday, 1:00 - 2:30 PM April 7th:
Lillias Bever, Kay Mullen, Tom Aslin, Heidi Darchuck, Shannon Borg-Randolph, Scott Ferry
Elliot Bay Book Company, 1st Avenue South and South Main, Seattle. Call 206-624-6600 for more information.University Bookstore:
Monday @ 7:00 - 8:00PM April 8th:
John Whalen, Kathryn Hunt, Mercedes Lawry, M. Anne Sweet, Dorothy Williams, Paul Nelson
4326 University Way NE, Seattle. Call 206-634-3400 for more information.
Wits End Bookstore:
Wednesday @ 7:00 - 8:00PM April 10th:
Christa Casey, Carlos Martinez, Van Calvez, Brigid Yukman
Located at 770 N. 34th, Seattle. Call 206-547-2330 for more information.
Third Place Books:
Monday @ 7:30 - 8:30 PM May 20th:
Kathleen Flennikan, Lenae Nofziger, Rebecca Loudon, Peter Suruda, John Sangster
17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155. Call 206-366-3320 for more information.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2002. Joseph Green, winner of the 2001
Chapbook Award, reads from The
End of Forgiveness. 12:00 noon, Peninsula College,
in Port Angeles, as part of the Foothills Writers Series.
Wednesday, January 16, 2002. Joseph Green, winner
of the 2001 Chapbook Award, reads from The End of Forgiveness.
6:30 PM, The Olympia Poetry Network at Traditions
Fair Trade Cafe (300 Fifth Ave. SW) in downtown Olympia.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2001: Joseph Green, winner
of the 2001 Chapbook Award, reads from The End of Forgiveness
at Open Books: 7:30 PM. Also reading, James
Bertolino. Open books is located at 2414 N. 45th Street,
Seattle. Call (206) 633-0811 for more information.
Northwest
Bookfest!! Sat-Sun October 20-21st, 2001. All are
invited to join Floating Bridge Press at our Northwest Bookfest
booth. All of our books will be on sale, including Joseph Green's
2001 Chapbook Award winner, The End of Forgiveness, as
well as our newest anthology. Pontoon
#5 (hot off the presses!). Meet the editors and support
small press poetry! Call Northwest Bookfest at 206-378-1883 for more
information.
Sunday, October 21st, 2001: Joseph Green, winner
of the 2001 Chapbook Award for The End of Forgiveness is
the featured reader at Red Sky Poetry: 7:30
PM. Open mic included. Red Sky Poetry is located at the The
Globe Cafe, 1531 - 14th Avenue, in Seattle. For more information
call (206) 324-8815
Friday, October 19th, 2001: Joseph Green, winner
of the 2001 Chapbook Award, gives a presentation, "Time Away:
A Sabbatical Spent on Poetry," and reads from The End
of Forgiveness at the 21st Annual Conference
of the Washington Community and Technical College Humanities Association:
2:00 PM. Peninsula Room at the West Coast Hotel, 2300 Evergreen
Park Drive, Olympia, WA.
Thursday, October 11th, 2001: Joseph Green, winner
of the 2001 Chapbook Award, signs The End of Forgiveness
at Lower Columbia College Bookstore, Student Center:
1:30-3:30 PM. Lower Columbia College is located at 1600 Maple,
Longview, WA.
Friday, September 7th, 2001. Joseph Green, winner of the 2001
Chapbook Award, reads from The End of Forgiveness at
7:30 pm Elliott Bay Books. Elliot Bay Book Company, 1st Avenue
South and South Main, Seattle. Call 206-624-6600 for more information.
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001. Joseph Green, winner of the 2001
Chapbook Award, reads from The End of Forgiveness at 7:30
pm, Village Books in Bellingham. Village Books is located
in Historic Fairhaven, 1210 11th St., Bellingham, WA 98225. For
more information, contact Alaine L. BorgiasEvents & Publications
Coordinator 360-733-1599.
Friday-Monday August 31st-September 3rd, 2001. Bumbershoot
Literary Arts Festival All are invited to visit
Floating Bridge Press at Bumbershoot! Our latest chapbook, Joseph
Green's The End of Forgiveness, winner of the 2001
chapbook award, will be on sale, as well as all our other chapbooks
and past issues of the Pontoon anthology. Meet the editors and
support small press poetry. Hope to see you there!!
