In person: Jessica Fisher appearing at The Lyric
Join Jessica Fisher in conversation about Daywork on the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Lyric
1006 Van Buren Avenue
Oxford, MS 38655
United States
Join Jessica Fisher in conversation about Daywork on the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Lyric
1006 Van Buren Avenue
Oxford, MS 38655
United States
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Public Lecture on The Honorable Harvest: Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainability.
Monday, April 1, 20246:30 PM
Tuesday, April 2, 20247:30 PM
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Swarthmore College
500 College Ave
Swarthmore, PA 19081
United States
Ada Limón launches her signature project as the nation’s Poet Laureate—a joyful and provocative anthology of nature poems commissioned from 50 of the most celebrated American poets. Join Limón for this evening of readings and conversation featuring contributors Ilya Kaminsky, Patricia Smith, and Kevin Young.
There will be a book signing at this event. This event is ticketed and the expected run time is 75 minutes.
This event is open to the public and ticketed. Buy tickets here.
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
United States
Join us for the April entry in our monthly reading and panel discussion event series Milkweed Presents, hosted by Meltwater author Claire Wahmanholm! Claire will lead readings and a conversation, featuring Moheb Soliman, Halee Kirkwood, and Kathryn Kysar.
Enjoy a social hour and book-signing in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore Milkweed Books beginning at 5 p.m., followed by the reading and conversation in the Open Book Performance Hall beginning at 6 p.m.
About the speakers
Claire Wahmanholm is the author of Wilder, Redmouth, and, most recently, Meltwater, which was a finalist for the 2024 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award…
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE.
Open Book Performance Hall
1011 Washington Avenue South
Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Join Claire Wahmanholm at Macalester College for her talk in part of the EnviroThursday Spring 2024 series.
This event is free and open to the public.
Macalester College
Olin-Rice Science Center, Room 249
Saint Paul, MN 55105
United States
Join Melissa Kwasny for a discussion of The Cloud Path.
This event is free and open to the public.
This House of Books
116 N 29th St Ste B
Billings, MT 59101
United States
Join us for the launch of Glenn R. Miller’s debut novel Doorman Wanted, a witty and heartfelt look at the complex relationships we have with money. Glenn will read from and discuss his novel, and will host a brief performance inspired by the book. Glenn will also sign books following the event.
We invite you to join us for this special reading in the Open Book Performance Hall at 7 p.m.
With musical guests Dylan Hicks and Michelle Kinney.
About the book
Henry Franken has a problem with money—he has too much of it. When his unprincipled father…
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE.
Open Book Performance Hall
1011 Washington Avenue South
Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Join us at the Library of Congress for Live! at the Library: You Are Here Celebration with Ada Limón
The kickoff event for the U.S. Poet Laureate’s signature project, including the publication of the new anthology You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World. Featuring Ada Limón with poets Molly McCully Brown, Jake Skeets, Analicia Sotelo, and Paul Tran.
This is a ticketed event. Reserve your free tickets here.
Library of Congress
10 1st Street SE
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium (LJG45A)
Washington, DC 20540
United States
Join Fady Joudah for a reading and book signing of his collection […].
This event is free and open to the public. Register here.
Stanford Community Center
424 Santa Teresa Street
Levinthal Hall
Stanford, CA 94305
United States
Join Scott Chaskey for Writer’s Speak Wednesday at Stony Brook University.
Streaming: https: www.youtube.com/mfawriting
Event is free and open to the public.
Stony Brook Southampton
39 Tuckahoe Road
Southampton, NY 11963
United States
Milkweed Editions and the Transnational Literary Series is pleased to present the virtual launch of Fady Joudah’s […]. The Transnational Series focuses on stories of migration, the intersection of politics and literature, and works in translation. This evening will center on a reading and conversation on Fady Joudah’s […] and illuminate the stories of survivance and resistance of Palestinians.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. RSVP here.
Join us as we welcome local poets J.P. White and Gwen Nell Westerman for a reading from their latest collections, A Tree Becomes a Room and Songs, Blood Deep. J.P. and Gwen will also hold time for audience questions, as well as a book signing after the reading.
Please join us at Milkweed Books, our brick-and-mortar independent bookstore on the first floor of Open Book, at 7 p.m. for an unforgettable night of poetry!
About the books
The poems in A Tree Becomes a Room are located in many places including Italy, Russia, Hawaii, Florida, France, Texas, Minnesota…
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE.
Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Ave S
Suite 107
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Join Melissa Kwasny for the launch of The Cloud Path and a conversation with M.L. Smoker.
This event is free and open to the public.
Montana Book Company
331 N Last Chance Gulch
Helena, MT 59601
United States
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for Tanner Talk on Environmental Humanities.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Tanner Humanities Center: University of Utah
215 Central Campus Dr Rm 110
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
United States
Join us as Milkweed Books welcomes J. Drew Lanham for a reading from his new poetry book, Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves, a lush journey into wildness and Black being, in his signature mix of poetry and prose. Drew will read from his book and sit in conversation alongside poet Michael Kleber-Diggs, followed by time for audience questions and a book signing.
Enjoy a social hour in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore Milkweed Books beginning at 5 p.m., followed by the reading and conversation beginning at 6 p.m.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PLEASE RSVP HERE.
Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue South
First Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
The Missoula Writing Collaborative is celebrating three decades of work at their gala, The Art of Writing. They will feature readings from MWC student writers, past Montana Poets Laureate Sheryl Noethe, Mark Gibbons, Melissa Kwasny, and the current laureate Chris La Tray. They will be serving dinner catered by River Song Gourmet and hosting a silent auction.
This is a ticketed event. Purchase tickets here.
Heritage Hall: Fort Missoula
20 Fort Missoula Rd
Missoula, MT 59804
United States
Third Place Books is delighted to welcome Kevin Craft and Jessica Fisher to the Ravenna store for an evening of poetry! Craft and Fisher will be presenting their new collections of poetry. This event is free and open to the public.
For important updates, registration is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A.
This event is free and open to the public.
Third Place Books Ravenna
6504 20th Ave
Seattle, WA 98115
United States
Join Melissa Kwasny for a discussion and reading of The Cloud Path.
This event is free and open to the public.
Shakespeare and Company
103 S 3rd St W
Missoula, MT 59801
United States
Join Wendy Call in conversation with fellow writer-translators Michael Lipkin, Noor Habib & Khadeeja Majoka, and Matt Reeck.
This event is free and open to the public.
Molasses Books
770 Hart Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237
United States
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, to explore scientific knowledge, indigenous wisdom, and the teachings of plants on April 20th at Grewal Hall in downtown Lansing.
This event is free and open to the public.
Michigan State University - Grewal Hall
224 S Washington Square
Lansing, MI 48933
United States
Join Melissa Kwasny for a discussion and reading of The Cloud Path.
This event is free and open to the public.
Lewis and Clark Library
120 S Last Chance Gulch St
Helena, MT 59601
United States
Join The Blake School and Milkweed Editions for this family-oriented event for all ages to explore wonders of nature. Featuring a conversation with New York Times bestselling World of Wonders author Aimee Nezhukumatathil and award-winning Brains On science podcast host Molly Bloom, along with orchids, turtles, plants, ice cream sundaes and more. View the original artwork by Fumi Mini Nakamura that illustrates World of Wonders and get inspired to make your own. Drop in, engage, and experience wonder together.
This event is free and open to the public, please register using this form.
The Blake School
511 Kenwood Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55403
United States
Join Melissa Kwasny for a reading of The Cloud Path.
Event is free and open to the public.
Boulder Public Library
1001 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80302
United States
Join Fady Joudah for a reading and conversation in celebration of his newest collection, […]. Joudah will be joined in conversation by Pacinthe Mattar. This event is hosted by Another Story Bookshop.
This event is open to the public. Tickets are $10.
The Theatre Centre
1115 Queen St W,
Toronto ON M6J 1J1
Canada
Join the Department of English at 7:30 pm on April 24, 2024, as the Esther Freier Lecture Series presents Gay (above right), author of The Book of Delights and The Book of (More) Delights, and Nezhukumatathil (left), author of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks & Other Astonishments. The bestselling poets and essayists will read from their work and be in conversation with English Professor Douglas Kearney.
Live captioning and ASL provided. For further questions about accessibility services and the venue, please email sutt0063@umn.edu or call 612-626-1528.
This event is free and open to the public with registration. Register here.
