UPCOMING​

• The Mentors: A Reading to Celebrate Flowers on a Train, with the mentors who have made so much possible, Eileen Cleary, Lorette C. Luzajic, Megan Merchant. Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 7 pm EST. On Zoom. ​ Registration Link 

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• Poetry Flash celebrates Women in a Golden State, anthology edited by Diana Raab and Chryss Yost (Gunpowder Press, 2025.) Readers: Caroline Goodwin, Laurel Benjamin, Robin Michel, Lisa Rosenberg. At The Art House, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, Sunday October 26, 3 pm. Hosted by Joyce Jenkins and Richard Silberg. VIDEO 
• Word Thursdays Reading featuring Laurel Benjamin and Susan Michelle Coronel, Hosted by Lynne Kemen, October 9, 2025, 7 p.m. EST. On Zoom. VIDEO
• Flowers on a Train Celebration, Berkeley, Sunday at 2 pm, October 5, 2025. Contact author for details.
• Reading featuring: Laurel Benjamin, Jackie Berger, Yiskah Rosenfeld, at 2727 California Street Gallery, Berkeley, cross Street Ward, street parking. Refreshments. Run by a non-profit, donations welcome, but no cost for the reading, open to the public. September 21, 2025, 2:00 p.m. All are welcome.  ​​

• Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show at Mill Valley Library, August 24, 2025,  3 p.m. PST.  About this event. Readings in this series.

• Sheila-Na-Gig (publisher of the book), Featured Reader, August 21, 2025, 7:00 p.m. EST. On Zoom. VIDEO

• Women in a Golden State - Gunpowder Press anthology reading, Hosted by Laurel Benjamin and Julia Ross. August 10, 2025, 4:00 p.m. PST. On Zoom. Readers: Lisa Alvarez, Laurel Benjamin, Mary Camarillo, Susan Cohen, Carol Dorf, Joyce Kiefer, Blair Kilpatrick, Ronna Magy, Eileen Malone, Kathleen McClung, Robbi Nester, Gail Newman, Jan Steckel, Lynne Thompson, Carine Topal, Terra Trevor, Georgette Unis.  VIDEO

• Sheila-Na-Gig Reading, Hosted by Hayley Mitchell Haugen, January 23, 2025. Open mic readers are featured in the Winter 2024 edition of the journal. On Zoom. VIDEO

• Book Release Reading for Sandra Fees, Wonderwork (BlazeVOX, 2024), with Kim Malinowski and Lois Perch Villemaire, Hosted by Laurel Benjamin, January 16, 2025. On Zoom.  VIDEO

• Poet's Corner Ekphrastic Challenge Winners Reading, Hosted by Meg Weston, November 10, 2024. Poems shared with a large audience, both locally and  around the world, from the Maine gallery featuring the artwork that inspired the writers.  On Zoom. VIDEO

• Bright Hill Press Literary Center - Word Thursdays Reading, Hosted by Lynne Kemen, October 10, 2024. Featuring Laurel Benjamin, Lynne Kemen, Rebecca Surmount, Susan Michele Coronel. The twice-monthly program features writers locally and worldwide, including poetry writers, fiction writers, journalists.  On Zoom. VIDEO​