Thursday, June 21st, 2001. Please join Joseph Green,
winner of the 2001 Chapbook Award, as he reads from his winning
manuscript, The End of Forgiveness, along with finalists
Kathryn Hunt, Lenae Nofziger, and Laura Read. Frye
Art Museum, 704 Terry Avenue, Seattle, 7:00 PM. A reception
and book-signing follows. This event is ASL interpreted and open
to the public. Free admission & ample free parking across
the street. Call Floating Bridge at 206-860-0508, or Roxanne Hadfield
at 206-622-9250 ext 220 for more information.
2001 National Poetry Month Reading Series
35 poets, 8 nights — Come listen to the Pontoon 4
Anthology Poets!!
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Open Books:
Thursday, 7:30 PM, April 5th:
E. Hank Buchmann, Ann Batchelor Hursey, Alicia Hokanson, Tina Schumann, Judith
Skillman. Located at 2414 N. 45th Street, Seattle. Call (206) 633-0811 for more information.
Frye Art Museum:
Thursday, 7:00PM, April 12th:
Mark Halperin, Joseph Green, Kevin Miller, Joseph Powell
Thursday 7:00 PM, April 19th:
Larry Crist, Neile Graham, Paul C. Hunter, Arlene Naganawa
Call Roxanne Hadfield @ 206-622-9250 ext 220 for more information.University of Washington Campus
Parrington Commons, 3rd Floor, Parrington Hall:
Wednesday, 7:00 PM April 18th:
Michael Bonacci, Kevin Craft, Eugene S. Fairbanks, Andrew Gottlieb, Marlene
Muller. Located on the UW campus, one block east of the intersection of 15th Avenue NE and NE 43rd Street.Elliott Bay Books:
Saturday, 3:00 PM April 21st:
Carol Barrett, Curt Colbert, Gregory Hischak, Joannie Kervran Stangeland, A. E.
Swaney. Elliot Bay Book Company, 1st Avenue South and South Main, Seattle. Call 206-624-6600 for more information.Third Place Books:
Sunday @ 5:00 PM April 22nd:
Doug Anderson, Glenda Cassutt, Pamela Moore Dionne, Carmen Germain, John L.
Wright. 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155. Call 206-366-3320 for more information.
University Bookstore:
Thursday @ 7:00PM April 26th:
E. G. Burrows, Pesha Gertler, Blythe Horman, Marjorie Power, Martha Silano.
4326 University Way NE, Seattle. Call 206-634-3400 for more information.
Eagle Harbor Books:
Sunday, 3:00 PM April 29th:
John Davis, Hugh Hosman.
157 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island. Call 206-842-5332 for more information.
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Thursday, January 4th, 2001. King County Arts Commission Special
Projects award winners Bart Baxter, Jeff Crandall, and Peter Pereira,
read from their newly-released poetry chapbooks. Bart Baxter's
The Man with St. Vitus' Dance, was produced
by Floating Bridge Press, and includes an audio-video CD-ROM.
Crandall's The Grief Pool was produced by Firestorm
Press of Seattle, and Pereira's The Lost Twin, was produced
by Grey Spider Press of Sedro-Woolley. 7:30 PM Elliot
Bay Book Company, 1st Avenue South and South Main, Seattle. Call
206-624-6600 for more information.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2000. King County Arts Commission
Special Projects award winners Bart Baxter, and Peter Pereira,
read from their newly-released chapbooks. Bart Baxter's The
Man with St. Vitus' Dance, was produced by Floating
Bridge Press, and includes an audio-video CD-ROM. Pereira's The
Lost Twin, was produced by Grey Spider Press of Sedro-Woolley.
7:00 PM Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE,
Lake Forest Park. Call Judith Chandler at 206-366-3320 for more
information.
Wednesday, November 1st, 2000. Floating Bridge Press editor
Peter Pereira introduces physician-poet Rafael Campo reading
from his poetry as part of the Counterbalance Poetry Series.
7:30 PM Pigott Auditorium, Seattle University campus. For
more information, contact Jeffery Cantrell at 206-282-2677
Northwest Bookfest!! Sat-Sun October 21-22nd, 2000. All
are invited to join Floating Bridge Press at our Northwest Bookfest
booth. Our latest chapbooks, including Bart Baxter's The
Man with St. Vitus' Dance and Chris Forhan's, X:
a poem, as well as our newest anthology. Pontoon #4
(hot off the presses!) will be on sale. In addition, poets
James Gurley & Peter Pereira will read from their
chapbooks Radiant Measures & The Lost Twin, at
the Book Arts "Wordspace" Saturday, October 21st,
from 4:30PM - 5:30PM. Meet the editors, support small press
poetry, and pick up the guidelines for the 2001 Chapbook Award.
