Events
Upcoming
We're currently scheduling M. Allen Cunningham's appearances for Perpetua's Kin. Check back in this space for info on Cunningham's additional FALL 2018 events in New England and the Pacific Northwest.
*Cunningham's fall 2018 appearances are funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council
Saturday Sept. 29, 2018 / 10:30 - 11:30AM > TACOMA, WA
M. Allen Cunningham at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Tradeshow (PNBA)
In-booth signing of Perpetua's Kin
IPG Booth (#11)
Sunday Oct. 7, 2018 / 6PM > NEW YORK, NY
M. Allen Cunningham at Why There Are Words Reading Series NYC
with Esther Cohen, Tim Fitts, Carol Ghiglieri, Fran Hawthorne, and Leslie Shinn
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (between Houston & Bleecker)
NYC 20012
https://www.facebook.com/events/2211680375746608/
Wednesday Oct. 10, 2018 / 7PM > NEW YORK, NY
M. Allen Cunningham at NYC's Same Page Reading Series
with Kendrick Greer, Laura Buccieri, Jessica Gross, Krista G., and Kirsten S. Chen
KGB Bar's Red Room (3rd floor)
85 East 4th Street
NYC 10003
https://www.facebook.com/events/2078634192188287/
Monday Oct. 29, 2018 / 7PM > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham, Tony Ardizzone, and Dan DeWeese at Broadway Books
1714 NE Broadway
Portland, OR 97232
www.broadwaybooks.net
https://www.facebook.com/events/241436759882088/
Thursday Nov 1, 2018 / 7PM > PORTLAND, OR
"Don't Write What You Know"
Margaret Malone reads with Jason Arias and M. Allen Cunningham
Literary Arts
925 SW Washington
https://www.facebook.com/events/343443189547306/
Friday Nov 9, 2018 / 7 - 8PM > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham reads with Samiya Bashir, Anne-Marie Kinney and Janice Lee at Lit Crawl Portland 2018, "Unchartable: An Evening of Environmental Unknowns"
Hosted by Portland Review, Entropy, Civil Coping Mechanisms, and Writ Large Press
Literary Arts
925 SW Washington
https://www.facebook.com/events/641569186259802/
Saturday Nov. 10, 2018 / all day > PORTLAND, OR
Atelier26 Table, with Author Signings
Portland Book Festival Book Fair (Wordstock)
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Ave
https://www.facebook.com/events/728076860864663/
Sunday Nov. 18, 2018 / 4PM > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham at Why There Are Words PDX
with Michael Copperman, Kate Carroll De Gutes, Ramiza Koya, Anca Szilágyi, and Valerie Wallace
Leach Botanical Gardens
6704 SE 122nd Ave
*This event is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council
Monday Nov. 26, 2018 / 7:30PM > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham at Powell's Books on Hawthorne
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd
March 27-30, 2019 > PORTLAND, OR
Atelier26 Books at AWP 2019
Book Fair Table, with Author Signings, plus special offsite reading (see below!)
AWP Conference
Oregon Convention Center
Friday March 29, 2018 / 6:00PM > PORTLAND, OR
AWP Offsite Reading Hosted by Atelier26 Books
Featuring Margaret Malone (People Like You), Woody Skinner (A Thousand Distant Radios), and Sidney Wade (Bird Book)
Ford Food & Drink
2505 SE Division
Past Events
>Mondays, April 2 - 23, 2018 / 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham teaches Writing Fiction with Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" at Literary Arts.
Broadway smash and cultural sensation, Hamilton: An American Musical is a masterpiece of fictional form. With its ingenious handling of time, characterization, plot, perspective, voice, theme, and all the other essential elements of storytelling, Hamilton offers writers every ingredient for a master class in creating fiction. This 4-week class will explore the inner fictional workings of the sensational genre-bending musical. Through inspiring listening exercises, writing prompts, analysis, discussion, and related readings, participants will use Hamilton to unlock their understanding of how fiction functions and what makes a good story great. Learn more and sign up HERE.
