Please join us in ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse on the Port Angeles campus for a presentation and discussion from authors of My Heart Is Good, Ron Charles and Josh Wisniewski. The event will begin at 12:30 p.m., and is also accessible by Zoom (visit Peninsula College’s website for more information).

Please join us at the Finnriver Fall Book Fair on Sunday, November 9 from 12:00-5:00 p.m. From 1:30-2:30, you can get your books signed by authors Red Pine, Finn Wilcox, Kurt Hoelting, Josh Wisniewski but come any time to enjoy food, drinks, and the works of other presses, plus a poetry reading at 3 pm. Entry is free—you can find more information at Finnriver’s website.

Please join us for a reading on Vashon Island featuring Empty Bowl poet Ann Spiers, author of Wild Cucumber. This event will also feature poets Katy E. Ellis and Susan Landgraf reading alongside Ann, and all three authors’ books will be available for purchase and signing. The event will take place on Saturday, November 8, from 1:30pm-2:30pm at Vashon Coffee Roasterie. Order coffee, beer, and snacks to enjoy while you listen!

Please join us at Griffin Bay Brooks in Friday Harbor for a poetry reading from Ann Spiers, Wild Cucumber, and Ed Harkness, Creek Water. The event will take place on November 2nd at 2:00 p.m., with a special welcome from Friday Harbor’s Gary Thompson.

Please join Empty Bowl author Kurt Hoelting for a reading from his book Apprentice to the Wild hosted at Fact & Fiction Books in Missoula, MT. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m., and will feature a signing from Kurt following the reading.

Join Ed Harkness, Creek Water, and Ann Spiers, Wild Cucumber, for a reading on Tuesday, October 14. The reading will take place at 6:00 p.m. at the Oberto Commons in the Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation at Seattle University.

Please join Kurt Hoelting for a reading from his memoir, Apprentice to the Wild, at 6:30 p.m. at the Finnriver Farm and Cidery. Prior to the reading, Kurt and Holly will also be giving a workshop from 2:00-5:00 p.m. on mindfulness and writing, including a walk through the orchard and prompts informed by both author’s own works. Registration includes a free cider!

Please join Ed Harkness, and other local poets, in a night of readings featuring pieces from Surviving Interesting Times, A Western Washington Poets Network Anthology. This reading is hosted by Everett Poetry Night at The Sisters Restaurant as part of their featured artists events, and Ed will be reading his own poem from the anthology, “One Fine Day.” Guests are welcome to arrive at 5:00 p.m., with sign-up at 5:30 p.m. and readings beginning at 5:45 p.m.

Please join us as we celebrate the release of Seattle poet Ed Harkness’s Creek Water, a collection of new and selected poems. The launch will take place on Saturday, September 13, at the Haller Lake Community Club in Shoreline (12579 Densmore Avenue N.)

Join Ann Spiers for a reading from Wild Cucumber. Ann is reading with Michael Daley and Kathyrn Rantala as part of the It's About Time series at the Ballard Library. The event will take place on Thursday, August 14 from 6:00-7:45 p.m., at 5614 22nd Avenue Northwest.

Join Kurt Hoelting for a talk at the Port Townsend Library on Thursday, August 7, at 5:00 p.m.

Join Jerry Martien, author of Waveshock: Ed Ricketts, the Voyage of the Grampus & Our Biopoetic Future, along with Empty Bowl editor and author Holly J. Hughes and book designer Carolyn Servid, for a reading on July 26 at 7:00 PM. The reading will take place at the Yew Chapel at the historical Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska.

Please join Kurt Hoelting in conversation with Stephen Posner for their virtual talk on Kurt’s memoir Apprentice to the Wild on the Garrison Institute’s Pathways to Planetary Health Forum. The event will take place from 1:00-2:00 PM on Wednesday, July 16, and you can register for free here; donations encouraged.