Call Northwest Bookfest at 206-378-1883 for more information.
Oct-Nov 2000: Please join Floating Bridge Press editor Peter
Pereira, as he reads with other poets at the following venues:
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Saturday, October 7th, 2000, 8:30 PM. LitRag #10 Release Event. The evening begins with music from singer-songwriter j r (that’s “jay-arr”). LitRag editor AJ Rathbun will present poets Peter Pereira and Kary Wayson, reading from their work appearing in LitRag and elsewhere. Mix Gallery in Ballard, 5319 Ballard Avenue. For more information contact AJ Rathbun at detonator36@hotmail.com.Tuesday, October 17th, 2000, 7:00 PM. Hugo House Benefit. Richard Hugo House & Grey Spider press present Rebecca Brown, Jody Aleisan, and Peter Pereira, in a benefit reading for Grey Spider Press. Mix and mingle; donations gladly accepted. Hugo House is located at 1634 llth Avenue, on Capitol Hill near 11th and Pine. Please call Rebecca Brown for more information: 206.726.0592
Thursday, October 19th, 2000, 7:00 PM. Poetry Reading at the Frye Art Museum. Floating Bridge Press editors Peter Pereira and Jeff Crandall read from their new chapbooks. Crandall is the author of The Grief Pool, new from Firestorm Press. Pereira is the author of The Lost Twin, new from Grey Spider Press. Pereira is a winner of an Artist Trust Fellowship in Poetry, and both poets are winners of King County Arts Commission Special Projects Awards. Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Avenue, Seattle. Free Admission and parking. Booksigning follows. Call Roxanne Hatfield @ 206-622-9250 ext 220 for more information.
Sunday, November 19th, 2000, 1:00 PM. Sundays at One Poetry Series: Art, Music & The Spoken Word. Peter Pereira reads from his new chapbook, The Lost Twin, along with poet Christine Hemp. Jazz guitar by Richard Pullen. Port Townsend’s Rose Theatre, Port Townsend, WA. Series coordinator: Mary Lou Sanelli. For more information call 360-385-6267. $4 suggested donation. Sponsored by Moving Arts.
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Saturday, September 2nd, 2000. James Gurley,
winner of a King County Arts Commission Publication Award, for
his chapbook, Radiant Measures, reads as part of the Bumbershoot
Literary Arts Festival. Mr. Gurley will read, along with Copper
Canyon Poet Timothy Liu, at the Starbucks Literary Stage at
7:15. Watch for your Bumbershoot festival guide for more information,
or log on to www.bumbershoot.org.
Bumbershoot Literary Arts Festival Friday-Monday September
1st-4th, 2000. All are invited to join Floating Bridge Press
at our first-ever Bumbershoot booth! Our latest chapbooks, including
Bart Baxter's The Man with St. Vitus' Dance and Chris
Forhan's, X: a poem, will be on sale, as well as all
our other chapbooks and past issues of the Pontoon anthology.
Meet the editors, support small press poetry, and pick up the
guidelines for the 2001 Chapbook Award. Hope to see you there!!
Friday, August 18th, 2000: Passion for Poetry Reading Series.
Muriel Nelson, Donna Lathrop, & Anne Sweet, featured in
Pontoon #3, read from their work. 7:30 PM, Barnes &
Noble, 31325 Pacific Highway South, Federal Way, WA. Call
253-839-7541 for more information.
Monday, June 19th, 2000. James Gurley, winner
of a King County Arts Commission Publication Award, for his chapbook,
Radiant Measures, reads as part of the Love of Life
Series. 7:00PM University Barnes & Noble.
Thursday, June 15th, 2000. Chris Forhan, winner of
the 2000 Poetry Chapbook Award, reads from X: a poem along
with finalists Lynn Christiansen, John Davis, Paul Hunter, and
Joannie Kervran Stangeland. Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Avenue,
Seattle, 7:00 PM. A reception and book-signing follows. Free
parking!! This event is free and open to the public. Call 206-860-0508
for more information.
Sunday, June 11th, 2000: Floating Bridge Press editor Peter
Pereira joins other poets appearing in recent issues of Crab
Creek Review for a group reading. 3:00 PM Elliot Bay Books,
Seattle. 1st Avenue South & South Main. Call 624-6600 for
more information.