>February 14 - March 21, 2018 / Wednesday evenings > PORTLAND, OR
Atelier26 Creative Writing Workshops, winter 2018
Learn more & apply by January 26th HERE
>Sunday, February 18, 2018 / 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
Margaret Malone, author of People Like You, reads at Why There Are Words PDX with David Biespiel, Elyse Fenton, Jacqueline Keeler, Sara Quinn Rivara, and Wendy Willis.
*suggested $10 donation
Leach Botanical Garden Manor House
6704 SE 122nd Ave
Portland, OR 97236
>Saturday, March 3, 2018 - JACKSONVILLE, FL
Sidney Wade is a featured author and leads a poetry workshop at the Douglas Anderson Writers' Festival.
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
2445 San Diego Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
>Friday, March 9, 2018 / 1:30 p.m. > TAMPA, FL
Sidney Wade reads from Bird Book at the AWP Conference, with fellow poets Randall Mann, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Molly McCully Brown, Mitchell L.H. Douglas, and Heather Derr-Smith.
Persea Books: Poetry of Protest (Event F230)
Room 20 & 21, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor
https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/11133
>Saturday, March 10, 2018 / 12:00 p.m. > TAMPA, FL
Bird Book author Sidney Wade discusses perspectives on the creative process of translation with fellow translators Hélène Cardona, Hilary Kaplan, Willis Barnstone, and Christopher Merrill.
The Glories of Impossible Translations: International Perspectives on Creative Process (Event S196)
Room 23, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor
https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/12764
>Sunday, March 11, 2018 / 3:00 p.m. > GAINESVILLE, FL
Sidney Wade reads with Natalie J. Graham and Nicole Harris.
Thomas Center Galleries
302 NE 6th Ave
Gainesville, FL
Facebook event page: http://bit.ly/2Fics8p
>Saturday March 17, 2018 / 6:30 p.m. > LITTLE ROCK, AR
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios.
Argenta Reading Series
Little Rock, AR
>Sunday March 18, 2018 / 2:00 p.m. > MEMPHIS, TN
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios.
Novel Bookstore
387 Perkins Ext.
Memphis, TN 38117
Facebook Event page: http://bit.ly/2EUu4XX
>Friday, November 10, 2017 / 7:00 p.m. > GAINESVILLE, FL
Sidney Wade reads and signs Bird Book.
Third House Books & Coffee
113 North Main Street
Gainesville, FL
http://bit.ly/2ivdd3j
>Saturday, November 11, 2017 / 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham's Starting the Novel workshop at WORDSTOCK.
>Sunday, November 26, 2017 / 4:00 p.m. > LITTLE ROCK, AR
OFFICIAL LAUNCH EVENT! Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios.
WordsWorth Books & Co.
5920 R Street
Little Rock, AR 72207
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2jAuDj2
>Thursday, January 4, 2018 / 6:30 p.m. > FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios at Nightbird Books.
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2Br33IF
>Friday, January 5, 2018 / 7:00 p.m. > LAWRENCE, KS
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios at The Raven Book Store.
6 East 7th St.
Lawrence, KS
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2jC1Fzh
>Saturday, January 6, 2018 / 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon > EMPORIA, KS
Coffee with the Author: Woody Skinner signs A Thousand Distant Radios at Ellen Plumb's City Bookstore.
1122 Commercial
Emporia, KS
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2ABWEgy
>Saturday, January 6, 2018 / 3:00 p.m. > WICHITA, KS
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios at Watermark Books and Cafe.
4701 E. Douglas
Wichita, KS
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2mD21Xl
>Wednesday, May 3, 2017 / 7:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham reads in Southeast PDX's Plonk Reading Series.
Corkscrew Wine Bar
1665 SE Bybee Blvd.
>Thursday, April 13, 2017 / 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > AUSTIN, TX
Balcones Fiction Prize reading featuring 2015 winner Margaret Malone.
Malvern Books
613 West 29th Street
Austin, TX 78705
http://malvernbooks.com/events/
>Tuesday, April 11, 2017 / 6:00 p.m. > LONGVIEW, WA
M. Allen Cunningham reads at WordFest.
Cassava Coffee Shop
1333 Broadway
Longview, WA
>Thursday, April 6, 2017 / 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. > VANCOUVER, WA
Margaret Malone speaks at WSU Vancouver's Professional Writers Series. (Free and open to the public.)
