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• Tuesdays
June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
8:30 PM The second half of Ken Weisner’s launch reading for Anything on Earth appears on The Poetry Box, a half-hour TV poetry show on Community Television of Santa Cruz County, on Comcast cable channel 27 and Charter (Watsonville) channel 73. Producers: Lalo Alvarez and Joanna Martin.
Also Mon. 6/7, 11:00am; Wed. 6/16, 12:30pm; Sat. 6/26, 4:30am; Sun. 6/27, 11:30am; Wed. 6/30, 11:00am.

• Saturday
June 26, 2010
12:00 Noon to 2:30 PM Len Anderson will read with Lisa Coffman, Nancy Dahl, Farnaz Fatemi, Michael Hannon, Danusha Lameris, Stephen Meadows, Lee Perron and Gary Young, and local singer-songwriters Alisa Fineman and Kimball Hurd will perform in the annual event, Poetry and Music in the Chadwick Garden. Alan Chadwick Garden (near Merrill College) at UC Santa Cruz, CA. Free.

• August 10, 2010
7:30 PM Joanna Martin will read with Bert Glick, Marilyn Robertson (and one more reader to be announced) at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA. This reading is presented by Poetry Santa Cruz. $3 suggested donation.

• Tuesday
August 10, 2010
7:00 PM Julia Alter-Canvin and Angel Look will read in the Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Reading Series at the East Village Coffee Lounge, 498 Washington St., Monterey, CA. $5.

• See Amber Coverdale Sumrall’s website for information on the writing workshops she offers.

Selected Past Events

• Amber Coverdale Sumrall has received the 2010 Gail Rich Award for her contribution to the cultural life of Santa Cruz County, California through her poetry, her poetry workshops and retreats, and her co-presenting the annual In Celebration of the Muse reading by 20 women authors of the Santa Cruz area. Learn more in the article by Wallace Baine in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

• Rosie King’s poem “Night Heron” from Sweetwater, Saltwater was read by poet Marc Beaudin on his weekly 10-minute poetry and jazz radio broadcast Report from the Mountains on WUCX 90.1 FM, Delta College Public Radio in North Dakota. Listen to the 10-minute episode, including Marc Beaudin’s reading of “Night Heron.”

• A book review by Michelle McEwen of Sweetwater, Saltwater by Rosie King appears on the website of the literary review Rattle.

• On the Water Meridian by Barbara Bloom and Sweetwater, Saltwater by Rosie King were nominated for the first annual Poetry award from the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (2008).

• The following poems by Hummingbird Press poets have been read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer’s Almanac on National Public Radio:
By David Allen Sullivan from Strong-Armed Angels:
    • “Dragonflies at Dawn” on June 5, 2009.
    • “Warnings” on October 13, 2008.
By Barbara Bloom from On the Water Meridian:
    • “Making Things Right” on October 21, 2007.
    • “Vancouver to Edmonton” September 28, 2007.
    • “Her Legacy” April 28, 2008.
By Rosie King from Sweetwater, Saltwater:
    • “After Miss Shelley, Miss Hattersley, Miss Guilford—” on June 5, 2007.
    • “Old South School” on May 3, 2007.
    • “Visitation” on March 30, 2007.
    • “Saturdays” on March 23, 2007.
By Amber Coverdale Sumrall from her first collection of poems, Litany of Wings,
published by Many Names Press:
    • “Late Winter Rain” on March 3, 2009
    • “Reunion” on August 2, 2005.
By Debra Spencer from Pomegranate:
    • “At the Arraignment” on March 13, 2005.
    • “The Discovery of Sex” on March 11, 2005.
    • “Moment of Inertia” on March 9, 2005 and reread on March 9, 2008.
    • “Day Bath” on March 8, 2005 and reread on March 8, 2008.

• Tuesdays June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 8:30 PM	The second half of Ken Weisner’s launch reading for Anything on Earth appears on The Poetry Box, a half-hour TV poetry show on Community Television of Santa Cruz County, on Comcast cable channel 27 and Charter (Watsonville) channel 73. Producers: Lalo Alvarez and Joanna Martin. Also Mon. 6/7, 11:00am; Wed. 6/16, 12:30pm; Sat. 6/26, 4:30am; Sun. 6/27, 11:30am; Wed. 6/30, 11:00am.
• Saturday June 26, 2010 12:00 Noon to 2:30 PM	Len Anderson will read with Lisa Coffman, Nancy Dahl, Farnaz Fatemi, Michael Hannon, Danusha Lameris, Stephen Meadows, Lee Perron and Gary Young, and local singer-songwriters Alisa Fineman and Kimball Hurd will perform in the annual event, Poetry and Music in the Chadwick Garden. Alan Chadwick Garden (near Merrill College) at UC Santa Cruz, CA. Free.
• August 10, 2010 7:30 PM	Joanna Martin will read with Bert Glick, Marilyn Robertson (and one more reader to be announced) at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA. This reading is presented by Poetry Santa Cruz. $3 suggested donation.
• Tuesday August 10, 2010 7:00 PM	Julia Alter-Canvin and Angel Look will read in the Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Reading Series at the East Village Coffee Lounge, 498 Washington St., Monterey, CA. $5.
• See Amber Coverdale Sumrall’s website for information on the writing workshops she offers.
Selected Past Events
• Amber Coverdale Sumrall has received the 2010 Gail Rich Award for her contribution to the cultural life of Santa Cruz County, California through her poetry, her poetry workshops and retreats, and her co-presenting the annual In Celebration of the Muse reading by 20 women authors of the Santa Cruz area. Learn more in the article by Wallace Baine in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
• Rosie King’s poem “Night Heron” from Sweetwater, Saltwater was read by poet Marc Beaudin on his weekly 10-minute poetry and jazz radio broadcast Report from the Mountains on WUCX 90.1 FM, Delta College Public Radio in North Dakota. Listen to the 10-minute episode, including Marc Beaudin’s reading of “Night Heron.”
• A book review by Michelle McEwen of Sweetwater, Saltwater by Rosie King appears on the website of the literary review Rattle.
• On the Water Meridian by Barbara Bloom and Sweetwater, Saltwater by Rosie King were nominated for the first annual Poetry award from the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (2008).
• The following poems by Hummingbird Press poets have been read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer’s Almanac on National Public Radio: By David Allen Sullivan from Strong-Armed Angels: • “Dragonflies at Dawn” on June 5, 2009. • “Warnings” on October 13, 2008. By Barbara Bloom from On the Water Meridian: • “Making Things Right” on October 21, 2007. • “Vancouver to Edmonton” September 28, 2007. • “Her Legacy” April 28, 2008. By Rosie King from Sweetwater, Saltwater: • “After Miss Shelley, Miss Hattersley, Miss Guilford—” on June 5, 2007. • “Old South School” on May 3, 2007. • “Visitation” on March 30, 2007. • “Saturdays” on March 23, 2007. By Amber Coverdale Sumrall from her first collection of poems, Litany of Wings, published by Many Names Press: • “Late Winter Rain” on March 3, 2009 • “Reunion” on August 2, 2005. By Debra Spencer from Pomegranate: • “At the Arraignment” on March 13, 2005. • “The Discovery of Sex” on March 11, 2005. • “Moment of Inertia” on March 9, 2005 and reread on March 9, 2008. • “Day Bath” on March 8, 2005 and reread on March 8, 2008.