University of Minnesota
Coffman Union Theater
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States
Join Jackson Holbert for a reading and signing of his book Winter Stranger at Books Inc. Alameda.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Books Inc Alameda
1344 Park Street
Alameda, CA 94501
United States
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Milkweed Books with special one-day-only promotions, and delightful snacks and sips! We invite you to stop in, shop from our array of books and broadsides, and share in the joy and community of local independent bookstores during one of the biggest annual events in the bookselling world! Sign up to become a Milkweed member to receive an exclusive tote bag and member discount! Learn more about Milkweed membership levels and benefits here.
This event will run all day, from 10 am to 5 pm, at Milkweed Books, our brick-and-mortar independent bookstore located on the…
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue South
Suite 107
Minneapolis, MN 55113
United States
Join poets Jessica Fisher and Mary Ruefle for a reading and conversation in celebration of their new books.
Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Clark
255 South St
Williamstown, MA 02167
United States
Join Square Books in celebrating the release of author and friend Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s new book Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees and the paperback release of her celebrated work of nonfiction World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments.
This event is free and open to the public.
Off Square Books
129 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655
United States
Join Fady Joudah for a reading and conversation about his newest collection, […]. Joudah will be joined in conversation by Roger Reeves.
This event is free and open to the public.
First Light Bookstore
4300 Speedway Unit 104,
Austin, TX 78751
United States
Join us as Milkweed Books welcomes award-winning author Dorothy Chan for a reading from their new poetry book Return of the Chinese Femme, an unabashed exploration of queerness, excess, identity, and tenderness. Dorothy will read from their book and sit in conversation alongside poet Douglas Kearney, followed by time for audience questions and a book signing.
Enjoy a social hour in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore Milkweed Books beginning at 5 p.m., followed by the reading and conversation beginning at 6 p.m.
About the book
The speaker in Dorothy Chan’s fifth collection, Return of the Chinese Femme, walks…
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PLEASE RSVP HERE.
Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue South
Suite 107
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Join at PLAYA for this 4-night writing retreat exploring the Poetry of Birding led by best-selling author Priyanka Kumar. Through guided birding excursions to observe migratory birds in the Summer Lake Wildlife Area, bring your observations back to meditative discussions in our workshop circle. Here, participants will integrate birds and poetry, beginning with Seamus Heaney’s “St. Kevin and the Blackbird,” and travel back through the ages to the lone hut of the master of Chinese nature poetry. Create nature poems of your own inspired by local field trips observing spring migration in Summer Lake, Oregon.
This is a ticketed workshop, open to the public. Register here.
Summer Lake Wildlife Area
53447 OR-31
Summer Lake, OR 97640
United States
Join us for the May entry in our monthly reading and panel discussion event series Milkweed Presents, hosted by The Seed Keeper author Diane Wilson! Diane will lead readings and conversation about writing amidst climate change with Erin Sharkey, editor of A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars, and special guest poet Halee Kirkwood.
Enjoy a social hour and book-signing in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore—Milkweed Books—beginning at 5 p.m., followed by the reading and conversation in the Open Book Performance Hall beginning at 6 p.m.
Our Spring 2024 slate of Milkweed Presents includes:
February…
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE.
Open Book Performance Hall
1011 Washington Avenue South
Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Join Debra Magpie Earling and Louise Erdrich for a conversation in celebration of The Lost Journals of Sacajewea. This event is in partnership with Birchbark Books and the Minneapolis Central Library.
Author accommodation generously provided by Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are encouraged.
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Pohlad Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55401
United States
Join Debra Magpie Earling, author of the 2023 Montana Book Award-winning The Lost Journals of Sacajewea, for a conversation over lunch about the origins and development of her visionary novel. The event is open to all Kaleidoscope members and guests.
Open to members of Kaleidoscope and their guests. Register here.
To learn more or to join, visit milkweed.org/kaleidoscope.
Open Book Performance Hall
1011 S Washington Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Join us as Milkweed Books welcomes poet Tess Taylor for a reading from her new book Leaning Toward Light, a collection of contemporary gardening poems with a diverse range of contemporary voices that offer poems celebrating that joyful connection to the natural world, in an era of climate crisis. Tess will read from Leaning Toward Light and be joined in conversation by local author Beth Dooley, followed by time for audience questions and a book signing.
Enjoy a social hour in our brick-and-mortar indie bookstore Milkweed Books beginning at 6 p.m., followed by the reading and conversation beginning at 7 p.m…
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PLEASE RSVP HERE.
Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue South
First floor, Open Book
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Porter Square Books is thrilled to welcome Jennifer Kabat for the release of her book The Eighth Moon. Francesca Wade and Aaron Hicklin will join Kabat in conversation.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP here.
Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge, MA 02140
United States
Join Melissa Kwasny for a reading of The Cloud Path.
Event is free and open to the public.
Spark Central
1214 W Summit Pkwy
Spokane, WA 99201
United States
Join Priyanka Kumar at the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, where writers from Alaska and beyond come together to create community and learn how to be better writers.
This event is a ticketed and open to the public, register here.
Kachemak Bay Campus
533 E Pioneer Ave
Homer, AK 99603
United States
Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue South
Suite 107
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Join us for the our monthly reading and panel discussion event series Milkweed Presents, hosted by Worldly Things author Michael Kleber-Diggs! Michael will lead readings and a conversation on the topic of art and activism during times of global and civil conflict with special guest speakers Sun Yung Shin and Michael Torres.
Please join us in-person at Open Book for an unforgettable reading and discussion at 6 p.m., and come early for a book-signing and social hour at Milkweed Books, our brick-and-mortar independent bookstore, at 5 p.m.
Milkweed Presents is a monthly event series featuring Milkweed authors as curators of…
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE
Open Book
1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Vivian Fung is collaborating with the Jasper String Quartet, tenor Nicholas Phan, and pianist Myra Huang, on the creation of a new song cycle, Songs for the Next Generation. The project is a half-evening length song cycle, approximately 30 minutes, for tenor, string quartet, and piano.
The work centers around poet Claire Wahmanholm’s prize-winning poem “O,” which took second place at the Academy of American Poets’ inaugural Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize. The poem is described by the judges as “an original and powerful evocation, using a single letter of the alphabet to name the wonders that are at risk…
This event is free and open to the public.
Merkin Hall
129 West 67th Street
New York, NY 10023
United States
Join authors Jennifer Kabat and Adrian Shirk in conversation about The Eighth Moon.
Event is free and open to the public.
Buffalo Street Books
215 North Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
United States
Join author Jennifer Kabat for discussion around her book The Eighth Moon.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Golden Notebook
29 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498
United States
Join author Jennifer Kabat for a discussion on her memoir The Eighth Moon.
This event is free and open to the public.
Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
United States
Join Jennifer Kabat in discussion with Summer J. Hart about The Eighth Moon.
This event is free and open to the public.
Split Rock
97 Main Street
Cold Spring, NY 10516
United States
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Old Forge Library for a Keynote Address and Regional Read.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Old Forge Library
220 Crosby Blvd
Old Forge, NY 13420
United States
Join Jennifer Kabat in conversation with Chris Kraus about The Eighth Moon.
This event is free and open to the public.
Skylight Books
1818 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Terry Todd International Speakers Series of the Kalamazoo Nature Center on Native Knowledge and Western Science.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Kalamazoo Nature Center
7000 N Westnedge Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
United States
Join Jennifer Kabat in discussion on her memoir The Eighth Moon.
This event is free and open to the public.
A Room of One's Own
2717 Atwood Avenue
Madison, WI 53704
United States
Join Jennifer Kabat in conversation with Paul Chaat about her new memoir The Eighth Moon.
This event is free and open to the public.
Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
3128 Greenmount Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218
United States
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for the Swope Endowed Lecture Series.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
University of Puget Sound
1500 N Warner Street
Tacoma, WA 98416
United States
Experience the power of life-changing literature with Montana Poet Laureate and Métis storyteller Chris La Tray, author of the forthcoming memoir Becoming Little Shell. Enjoy dinner, drinks, a live auction, and more, while celebrating and supporting transformative books.
Funds raised from the Book Lovers Ball support Milkweed’s mission to identify, nurture, and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it.
Tickets available soon. Please contact Madi McLaughlin, madi_mclaughlin@milkweed.org, (612) 215-2559, with questions.
Machine Shop
300 Second Street Southeast
Minneapolis, MN 55414
United States
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for the DeCoursey Lecture Series at Trinity University.
Trinity University
One Trinity Place
San Antonio, TX 78212
United States
Join author Kerri ní Dochartaigh in prioritizing your creativity for ten days in spring 2025 at the seaside village of Doolin, County Clare, Ireland.
This retreat is led by Ryan Dennis of The Milkhouse Rural Writers Collective; co-organized with NatureCulture/Writing the Land.
This is a ticketed workshop. Register here.
Teergonean
Doolin
County Clare
V95 XR0K
Ireland