Multimedia Classroon Building, Room 6
14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave
Vancouver, WA 98686
http://www.cityofvancouver.us/community/one-writers-path-margaret-malone
>Saturday, September 24, 2016 / 7:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
Margaret Malone reads with Alexander Maksik, author of Shelter in Place (Europa Editions).
Mother Foucault's Bookshop
523 SE Morrison Street
Portland
https://www.facebook.com/MotherFoucaults/
>Thursday, September 29, 2016 / 4:00 p.m. > WILLIAMSTOWN, MA
Margaret Malone reads at Williams College.
Griffin Hall 6
844 Main St
Williamstown, MA 01267
>Sunday, October 2, 2016 > 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. TACOMA, WA
Margaret Malone signs copies of People Like You at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fall trade show. (IPG booth)
Hotel Murano
1320 Broadway
Tacoma, WA
>October 11, 2016 > 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. > LONGVIEW, WA
Margaret Malone reads/signs books at WordFest in Longview.
Cassava
1333 Broadway
Longview, WA 98632
>October 13, 2016 > 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > NEW YORK, NY
Margaret Malone reads with authors Alexander Maksik, Tim Murphy, and Randa Jarrar at Behind the Book in NYC's KGB Bar.
KGB Bar
85 E 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
>October 19, 2016 1:00-2:00 p.m. > GRESHAM, OR
Margaret Malone presents her work at the Mouths of Others Reading Series.
Mount Hood Community College
26000 SE Stark St.
Gresham, OR 97030
>October 26, 2016 > 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
Margaret Malone reads with Mike Copperman and Ashley Tolliver at Literary Arts.
Literary Arts
925 SW Washington
Portland, OR 97205
>November 9, 2016 > 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. > SALEM, OR
Margaret Malone reads in Willamette University's New Voices Showcase with Sara Jaffe, author of Dryland.
Willamette University
Hatfield Library
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
We're currently scheduling M. Allen Cunningham's appearances for Perpetua's Kin. Check back in this space for info on Cunningham's additional FALL 2018 events in New England and the Pacific Northwest.
*Cunningham's fall 2018 appearances are funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council
Saturday Sept. 29, 2018 / 10:30 - 11:30AM > TACOMA, WA
M. Allen Cunningham at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Tradeshow (PNBA)
In-booth signing of Perpetua's Kin
IPG Booth (#11)
Sunday Oct. 7, 2018 / 6PM > NEW YORK, NY
M. Allen Cunningham at Why There Are Words Reading Series NYC
with Esther Cohen, Tim Fitts, Carol Ghiglieri, Fran Hawthorne, and Leslie Shinn
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (between Houston & Bleecker)
NYC 20012
https://www.facebook.com/events/2211680375746608/
Wednesday Oct. 10, 2018 / 7PM > NEW YORK, NY
M. Allen Cunningham at NYC's Same Page Reading Series
with Kendrick Greer, Laura Buccieri, Jessica Gross, Krista G., and Kirsten S. Chen
KGB Bar's Red Room (3rd floor)
85 East 4th Street
NYC 10003
https://www.facebook.com/events/2078634192188287/
Monday Oct. 29, 2018 / 7PM > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham, Tony Ardizzone, and Dan DeWeese at Broadway Books
1714 NE Broadway
Portland, OR 97232
www.broadwaybooks.net
https://www.facebook.com/events/241436759882088/
Thursday Nov 1, 2018 / 7PM > PORTLAND, OR
"Don't Write What You Know"
Margaret Malone reads with Jason Arias and M. Allen Cunningham
Literary Arts
925 SW Washington
https://www.facebook.com/events/343443189547306/
Friday Nov 9, 2018 / 7 - 8PM > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham reads with Samiya Bashir, Anne-Marie Kinney and Janice Lee at Lit Crawl Portland 2018, "Unchartable: An Evening of Environmental Unknowns"
Hosted by Portland Review, Entropy, Civil Coping Mechanisms, and Writ Large Press
Literary Arts
925 SW Washington
https://www.facebook.com/events/641569186259802/
Saturday Nov. 10, 2018 / all day > PORTLAND, OR
Atelier26 Table, with Author Signings
Portland Book Festival Book Fair (Wordstock)
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Ave
https://www.facebook.com/events/728076860864663/
Sunday Nov. 18, 2018 / 4PM > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham at Why There Are Words PDX
with Michael Copperman, Kate Carroll De Gutes, Ramiza Koya, Anca Szilágyi, and Valerie Wallace
Leach Botanical Gardens
6704 SE 122nd Ave
*This event is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council
Monday Nov. 26, 2018 / 7:30PM > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham at Powell's Books on Hawthorne
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd
March 27-30, 2019 > PORTLAND, OR
Atelier26 Books at AWP 2019
Book Fair Table, with Author Signings, plus special offsite reading (see below!)
