Vermont Public Radio will be hosting four Vermont poets for a (virtual) evening of poetry.

Join host, Mitch Wertlieb, on Friday, April 24 at 6:00 p.m. when he’ll interview poets Didi Jackson, Major Jackson, Kerrin McCadden, and Elizabeth Powell about their work. You can tune-in for the live stream via Facebook by registering ahead of time for this event. Visit the Vermont Public Radio website for more information.

Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont (also located in Saratoga Springs, NY) will be hosting weekly virtual events using ZOOM. These password-protected live meet-ups will be hosted by event managers Rachel Person and Dafydd Wood, every Thursday at 5pm. A different author will speak each week and participants will have the chance to interact with the authors and each other. Visit the Northshire Bookstore website for details.

Still North Books & Bar and Literary North will be having their very first virtual Open-Mic, this Sunday April 26th from 4 – 5:30 pm, also using ZOOM.

Featured poets include April Ossmann, Laura Jean Binkley, Vievee Francis, Kristin Maffei, and Rena J. Mosteirin.

To participate as either a reader or a listener, you’ll need to visit the Literary North website to pre-register. The first 15 to sign up will be guaranteed a place in the line-up. Be prepared to read one, (non-epic length) poem.

Gibson’s Bookstore in Hanover, New Hampshire will be hosting a virtual event on Wednesday, April 29th at 6pm EST. The bookstore will be posting a link to a special video reading given by Maine author, Wesley McNair. The video was created by the author especially for Gibson’s (rural and unreliable Internet service prohibits using ZOOM for a live reading).

His latest book, Dwellers in the House of the Lord, is a book-length poem:

“Wesley McNair, one of today's finest storytellers in poetry or prose, attests to patience and perseverance, and an unwavering belief in compassion and reconciliation, even amidst the ugly politics of our time.”

Questions can be submitted for Wesley ahead of the event via Gibson’s website.