COVID Spring II: Reading Sponsored by the NH Center for the Book

 

COVID Spring II: More Granite State Pandemic Poems

Alexandria Peary, editor

Publisher: Hobblebush Books

Available October 19 at https://www.hobblebush.com/  

Hobblebush Books is donating $2 from every copy sold to the NH Food Bank.

Save the Date:

Reading sponsored by the NH Center for the Book and the State Library, held on Zoom on Sunday, November 7 from 6-7:15 PM with an introduction by Mary Russell, Director of the NH Center for the Book, and special guests from the NH Food Bank. Register in advance for this meeting:

https://salemstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfu2grzgvEtdnp5WshbpskdcBqxV7_i3i

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Additional readings by writers published in the anthology will be scheduled this fall. Stay tuned this blog.

Two New Events at North Country Young Writers' Festival

 

Announcing... TWO BRAND-NEW EVENTS HAPPENING AT THE 2021 NORTH COUNTRY YOUNG WRITERS' FESTIVAL!

#1: Pandemic Poetry Workshop:

[Open to NH students only.] 

This workshop will help you process your pandemic experiences over the past year for possible publication in a new book, the sequel to last year’s COVID Spring: Granite State Pandemic Poems. Workshop leaders Mae Fraser and Lily Greenberg will walk you through prompts to jumpstart your COVID poems! Meet the publisher, Kirsty Walker, and the book editor, Alexandria Peary, who will offer tips on how to get published in the book. This workshop will be held online, from 4:30-5:30 PM on Friday, May 14. Save yourself a spot: North Country Young Writers Festival

 

#2 The Brigid Kemmerer Book Group:  

 [Open to general public.]

Are you a fan of Young Adult fiction or of Brigid Kemmerer? What better way to get ready for Brigid Kemmerer’s reading at the festival on May 15 than to spend time with fellow YA enthusiasts! This book group meets online from 6-7 PM EST on Friday, May 7. Join your host, Jennifer Puzzo, to discuss A Curse So Dark and Lonely, the first volume in Kemmerer’s Cursebreaker Series, the novel Jodi Picoult says “has everything you’d want in a retelling of a classic fairy tale” and Publishers Weekly calls “Enthralling.” Book group participants will gain special (online) back stage access to this New York Times bestselling author!  Save yourself a spot: North Country Young Writers Festival

Prompts for April 1-5 for Pandemic Poetry Anthology / National Poetry Month

For residents not on Facebook or Instagram, here are the first five poetry prompts as part of my collaboration with Hobblebush Books/NH Magazine. 

Please note that the deadline for submitting to the sequel of COVID Spring: Granite State Pandemic Poems has been extended to May 23 to allow youth poets in the state time to participate in the Pandemic Poetry Workshop at the May 14-May 15 North Country Young Writers' Festival.

Prompt-a-Day to Celebrate April (National Poetry Month)

Daily Poetry Prompts to Celebrate April (National Poetry Month)

During the month of April, I'll be offering NH residents a prompt-a-day at NH Magazine. These prompts are intended to help writers process the past year of their pandemic life and possibly submit to the sequel anthology.

Details inside this article by Anna-Kate Munsey:https://www.nhmagazine.com/celebrate-national-poetry-month-with-daily-writing-prompts/