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Sedona Poetry Slam
Saturday April 4 @ 7:30 p.m.

      Mary D. Fisher Theatre | 2030 W State Rte 89A, Sedona, AZ

Poet Brews
Tuesday April 7 @ 7:00 p.m.

     Flagstaff Brewing Company | 16 Historic Rte 66

The Flagstaff Foundry Storytelling Event
Wednesday April 8 @ 6:00 p.m.
     
     Firecreek Coffee Company | 22 Historic Rte 66


Flagstaff Poetry Slam
Wednesday April 8 @ 8:00 p.m.
     
Firecreek Coffee Company | 22 Historic Rte 66

Thursday, April 9

Welcome Back Reading @ 5:30 p.m.
>> feat. Nicole Walker, Gioia Woods & Matthew Torralba Andrews

     Annex Cocktail Lounge | 50 S San Francisco St


Craig Childs at the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival @ 6 p.m.
>> $Ticketed Event

     Coconino Center for the Arts | 2300 N Fort Valley Rd 

Cinder Skies Reading Series @ 7 p.m.
>> feat. Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick & Poet Brews Ensemble

     Annex Cocktail Lounge | 50 S San Francisco St 


 

Friday, April 10

Off-the-Page Special Event @ 2:30 p.m.

>> feat. Derrick C. Brown    

     Firecreek Coffee Company | 22 Historic Rte 66

 

Beyond the Glittering World @ 5:30 p.m.

>> feat. Kinsale Drake, Amber McCrary & Cheyenne Dakota Williams        Museum of Northern Arizona | 3101 N Fort Valley Rd

 

Featured Indigenous Reading @ 6:30 p.m.

>> feat. Chyana Marie Sage & Jon Hickey     

     Museum of Northern Arizona | 3101 N Fort Valley Rd

 

Nightcap: An Open Mic for Writers and Reading @ 9 p.m.   

>> feat. YOU!! Bring out your work and share it in community!       

     Hops on Birch | 22 E Birch Ave #2

Saturday, April 11

Monica Brown @ 9:30 a.m.
>> feat. Monica Brown    
     Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library | 300 W Aspen Ave


Traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony @ 10:30 a.m.
>> feat. Anesce Dremen
     Culture Connection AZ | ICE House, 201 E Birch Ave Suite 14

Editing + Publishing Panel @ 12 p.m.   
>> feat. Interim, Write Bloody Press, +
     
Beaver Street Theatre | 11 S Beaver St. #2

Comics Workshop @ 2 p.m.   

>> feat. Geetha Iyer    
     Beaver Street Theatre | 11 S Beaver St. #2

"Arizona Authors" Reading @ 3:30 p.m.
>> feat. Ted McLoof, Matthew Schmidt, Jonathan Danielson, Dana Diehl & Julie Hammonds 
     
       Beaver Street Theatre | 11 S Beaver St. #2


Environmental Reading @ 5 p.m.
>> feat. Katherine Larson, Steven Law, Erica Watson & Janin Schipper
     Culture Connection AZ | ICE House, 201 E Birch Ave Suite 14

Book Mixer w/ Specialty Cocktails @ 7 p.m.

     Firecreek Coffee| 22 Historic Rte. 66 

Interference Series Presents: Ursula Rucker and Tim Motzer @ 7 p.m.
>> feat. Ursula Rucker & Tim Motzer
    Beaver Street Theatre | 11 S Beaver St. #2 

Indigenous Filmmakers at the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival @ 7
 p.m.
>> feat. XXXX
    Orpheum Theater | 15 W Aspen Ave 

Featured Poetry Reading @ 8:30 p.m.
>> feat. Raquel Gutierrez, Logan Phillips, Claudia Keelan & Bo Hee Moon

   Firecreek Coffee| 22 Historic Rte. 66 

Lit Karaoke @ 10 p.m.
>> w/ host Kinsale Drake
    Flagstaff Brewing Company | 16 Historic Rte 66

NOAZBF Heritage Square Literary Book Fair

All day Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. 

@ Heritage Square (22 E Aspen)

>> feat. exhibitor booths, a kids' story tent, pop-up maker spaces, readings & performances

 

11 a.m. Interference Series

>> feat. Owen Davis & Rob Wallace

12 p.m. Youth Poet Laureate of Flagstaff and Phoenix 

>> feat. Carson Redmond & Sareya Taylor


1 p.m. "A Canyon Divided" 

>> feat. Pat Tsoh Tso 

2 p.m. Local Small Press readings

>> feat. XXXX


3 p.m. Haiku Death Match

>> feat. YOU! Sign up to win CASH prizes for your haikus! Simply show up, sign up, and recite your poems. 

Sunday, April 12


Fun Run w/ Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival @ 8 a.m.
>> feat. you! 
     TBD | Meet up! 

Drag Story Hour @ 11 a.m.   
>> presented by NOAZBF Board Members + Revelucien

     Yogaert  | 3 E. Aspen Ave
     
Join us Sunday, April 13 at 11:00a.m. for a children’s reading at Yogaert with special guests from Drag Story Hour! Our storyteller will share picture books, songs, rhymes, and more to encourage the development of early literacy skills. A free kid-sized yogurt cup will provided to each kid in attendance. “This free event will be capped at 40 people. Please arrive on time to secure your spot.”
      Yogaert  | 3 E. Aspen Ave

Youth Poetry Showcase @ 1 p.m. 
>> feat. winners of the 2026 Youth Poetry Council Contest  @ 2 p.m.

       Yogaert  | 3 E. Aspen Ave

Carbon Copy Reading @ 12 PM AZ Time
  >> feat. Shaina Nez, Amber McCrary, and DAACBI Fellows   
       ZOOM | Meeting ID:  956 6337 1942

Climate Justice Panel @ 10 a.m. PM AZ Time 
       ZOOM | Meeting ID: 828 7126 1454, Password: poetry

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