THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19th | 6:30-8:00 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY (CREEKSIDE ROOM) CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP This event will feature readings by five Bay Area authors recently or about to be published by Four Way Books (FWB), an independent publisher celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. FWB is comprised of a literary press, Pay a Book Forward, a […]

APRIL 2023 MILL VALLEY LIBRARY Stay tuned! Details for this event presented by our collaborators at the library are forthcoming. Registration available soon at millvalleylibrary.org

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room   Anthony Cody is the author of Borderland Apocrypha (Omnidawn). His debut has been awarded a 2021 American Book Award, a 2020 Southwest Book Award and a 2022 Whiting Award, as well as was recognized as a finalist for the National Book Award. He is from […]

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room   Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her third full-length poetry collection, O, was published by Penguin Books in July 2022. Her collection Louder than Hearts won the 2016 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize. She’s also the author of 3arabi Song, winner of […]

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room   Iris Jamahl Dunkle's latest poetry collection is West : Fire : Archive (The Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University, 2021). She is also the author of Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer (The University of Oklahoma Press, 2020). Dunkle teaches […]

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20TH | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room *With special guests Francesca Bell, Susan Cohen, and Meryl Natchez.* Join us as we celebrate the work of poetry translation by hearing from some exciting Bay Area translators. The evening will feature Olivia Sears, who will read from her new translation of Ardengo […]

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6TH | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room Join us as members of the Marin Poetry Center read from recent work and celebrate the return to in-person programming at the Mill Valley Library! In addition to great poems, enjoy this moment of community and togetherness, buy a few new books from […]

a special reading in memory of Susan Claire Bonetto with Ken Haas, Barb Reynolds, Siân Killingsworth, Janet Jennings, and Amanda Moore Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 3pm Pacific Time Co-hosted by the Marin Poetry Center Join us for our monthly SSPS reading by registering HERE. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the […]

Virtual event on Zoom. Click here to register. Registrants will be sent a Zoom link upon registration. This Poetry Reading Series provides a unique opportunity to hear diverse and unusual sets of readers, pairing local Bay Area poets with visiting poets and writers. Danusha Laméris’ first book, The Moons of August (2014), won the Autumn House Press Poetry […]

This Poetry Reading Series provides a unique opportunity to hear diverse and unusual sets of readers, in this case pairing long-time friends who rarely have the opportunity to appear together. Yona Harvey has published two collection of poetry: Hemming the Water, for which she received the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and You Don’t Have to Go […]