AWP Conference
Oregon Convention Center
Friday March 29, 2018 / 6:00PM > PORTLAND, OR
AWP Offsite Reading Hosted by Atelier26 Books
Featuring Margaret Malone (People Like You), Woody Skinner (A Thousand Distant Radios), and Sidney Wade (Bird Book)
Ford Food & Drink
2505 SE Division
Past Events
>Mondays, April 2 - 23, 2018 / 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham teaches Writing Fiction with Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" at Literary Arts.
Broadway smash and cultural sensation, Hamilton: An American Musical is a masterpiece of fictional form. With its ingenious handling of time, characterization, plot, perspective, voice, theme, and all the other essential elements of storytelling, Hamilton offers writers every ingredient for a master class in creating fiction. This 4-week class will explore the inner fictional workings of the sensational genre-bending musical. Through inspiring listening exercises, writing prompts, analysis, discussion, and related readings, participants will use Hamilton to unlock their understanding of how fiction functions and what makes a good story great. Learn more and sign up HERE.
>February 14 - March 21, 2018 / Wednesday evenings > PORTLAND, OR
Atelier26 Creative Writing Workshops, winter 2018
Learn more & apply by January 26th HERE
>Sunday, February 18, 2018 / 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
Margaret Malone, author of People Like You, reads at Why There Are Words PDX with David Biespiel, Elyse Fenton, Jacqueline Keeler, Sara Quinn Rivara, and Wendy Willis.
*suggested $10 donation
Leach Botanical Garden Manor House
6704 SE 122nd Ave
Portland, OR 97236
>Saturday, March 3, 2018 - JACKSONVILLE, FL
Sidney Wade is a featured author and leads a poetry workshop at the Douglas Anderson Writers' Festival.
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
2445 San Diego Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
>Friday, March 9, 2018 / 1:30 p.m. > TAMPA, FL
Sidney Wade reads from Bird Book at the AWP Conference, with fellow poets Randall Mann, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Molly McCully Brown, Mitchell L.H. Douglas, and Heather Derr-Smith.
Persea Books: Poetry of Protest (Event F230)
Room 20 & 21, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor
https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/11133
>Saturday, March 10, 2018 / 12:00 p.m. > TAMPA, FL
Bird Book author Sidney Wade discusses perspectives on the creative process of translation with fellow translators Hélène Cardona, Hilary Kaplan, Willis Barnstone, and Christopher Merrill.
The Glories of Impossible Translations: International Perspectives on Creative Process (Event S196)
Room 23, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor
https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/12764
>Sunday, March 11, 2018 / 3:00 p.m. > GAINESVILLE, FL
Sidney Wade reads with Natalie J. Graham and Nicole Harris.
Thomas Center Galleries
302 NE 6th Ave
Gainesville, FL
Facebook event page: http://bit.ly/2Fics8p
>Saturday March 17, 2018 / 6:30 p.m. > LITTLE ROCK, AR
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios.
Argenta Reading Series
Little Rock, AR
>Sunday March 18, 2018 / 2:00 p.m. > MEMPHIS, TN
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios.
Novel Bookstore
387 Perkins Ext.
Memphis, TN 38117
Facebook Event page: http://bit.ly/2EUu4XX
>Friday, November 10, 2017 / 7:00 p.m. > GAINESVILLE, FL
Sidney Wade reads and signs Bird Book.
