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Northern Arizona
Book Festival 2024
Schedule of Events
Thursday, April 11
<< Click to download this year brochure.
Lumberjack Thrives Presents: A Look Back at 30 Issues of Thin Air Magazine @ 5 p.m.
>> feat. Chelsey Burden, Weldon Ryckman, Lee Anderson, Cymelle Edwards, Nicole Hylton
NAU Liberal Arts (Bldg #18, Rm 136) | 705 S Beaver St
Cinder Skies Reading @ 7:00 p.m.
>> feat. Razi Shadmehry & KT Thompson
Annex Cocktail Lounge | 50 S San Francisco St
Two Gabes @ 8:30 p.m.
>> feat. Gabriel Dozal & Gabriel Palacios
Annex Cocktail Lounge | 50 S San Francisco St
Friday, April 12
Ancillary Events
Natalie Diaz at the Navajo Nation Library @ 11 a.m. (AZ) / 12 p.m. (MST)
Navajo Nation Library | Hwy 264 and Postal Loop Road, Window Rock, AZ 86515
Welcome Back Reading @ 5 p.m. (AZ)
>> feat. Jodie Hollander, Erik Bitsui & Melissa Sevigny
Museum of Northern Arizona | 3101 N Fort Valley Rd
Featured Reading @ 6:30 p.m. (AZ)
>> feat. Natalie Diaz, Stacie Denetsosie, Deborah Jackson Taffa & Chelsea T. Hicks
Museum of Northern Arizona | 3101 N Fort Valley Rd
A Nightcap Reading & Open Mic (21+) @ 9 p.m. (AZ)
>> feat. Megan Merchant, Shawnte Orion & YOU [sign up at 9 p.m.]
Hops on Birch | 22 E Birch Ave #2
Literary Waypoints: Anthology Launch
April 12-14, 12p.m.–10 p.m.
>> a gallery of literary broadsides from the High Country Public Reader
Oeno Wine Lounge | 22 E Birch Ave #1
Local Author Signing
April 5 @ 5 p.m.
>> feat. Erik Bitsui & Brendan O'Brien
Bright Side Bookshop | 18 N San Francisco St
"Letters from Home" Live!
April 6 @ 1 p.m.
>> feat. the Homers, columnists from Flag Live!
The Annex Cocktail Lounge | 50 S San Francisco St
Spoke N Word: A Bike Ride Book Exchange
April 7 @ 2 p.m.
>> feat.
The Garage at the High Country Conference Center | 201 W Butler Ave
Awa Kava Poetry Open Mic
April 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
>> feat. YOU
Awa Kava & Coffee | 218 S San Francisco St
Poet Brews: An Open Mic for Writers
April 9 @ 7 p.m.
>> feat. YOU
[Sign up at 6:50]
Flagstaff Brewing Company | 16 Historic Rte 66
Poetry Book Club: Natalie Diaz's Postcolonial Love Poem
April 10 @ 5:30 p.m.
Downtown Flagstaff Public Library | 300 W Aspen Ave
Queer Poetry Showcase at Flagstaff Poetry Slam
April 10 @ 7 p.m.
>> feat. YOU
[Write to LydiaJeanGates@gmail.com now to sign up for a PAID slot.]
Yogaert | 3 E Aspen Ave
Saturday, April 13
Learn to Tell a Story in 5 Panels @ 11 a.m.
>> w/ Dana Kamberg
Creative Spirits | 13 N San Francisco St #104
Generative Workshop with Hayden's Ferry Review & Thousand Languages @ 11:30 a.m.
>>Belén Sanchez, Boi Ngoc Thai, Grace Hawkins & moderated by Maya Badman
Downtown Flagstaff Public Library | 300 W Aspen Ave
Southwest Indigenous Publishing Panel @ 1 p.m.
>> feat. Salina Bookshelf, Abalone Mountain Press, Chapter House Journal, University of Arizona Press (Sun Tracks), RED INK & Mesa Media
Theatrikos Theatre Company | 11 W Cherry Ave
Editing & Publishing Panel with Independent Presses @ 2:30 p.m.
>> feat. Spurl Editions, Terrain.org, Noemi Press, Shō Journal & Little Somethings Press
Theatrikos Theatre Company | 11 W Cherry Ave
Reading & Conversation @ 4 p.m.
