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Thursday, March 30

Cinder Skies Reading @ 7:30 p.m.
>> feat. Anahi Molina & Brian Blanchfield
      Bright Side Bookshop | 18 N San Francisco St

Friday, March 31

Writer Meet and Greet @ 3:30 p.m. 
     Downtown Flagstaff Public Library | 300 W Aspen Ave   
Welcome Back Reading @ 5 p.m.
>> feat. Tom Zoellner, Beatrice Szymkowiak & Oscar Mancinas 
     MOCAF | 555 Blackbird Roost, Unit #5

Off the Page @ 6 p.m.   
>> feat. Lawrence Lenhart, Enchilada Dada & Chomsky School of Business
     
MOCAF | 555 Blackbird Roost, Unit #5

Friday Night Featured Reading @ 7 p.m.   
>> feat. Bojan Louis, Brendan Shay Basham & Sasha taqʷsəblu LaPointe

       MOCAF | 555 Blackbird Roost, Unit #5

Harvest: A Night of Jazz + Poetry Open Mic @ 9 p.m. >> feat. YOU [sign up at 9 p.m.]         
       Flagstaff Brewing Company | 16 Historic Rte 66

Saturday, April 1

Song and Storytime @ 10 a.m.
>> feat. IIWAA & Eileen Pieczonka
     Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St

Youth Poetry Council Presents: A Generative Zine Workshop @ 1 p.m.   
>> all writers, aged 14-24, are welcome
  
     Late for the Train | 19A E Aspen Ave

Spoken Word & Slam Poetry @ 2 p.m.   

>> Roundtable + Performance by Sedona Poetry Slam
     Downtown Flagstaff Public Library | 300 W Aspen 

Literary Editing & Publishing Panel @ 3 p.m.       >> feat. Kelp Journal, Abalone Mountain Press, Eggtooth Editions & Torrey House Press           
      Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St

 

Literary Editing & Publishing Panel @ 5 p.m.       >> feat. Rinky Dink Press, Tolsun Books, Salina Bookshelf, Soulstice Publishing & DIAGRAM/New Michigan Press                  

       Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St

Sedona Poetry Slam @ 7 p.m.                    
       Mary D. Fisher Theater | 2030 W State Rte 89A, Sedona

Explore Translation @ 7 p.m.                         

>> feat. Thousand Languages 

          Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St

What is your relationship to the land you live on? Share a brief response to be added to a multilingual, community poem hosted by Thousand Languages Project. Submit here.

Responses collected by March 15th will be presented during the Explore Translation with Thousand Languages Panel at Northern Az Book Festival April 1st 7pm MST at Liminal.   
     

Throwing Tomatoes: Humor Writing @  8:30 p.m.
>> hosted by NAU MFA students

      The Annex Cocktail Lounge  | 50 S San Francisco St

Exhibitor Booths, Readings, & Performances

10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. @ Heritage Square (22 E Aspen)  

 

10 a.m. Off the Rails

>> feat. Micaela Merryman 

11 a.m. Local Press Reading

>> feat. Salina Bookshelf, Soulstice Publishing & Abalone Mountain Press 

12 p.m. Youth Poet Laureate of Flagstaff Presents "Revolutionary Poetry"

>> feat. San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin 

1 p.m. Flag
staff Poetry Slam Showcase

2 p.m. Ecopoetics

>> feat. Shaniya Smith, Reece Gritzmacher, Stacy Murison & Tyler Mitchell  

3 p.m. Interference Series Presents

 

3 p.m. Wasted Ink. Zine Distro: DIY Make and Take Zines at Heritage Square Maker Table

4 p.m. FlagShakes Presents

5 p.m. Local Press Reading

>> feat. Torrey House Press, Kelp Journal & Eggtooth Editions 

6 p.m. Finishing Line Press Reading

>> feat. Andie Francis, Sara Sams, Ted McLoof &  Valyntina Grenier 

7 p.m. Local Press Reading

>> feat. Rinky Dink Press & Tolsun Books 

Sunday, April 2

Book Drive & Fun Run @ xx a.m.

>> presented by Soulstice Publishing

       Meet at Flagstaff High School

Create Effective Critique Groups @ 11 a.m.        

>> hosted by Flagstaff Writers' Connection  
      Downtown Flagstaff Public Library | 300 W Aspen 

Young Readers: Story Time & Self-Portraits @ 11 a.m. 
>> feat. Monica Brown 

       Flagstaff High School | 400 W Elm Ave

NDN Girls Book Club Presents @ 12 p.m.                   
>> feat. Darcie Little Badger, Kinsale Drake & NDN Girls Book Club            
       Flagstaff High School | 400 W Elm Ave


Extractivism and Ecological Imperialism @ 1 p.m.    
>> feat. Andrew Curley, Mallery Quetawky, Peter Friederici & Nicole Horseherder
      
       Murdoch Community Center | 203 E Brannen Ave


The Bird in Your Hand Prize Reading @ 2 p.m.           
>> hosted by NAU MFA, 
featuring TBD        
     Zoom link | 
meeting ID: 821 8811 9631 | pw: noazbf23

Between Pleasure and Pain: An Authentic Voices Reading @ 2 p.m.               

>> feat. Shipra Agarwal, Akanksha Aurora, Jae Carey, Jenna Mayzouni, Jenise Miller, Leah Nicole Whitcomb & Shaina A. Nez

     Zoom link | meeting ID: xxx xxxx xxxx | pw: noazbf23

 

IN-NA-PO Indigeneity and Disability Justice Reading @ 3 p.m.

>> feat. Johnnie Jae, Rachael Johnson, Gillian Joseph, Lorinda Martinez & Jessica (Tyner) Mehta    
     Zoom link
 | meeting ID: 850 2898 2991 | pw: noazbf23

Performance Writing Workshop @ 3 p.m.                   

>> facilitated by Will Cordeiro                      

     Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St 

3 Poets & Water Poems from the High Desert @ 4 p.m.      

>> feat. Venaya Yazzie, Michael Thompson & Tina Deschenie                    

     Zoom link | meeting ID: 864 7018 8810 | pw: noazbf23

Ancillary Events

Poet Brews: An Open Mic for Writers on Tuesday, April 4 @ X p.m.
>> in collaboration with Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival

     Flagstaff Brewing Company | 16 Historic Rte 66

Flagstaff Team Trivia: Literary Takeover
     Wednesday, April 5 @ 7 p.m.

     Uptown Pubhouse | 114 N Leroux St

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