Join The Great Northern festival for an exclusive preview of Diane Wilson’s forthcoming novel, The Seed Keeper. In conversation with Minnesota Public Radio’s Brandt Williams and a live virtual audience, Wilson will answer questions on her work, research and inspiration. Register for this free event and you’ll receive an exclusive code in your registration confirmation email. Use the code to buy The Seed Keeper from Milkweed Editions, and you’ll receive a signed copy and free shipping when books become available in early March.

Join Books Are Magic for a reading with Will Harris from his first full poetry collection RENDANG, with co-readers Éireann Lorsung (author of THE CENTURY), Hafizah Geter, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, & R.A. Villanueva. Register here!

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. This JABBIES® event will focus on independent presses with extraordinary award-winning reputations far exceeding their size: Milkweed Editions & Tin House! This event is $5. Attendees will receive a $5 off coupon to use once on Fountain Bookstore’s website. Register here!

Stella Hayes will read from her debut poetry collection, One Strange Country, joined by Grady Chambers reading from his book North American Stadiums. They will be joined in conversation by David Erbenbach. This event will be presented on Crowdcast; register here!

The Cheuse Center and Poetry Daily will be hosting a monthly virtual event Friday evenings at 8:00 EST, through zoom. We’ll feature a moderated conversation between four poet translators, as featured on Poetry Daily. Our first event will be Friday, November 20th, featuring: Dan Beachy-Quick, Kazim Ali, Forrest Gander, and Jennifer Grotz. Register here!

Queer Poetry Salon is a safe space for queer writers to share ideas & poetry while providing opportunities to mobilize for the community. This is a test lab for queer literature wherein we share new work & grow our queer community. This salon will feature readings from Patrick Johnson, torrin a. greathouse, & Derrick Austin. Details here!

Seattle Arts & Lectures presents Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass. Tickets available for both in-person and digital access. Details here!

Join “A Mighty Blaze” for a reading and conversation with poets Allison Adair, author of The Clearing, and Leila Chatti. 4pm ET on Facebook Live!

This Native American Heritage Month, The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation is thrilled to announce a partnership with Tippet Rise Art Center and In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations’ Poets) to offer the digital event “Songs at the Confluence: Indigenous Poets on Place,” on Dec. 4th at 7pm ET. Curated by poets Kimberly Blaeser and Jake Skeets of In-Na-Po, the event draws inspiration from W. W. Norton’s recent collection When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. The program’s focus will be on place and its importance to Indigenous poets and their writing. Details here!

Beloved poets Tina Chang and Aimee Nezhukumatathil come together to discuss their latest books, both of which meditate on the themes of race, motherhood, and home through different lenses. Ambitious and revelatory, Chang’s Hybrida is a stirring and confident examination of mixed-race identity, violence, and history skillfully rendered through the lens of motherhood. Nezhukumatathil’s debut work of nonfiction World of Wonders is a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us. Details here!