>> feat. Byron Aspaas & Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth
Theatrikos Theatre Company | 11 W Cherry Ave
Indigenous Editing & Translating Through Zines @ 5:15 p.m.
>> facilitated by Chelsea T. Hicks & Amber McCrary American Legion | 204 W Birch Ave
Lydia Millet & M.S. Coe @ 7 p.m.
>> feat. Lydia Millet & M.S. Coe
American Legion | 204 W Birch Ave
Sedona Poetry Slam @ 7:30 p.m.
Mary D. Fisher Theater | 2030 W State Rte 89A, Sedona
Throwing Tomatoes: Humor Writing (21+) @ 8 p.m.
>> feat. YOU [submit now]
Flagstaff Brewing Company | 16 Historic Rte 66
Dance party to follow with DJ001.
Sunday, April 14
Book It: A Fun Run for Book Lovers @ 10 a.m. (AZ)
>> presented by Soulstice Publishing
Meet up at corner of Kendrick & Dale (see signage!)
Drag Story Hour w/ Regional Stories @ 9 a.m.
RSVP Required! @ Bright Side Bookshop | 18 N San Francisco St
Critique Circle @ 10:30 a.m. (AZ)
>> hosted by Flagstaff Writers' Connection
Bring up to 5 pages to be workshopped.
Downtown Flagstaff Public Library | 300 W Aspen
Pop Goes the Ferret!: Performance Panel & Crowdsourced Maker Activities @ 11:30 a.m. (AZ) Coconino Center for the Arts | 2300 N Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Diné Women Read: Fertile, Earth Poems @ 12 p.m. (AZ) / 1 p.m. (MST)
>> feat. Tina Deschenie, Eirene Nakai Hamilton, Venaya Yazzie
Zoom meeting ID: 842 3662 3417 | pw: fertile
Using Artificial Intelligence in Your Writing @ 4 p.m. (AZ)
>> feat. tanner menard
Zoom meeting ID: link | 231 713 3379 | pw: 240694
Macondo Fundraiser @ 4 p.m. (AZ) / 5 p.m. (MST)
>> feat. Rigoberto González, Diana Marie Delgado, Sherwin Bitsui, Yaccaira Salvatierra & Saúl Hernández
Registration required.
NOAZBF Literary Extravaganza!
Book Fair, Exhibitor Booths, Maker Activities, Readings & Performances
All day Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
@ Heritage Square (22 E Aspen)
10:30 a.m. FALA Indigenous Youth Club Opening Poem
>> coordinated by Jay Mercado
11 a.m. Salina Bookshelf & Mesa Media Presents Authors for Young Readers
>> feat. Lorinda Martinez & Anita Poleahla
12:30 p.m. Haiku Death Match
>> feat. Seth Walker, Joshua Wiss, Tempest Black, Lydia Gates & Tyler "Valence" Sirvinskas
2 p.m. Youth in Poetry: A Youth Poetry Council Reading
>> feat. Foster Hilding, Natalie Ibarra, Simon Quinn, Imelia Saunders, Ava Jones & Flagstaff's Youth Poet Laureate Micaela Merryman
3 p.m. Diné College BFA Readers
>> feat. Bazhnibah, Danielle Shandiin Emerson, Natasha Endito, Shannel Garcia, Danielle Manygoats, Lambert Martin, Jr. & Jalen Skye Smallcanyon
4:30 p.m. Thin Air Magazine Presents the Bird in Your Hands Prize Reading
>> feat. Danielle Shandiin Emerson & Anastasia Ibrahim
Plus, at the Bookfair...
11 a.m. Wasted Ink Zine Distro Maker Workshop
4-5 p.m. Outspokin' & Bookish Maker Workshop
... & an all-day maker space!
Ancillary Events
"Start Your Story" with A.M. Larks
April 24 @ 7 p.m.
Zoom meeting ID: 827 7262 9200 | pw: 64DtP7
>> description
Read the Room
May 18-19 @ 9a.m.-12p.m.
Flag Shakes House
&
May 24-25 @ 9a.m.-12p.m.
Beaver Street School Gymnasium
>> description
Pop Goes the Ferret!
May 18 @ 6:30 p.m.
May 19 @ 2 p.m.
May 24 @ 7:30 p.m.
May 25 @ 7:30 p.m.
Coconino Center for the Arts
>> description
Maker Space
May 18, 24, 25 @ 7 p.m.May 19 @ 12 p.m.
>> description
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