Third House Books & Coffee
113 North Main Street
Gainesville, FL
http://bit.ly/2ivdd3j
>Saturday, November 11, 2017 / 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham's Starting the Novel workshop at WORDSTOCK.
>Sunday, November 26, 2017 / 4:00 p.m. > LITTLE ROCK, AR
OFFICIAL LAUNCH EVENT! Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios.
WordsWorth Books & Co.
5920 R Street
Little Rock, AR 72207
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2jAuDj2
>Thursday, January 4, 2018 / 6:30 p.m. > FAYETTEVILLE, AR
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios at Nightbird Books.
205 W. Dickson St.
Fayetteville, AR
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2Br33IF
>Friday, January 5, 2018 / 7:00 p.m. > LAWRENCE, KS
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios at The Raven Book Store.
6 East 7th St.
Lawrence, KS
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2jC1Fzh
>Saturday, January 6, 2018 / 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon > EMPORIA, KS
Coffee with the Author: Woody Skinner signs A Thousand Distant Radios at Ellen Plumb's City Bookstore.
1122 Commercial
Emporia, KS
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2ABWEgy
>Saturday, January 6, 2018 / 3:00 p.m. > WICHITA, KS
Woody Skinner reads and signs A Thousand Distant Radios at Watermark Books and Cafe.
4701 E. Douglas
Wichita, KS
Facebook Event Page: http://bit.ly/2mD21Xl
>Wednesday, May 3, 2017 / 7:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
M. Allen Cunningham reads in Southeast PDX's Plonk Reading Series.
Corkscrew Wine Bar
1665 SE Bybee Blvd.
>Thursday, April 13, 2017 / 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > AUSTIN, TX
Balcones Fiction Prize reading featuring 2015 winner Margaret Malone.
Malvern Books
613 West 29th Street
Austin, TX 78705
http://malvernbooks.com/events/
>Tuesday, April 11, 2017 / 6:00 p.m. > LONGVIEW, WA
M. Allen Cunningham reads at WordFest.
Cassava Coffee Shop
1333 Broadway
Longview, WA
>Thursday, April 6, 2017 / 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. > VANCOUVER, WA
Margaret Malone speaks at WSU Vancouver's Professional Writers Series. (Free and open to the public.)
Multimedia Classroon Building, Room 6
14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave
Vancouver, WA 98686
http://www.cityofvancouver.us/community/one-writers-path-margaret-malone
>Saturday, September 24, 2016 / 7:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
Margaret Malone reads with Alexander Maksik, author of Shelter in Place (Europa Editions).
Mother Foucault's Bookshop
523 SE Morrison Street
Portland
https://www.facebook.com/MotherFoucaults/
>Thursday, September 29, 2016 / 4:00 p.m. > WILLIAMSTOWN, MA
Margaret Malone reads at Williams College.
Griffin Hall 6
844 Main St
Williamstown, MA 01267
>Sunday, October 2, 2016 > 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. TACOMA, WA
Margaret Malone signs copies of People Like You at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fall trade show. (IPG booth)
Hotel Murano
1320 Broadway
Tacoma, WA
>October 11, 2016 > 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. > LONGVIEW, WA
Margaret Malone reads/signs books at WordFest in Longview.
Cassava
1333 Broadway
Longview, WA 98632
>October 13, 2016 > 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > NEW YORK, NY
Margaret Malone reads with authors Alexander Maksik, Tim Murphy, and Randa Jarrar at Behind the Book in NYC's KGB Bar.
KGB Bar
85 E 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
>October 19, 2016 1:00-2:00 p.m. > GRESHAM, OR
Margaret Malone presents her work at the Mouths of Others Reading Series.
Mount Hood Community College
26000 SE Stark St.
Gresham, OR 97030
>October 26, 2016 > 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > PORTLAND, OR
Margaret Malone reads with Mike Copperman and Ashley Tolliver at Literary Arts.
Literary Arts
925 SW Washington
Portland, OR 97205
>November 9, 2016 > 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. > SALEM, OR
Margaret Malone reads in Willamette University's New Voices Showcase with Sara Jaffe, author of Dryland.
Willamette University
Hatfield Library
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