Saturday, May 20th, 2000: Skagit Valley Poetry Festival. Patterned
after the highly successful Dodge Festival in Waterloo, NJ, come
experience the debut of the biennial festival, featuring national
and Northwest poets, including: Heather McHugh, Michael Daley,
Joseph Green, Paul Hunter, Mary Lou Sanelli, and Judith Skillman.
Then visit Floating Bridge Press' booth at the small press fair!
LaConner, Washington. For more information, call The Next Chapter
Bookstore at 1-800-804-8406, or visit www.skagitriverpoetry.org.
Saturday, May 13th, 2000: Floating Bridge Press editor Jeff
Crandall reads from his new book, The Grief Pool, winner
of a 1999 King County Arts Commission Special Projects Award.
7:30 PM Elliot Bay Books, Seattle. 1st Avenue South &
South Main. Call 624-6600 for more information.
2000 National Poetry Month Reading Series
Pontoon 3 Anthology Poets!!
Seattle Art Museum: Thursday, 7:30 PM
May 4th: Jeanne Lohmann, Sean Bentley, Mary Lou Sanelli, Allen
Braden
100 University, Seattle. Call 206-654-3100 for more information.
Eagle Harbor Book Company: Thursday, 7:30 PM
April 27th: Kelli Russell Agodon, Mike Dillon, Holly Hughes
157 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island. Call 206-842-5332 for
more information.
Third Place Books: Sunday, 4:30 PM
April 2nd: Mike Dillon, Joseph Green, Kelli Russell Agodon
April 9th: John Sangster, Lynn Miller, Miriam Schorr
17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155. Call 206-366-3320
for more information.
University Bookstore: Thursday, 7:00 PM
April 6th: Holly Hughes, Cathernie Hoffman Beyer, E. Hank
Buchman, Ann Spiers
April 13th: Daniel Gutierrez, Mark Halperin, Tom Jamieson
4326 University Way NE, Seattle. Call 206-634-3400 for more
information.
Aunties Books (Spokane): Sunday, 7:30 PM
April 15th: Thomas Gribble, Iris Gribble-Neal, Justin Hart,
Lenae Nofziger, Lisa Roullard
Corner of Washington and Main. Call 509-838-0206 for more
information.
Open Books: A Poem Emporium: Thursday, 7:00 PM
April 20th: Joannie Kervran-Stangeland, Gregory Hischak, A.J.
Rathbun, Steven Quig
2414 N. 45th Street, Seattle. Call (206) 633-0811 for more
information.
Sunday, February 20th, 2000: Sundays at One Poetry Series.
Pontoon anthology poets Michael Daley, Martha Silano,
Carmen Germain, and AJ Rathbun read in the intimacy
of the beautiful Rose Theatre, Port Townsend, WA. Series
coordinator: Mary Lou Sanelli. For more information call
360-385-6267. $4 suggested donation. Sponsored by Moving
Arts.
Friday, January 21st, 2000: Passion for Poetry Reading Series.
Bart Baxter, winner of the 1999 Chapbook Award for Sonnets
from the Mare Imbrium, and Paul Hunter read. 7:30 PM, Barnes
& Noble, 31325 Pacific Highway South, Federal Way, WA.
Call 253-839-7541 for more information.
Thursday, January 20th, 2000. James Gurley &
Neile Graham read at the Frye Art Museum Auditorium, 704
Terry Avenue, Seattle, 7:00PM. Gurley, winner of a King County
Arts Commission Publication Award, reads from his new chapbook,
Radiant Measures, produced by Floating Bridge Press. Graham
reads from her forthcoming chapbook, Blood Memory, by
BuschekBooks. Call 206-622-9250 for more info.
PASSION FOR POETRY READING SERIES SCHEDULE FOR 2000 (click
here)
IT'S ABOUT TIME WRITERS' READING SERIES SCHEDULE FOR 2000 (click
here)
Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999: IT'S ABOUT TIME WRITERS' READING SERIES:
James Gurley reads from his chapbook of poetry, Radiant
Measures, along with Priscilla Long, Bruce Taylor & Catherine
Reynolds, with Danny Godinez on Guitar. Open microphone precedes
& follows scheduled readers. Seattle Public Library, 5009
Roosevelt Way N.E. 684-4063 Wheelchair accessible by arrangement.
Free. For information, call: Esther Altshul Helfgott, 206-527-8875
or email: eahelfgott@aol.com
Northwest Bookfest!! Sat-Sun November 13-14th, 1999.
