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September, 2023Show Full Year
Event:National Beat Poetry Festival, Canton
Date:September 1st, 2023 (3 days) .
Time:7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Location:Canton Town Hall Auditorium, 4 Market Street, Collinsville, CT
Contact: Virginia Shreve, va@gw-tech.com
Website:https://nationalbeatpoetryfoundation.org/
National Beat Poetry Foundation Beat Poetry Festival Here in CT!

Friday: A “Taster’s Menu” of poets from across the country (CA,CO, MI, OH, IN, KY, FL, NJ, NY, CT, MA, NH, ME),including George Wallace (Writer in Residence at Whitman Birthplace, 1st Poet Laureate of Suffolk County, L.I.); Ron Whitehead (“Outlaw Poet,” 1st American Writer in Residence at City of Literature Tartu, Estonia, worked with Ferlinghetti, Hunter S. Thompson, Gregory Corso); Lorraine Currelley (Bronx Book Fair, Poets Network & Exchange, Harlem Arts Fund); Chris Vannoy (San Diego Book Prize, International reading tours); Paul Richmond (Winner of Missouri Review’s Miller Audio Prize, part of Do It Now), and many others. 3 minutes each, then Open Mic, then Musical Performance from Do It Now.

Saturday, September 2, 1 to 6pm, Celebrating new Beat Poet Laureates, Open Mic, music. On grounds of beautiful B&B, 22 River Road, Barkhamstad, CT

Sunday, Sept. 3, 1 to 6pm, Online Zoom Event hosted by Chryssa Velissariou from Greece. Featuring poets from around the world. Send an email to nbpf15@gmail.com with your photo & state or country to get invite and link.


September, 2023Show Full Year
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9/28
Writers in Conversation in Norwalk
Kevin Pilkington and Van Hartmann to read & discuss the literary life.
9/28
Julia de Burgos Series, Willimantic
Featuring Bessy Reyna and Jim Finnegan
9/30
Northwest Park Country Fair Poetry Reading, Windsor
Poetry Reading of Featured & Contest-winning Poets
10/7
Ekphrastic Writing Workshops - Woodbridge
View local artists’ work, and write a poem!
10/10
Poetry Now in West Hartford
Learn About Contemporary Writers!
10/14
CT Lit Fest at Real Art Ways, Hartford
Poets Laureate to Read at CT Lit Fest
10/14
Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury
10/19
The Packing House-Willington
Paul Richmond & Sarah St. George Read
10/21
Homecoming: Poetry for An Autumn Afternoon, North Haven
Three Poets Laureate Read!
10/24
David Leff’s Last Sunday Readings
David Leff’s Last Sunday Readings Resume!
10/26
Writers in Conversation
Ed Ahern and Jerry Johnson to read and talk about writing careers!
11/4
Ekphrastic Writing Workshops - Woodbridge
View local artists’ work, and write a poem!
11/11
Write it, Polish it, Publish it! Southbury PL
Free writing & publishing workshop series, Southbury
11/16
The Packing House-Willington
Paul Richmond & Sarah St. George Read
11/16
Writers in Conversation, Norwalk
Rick Magee and Jack Powers to read & discuss the literary life.
11/24
David Leff’s Last Sunday Readings
David Leff’s Last Sunday Readings Resume!
11/28
Poetry Now
Learn About Contemporary Writers
12/2
Ekphrastic Writing Workshops - Woodbridge
View local artists’ work, and write a poem!
12/6
Poems from Connecticut’s Four Corners
Five Connecticut poets share their work
12/6
Poems from Connecticut’s Four Corners
Five Connecticut poets share their work
12/21
The Packing House-Willington
Paul Richmond & Sarah St. George Read
12/24
David Leff’s Last Sunday Readings
David Leff’s Last Sunday Readings Resume!
CCPL is a group of state and local poets laureate in Connecticut.
The mission of the Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate (CCPL) is to promote the enjoyment of poetry and be a resource for communities.
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