Join us for a celebration of Empty Bowl’s fiftieth year of operation. We’ll gather at the Cotton Building in downtown Port Townsend. We’ll be hosting workshops and readings. Here’s a glance at the line up of readings:

11:00 Doors Open! Visit the Archives, Book Table, Raffle for free books

12:00 Poets’ Walk to Memory’s Vault: Walk to Memory’s Vault at Fort Worden with your city poet laureate, Rufina C. Garay. Be in the “Poetic Heart of Fort Worden” as we share voices amplified in the book Memory's Vault published by Empty Bowl Press. Meet outside of Rainshadow Recording Studio (Building 315) at noon. Bring a small pocket notebook, pen, and any small object personal to you and your memory. We also suggest bringing raingear. A Discovery Pass is required for parking at Fort Worden,

2:00 Reading by Current Empty Bowl Authors: Tele Aadsen, Rebekah Anderson, John Brandi, Sally Green, Ed Harkness, Peter Quinn, Ann Spiers

4:00 Tribute Reading & Stories from the Early Days: Stories from the early days of Empty Bowl and readings from the work of writers Tom Jay, Freeman House, Jerry Gorsline, Mike O’Connor, Bill Yake, and Pat Fitzgerald

5:30 Reception & Book Signing

7:00 Reading by Founding Empty Bowl Poets: Michael Daley, Tim McNulty, Bill Porter/Red Pine, Bill Ransom, Finn Wilcox

8:30 Co-publishers Holly & John Wrap Up & Look Ahead