All are invited to join Floating Bridge Press at our first-ever
Northwest Bookfest booth. Our latest chapbooks, including Bart
Baxter's Sonnets from the Mare Imbrium and James
Gurley's, Radiant Measures, will be on sale, as well
as Pontoon 3, the newest edition of our annual poetry
anthology. Meet the editors, and pick up the guidelines for the
2000 Chapbook Award.
Also on the NW Bookfest menu are these Floating
Bridge Press editor and author appearances:
Saturday,
Nov 13th 10:45-11:45AM: Hailed by many as the un-official
poet laureate of Seattle, Bart Baxter reads from his newest
book of poetry Sonnets from the Mare Imbrium , produced
by Floating Bridge Press. Third Place/Elliot Bay Beard Stage.
Saturday,
Nov 13th 1:15-2:15PM: Small Regional Presses: An Industry Roundtable.
Editor and poet Peter Pereira of Floating Bridge Press
joins a panel of representatives from small regional presses,
including Thatcher Bailey of Copper Canyon, Thom Chambliss of
PNW Booksellers Assoc, Faith Conlon of Seal Press, Fiona McRae
of Graywolf Press, and Chuck Robinson of Village Books. Moderator
Marlene Howard of Writers NW. KUOW/KPLU Hall stage.
Sunday,
Nov 14th 3:15-4:15PM: Expansive Poetry: New Formalism and New
Narrative Now. Seattle poet Bart Baxter joins poets
Dana Gioia and Judith Roche in a panel moderated by Story Line
Press editor and poet-critic Robert McDowell for a discussion
of formalism in contemporary poetry.
See you there!!
Thursday, October 28th, 1999. Bart Baxter, winner of
the 1999 Poetry Chapbook Award, reads from his chapbook, Sonnets
from the Mare Imbrium and James Gurley, winner of a
King County Arts Commission Publication Award, reads from his
new chapbook, Radiant Measures, produced by Floating Bridge
Press. 7:30 PM, Open Books, A Poem Emporium 2414 N.
45th Seattle, WA. For more information, call (206) 633-0811
Wednesday, October 20th, 1999. Bart Baxter, winner
of the 1999 Poetry Chapbook Award, reads from his chapbook, Sonnets
from the Mare Imbrium and James Gurley, winner of a
King County Arts Commission Publication Award, reads from his
new chapbook, Radiant Measures, produced by Floating Bridge
Press. 7:00 PM, University Bookstore 4326 University Way NE,
Seattle. Call 634-3400 for more information.
Saturday, October 2nd, 1999. James Gurley, winner
of a King County Arts Commission Publication Award, reads from
his new chapbook, Radiant Measures, produced by Floating
Bridge Press. 7:30 PM, Victor's Coffee Company, Corner of 164th
and Redmond Way, Redmond, WA. For more info, contact
Redmond Association of Spokenword (RASP).
Thursday, September 16th, 1999. Floating Bridge Press editors
T. Clear and Gary Winans read. Frye Art Museum,
7:00 PM. 704 Terry Avenue, Seattle. Call 206-622-9250 for more
info.
Sunday, September 12th, 1999. Floating Bridge Press editor
T. Clear reads with poets Shairi Miller, Nicky DuCommun
& James Gurley winner of a King County Arts Commission
Publication Award, for his new chapbook, Radiant Measures.
Barnes & Noble, 3:00 PM. Pickering Place, Issaquah.
For more info call 425-557-8808
Sunday, August 29th, 1999, 4:30 PM. Bart Baxter,
winner of the 1999 Poetry Chapbook Award, reads from his chapbook,
Sonnets from the Mare Imbrium. Third Place Books,17171
Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155. From more informantion,
contact: Judith Chandler, 206-366-3320.
Sunday, August 15th, 1999. Bart Baxter, winner of
the 1999 Poetry Chapbook Award, for his chapbook, Sonnets from
the Mare Imbrium; and Joannie Kervran, winner of the
1995 Poetry Chapbook Award, for A Steady Longing for Flight,
read from their poetry at the West Seattle Art, Nature, and
Literature Festival, 2:30-3:30 PM, Lincoln Park, near the Fauntleroy
Ferry Terminal. Come early and check out Floating Bridge Press'
booth!! Call Nancy Whitlock, at 206-932-1072, for more information.
