Burning River

September 24th, I’ll be reading as part of The New Yinzer Presents again.  The Small Press Fair, Pittsburgh event will be at The Beehive Coffeehouse & Dessertery alongside some other excellent authors, Noel Sloboda and Micah Ling (associated with sunnyoutside) and perhaps more readers to be announced soon…

A special thanks to Savannah Schroll Guz for the invitation to this reading!

In October, we’ve some amazing events planned for the release of Jim Meirose’s chapbook Crossing The Trestle here in Cleveland.   He’ll be reading alongside authors Dianne Borsenik, Miles Budimir and more at Mac’s Backs on October 13th and a part of the 2nd Annual Author Invitational and Open Mic at the Morgan, October 15th.

The 15th event sports early sign-ups for authors willing to participate in the open mic by e-mailing morganreading@burningriver.info and will be included in the Octavofest list of calendar events.

Chapbooks of the four featured authors, including Jim, Meredith Holmes, Robert Miltner and Sammy Greenspan that night will be on sale, as well as (I’m sure) a number of authors selling and trading throughout the crowd.  Come join us!

For those visiting the AWP conference this year in Denver, please take the time to stop by the Open Thread table to see the Burning River display!

I’ve been invited and accepted an invitation to read at  the Path Cafe, which is located at 131 Christopher Stree, from 8 to 11 p.m. through Fast Forward Press on Saturday, June 19th.

A collective of authors besides myself will be reading, tentatively including the following:

Nancy Stohlman

Kona Morris

Katharyn Grant

This event is intended to promote the release of Fast Forward Press‘ release of their 3rd anthology of flash fiction, in which a piece of mine was accepted.

This is a huge honor to be included in this volume and invited to read.   Volume I of this series was nominated for a Colorado Book Award in the category of  Collection/Anthology in 2008.

More information, as well as times, extended readers and information about this year’s volume itself, will be posted as the date nears.

Best,

Chris @ Burning River

April 21st, Michelle Reale and myself will be at The New Yinzer Presents monthly reading in Pittburgh.  I’ll be selling copies of  this year’s Noun Vs. Verb, as well as Michelle’s chapbook, Natural Habitat.  Should be a great time, with a potluck buffet and other creative types.

Jane Rosenberg LaForge, Michelle and myself will also be featured at Paper Kite Press and Studio on April 23rd for readings in Kingston, Pennsylvania.  Books will be available for sale as well as some great conversation and meet-ups.

If anyone is in either of these areas, feel free to stop by or say hi.

Best,

Chris @ Burning River

Weekend of readings at Morgan Conservatory and Visible Voice in Cleveland on consecutive  nights in October, the weekend of the 16th and carrying into the 17th.

With four writers to be reading, we will be releasing Jane Rosenberg LaForge’s poetry chapbook “After Voices” as well as great readings from other authors, both local and abroad including Michelle Reale, John Burroughs and myself.

Michelle’s prose chapbook, Natural Habitat, is to be released in the spring of 2010 by Burning River and John keeps a blog, library and many other things at the Crisis Chronicles.

Copies of Jane’s chapbook will be on sale for $6, as well as downloadable in e-book format from burningriver.info.

Admission, as always, will be free as well as the entertainment and conversation.

Come support local presses and authors in October!

This summer I’m going to be attending a few author/small press gatherings…the first is in June at Loganberry Books in Larchmere for their annual summer flea market Saturday, June 27th.  The second will be at a Pittsburgh small press festival in July sponsored by Open Thread.  Registration can be found by clicking the banner below.

Saturday evening, April 18th at Visible Voice Bookstore there will be a live reading from the authors included in Burning River’s Noun Versus Verb

Four are expected to read:

Margaret Bashaar, co-editor of Pittsburgh’s Weave Magazine, has had her work appear in numerous literary journals online and print including Boxcar Poetry Review and Caketrain.  She also hosts a cabaret poetry show, The Typewriter Girl’s Present.

Alexander Perry is an undergraduate at the University of Alabama and R.B. Sabo, local carpenter, writer and former Kent State student, will also be reading.

Chris, local author whose work has been included online or in-print through Muse & Stone, KSU’s Luna Negra and Hobart among others, will be speaking on the intentions of Burning River in the writing community and also reading his personal work.

Copies of the journal ($4) will be available, as well as afterwards at other local independent Cleveland bookstores, Mac’s Backs and Loganberry Books.