Sunday, July 18th, 1999. James Gurley, winner of a King
County Arts Commission Publication Award, reads from his new chapbook,
Radiant Measures, produced by Floating Bridge Press. 4:30
PM, Third Place Books,17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park,
WA 98155. From more info: Contact: Judith Chandler, 206-366-3320.
Thursday, June 24th, 1999. Bart Baxter , winner
of the 1999 Poetry Chapbook Award, reads from Sonnets from
the Mare Imbrium, along with finalists Allen Braden,
Michael Bonacci and Mark Halperin. Lee Auditorium of the Downtown
Seattle Public Library, 7:00 PM. A reception and book-signing
follows. Supported, in part, by grants from Allied Arts, King
County Arts Commission, and the Seattle Arts Commission. This
event is free and open to the public.
May 6th, 1999: Poet James Gurley reads from his new chapbook
Radiant Measures, winner of a King County Arts Commission
publication award, and produced by Floating Bridge Press. Seattle
Public Library, 7:30PM, Thursday. Special thanks to A.J. Rathbun.
March-April 1999: National Poetry Month Reading Series: Poets included in Pontoon 2 read from their work. University Bookstore, Thursday evenings at 7:30pm; Third Place Books, Sunday afternoons at 4:30pm. For complete information, and line-up of poets, click here.
Sunday, January, 10th 1999 7:30pm: Floating Bridge Press
editor T. Clear read from her poetry at Wits End Bookstore,
770 N. 34th, Seattle. Includes open mic. Call 206-547-2330 for
more information.
Monday, December 7th, 1998 7:30pm: Contributors to Pontoon
#1 and #2 will be reading in Spokane at Auntie's Bookstore
on the corner of Washington and Main streets. Stay tuned for more
details.
Sunday, Dec 6th, 1998, 4:30 PM: Molly Tenenbaum reads her poetry, including selections from her chapbook, Blue Willow, winner of the 1998 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Also reading, poet Judy Lightfoot, from her chapbook Calling the Crow, from Brooding Heron Press. Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park Town Center, corner of Bothell Way and Ballinger Way. Come early for coffee and jazz. Call 206-781-5026 for more information.
Thursday, Nov 19th, 1998, 7:30 PM: Molly Tenenbaum reads her poetry, including selections from her chapbook, Blue Willow, winner of the 1998 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University, located in downtown Seattle. Call 654-3100 for more information.
Tuesday, Nov 17, 7:00 PM : Molly Tenenbaum reads her poetry, including selections from her chapbook, Blue Willow. Elliot Bay Bookstore, 101 South Main Street, located in downtown Seattle. Call 624-6600 for more information.
Thursday, November 5th, 1998 7:00PM: Molly Tenenbaum reads her poetry, including selections from Blue Willow, winner of the 1998 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Also reading, poet Judy Lightfoot. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. Call 634-3400 for more information.
Saturday, October 24th, 1998: Northwest Bookfest. Small Is Beautiful: The Chapbook. Poet Cal Kinnear moderates a panel discussion: the Art of the Chapbook. Floating Bridge Press editor Peter Pereira, and chapbook poet Molly Tenenbaum (Blue Willow), join Grey Spider Press' Jules Faye; Wood Works' Paul Hunter, and chapbook poet Belle Randall (Drop Dead Beautiful), among others. 10:30 - 12:00 AM. Pier 48 on the Seattle Waterfront, Barnes & Noble Beard Stage. Call 206-378-1883 for more information.
October 3rd-4th, 1998: Get Lit! The First Annual Northwest Literary Arts Festival: Please join EWU Press & the Creative Writing Program at EWU in celebrating and promoting the Literary Arts in the Northwest. Harry O's Groove Gallery and the Met Theater, Spokane, Washington. Featured poets include James Grabill, Denis Johnson, and Nance Van Winckel, who won the 1996 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award for A Measure of Heaven. Call EWU Press at 509-359-2456 for more information.
Saturday, August 29th, 1998 3:00 PM: Floating Bridge Press editor T. Clear, reads from her poetry at the West Seattle Arts Festival, at Lincoln Park. Admission free. make sure to visit the Floating Bridge Press information booth in the Literary Grove, open from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday, August 29-30, 1998.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 1998 7:00 PM: Molly Tenenbaum, winner of the 1998 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, reads from Blue Willow. Also featured are finalists Justin Hart, Derek Sheffield, Martha Silano, and Kary Wayson. Downtown Seattle Public Library, 1000 - 4th Avenue. Admission free. Reception and booksigning follows.