Upcoming Readings for Slide to Unlock
Socially distanced readings and events for 2022-2023
2022 events:
On Ramps, Off Ramps, and Line Breaks: A Craft Talk With Julie E Bloemeke
Hudson Valley Writers Workshop
September 24, 12:30-2:30 pm EST
Registration now open
Registration for Fall Workshop series
opens August 1, 2022. See Workshops page
for details
Past 2022 readings and events:
N PERSON
Philadelphia
Limp Wrist Barbie Issue Launch
Pen Parentis Annual Poetry Salon
with Sean Hill and Jennifer Franklin
Tues Jan 11, 2022
Past 2021 readings and events:
IN-PERSON EVENT, AMHERST:
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Reading with Eric Sasson
September 29, 7:30 pm
IN-PERSON EVENT, CHARLOTTESVILLE:
Reading and wine tasting hosted by TC Whysall
The Common House
Charlottesville, VA
September, 13 2021 6:30-7:30 pm
reservations required
FIRST IN-PERSON ATLANTA READING :
Sunday, August 1, 4pm
Heck House
3498 E Ponce de Leon Ave, (driveway on Milton St.)
Community Bookstore Partner: Charis Books & More
TOLEDO AREA IN-PERSON EVENTS:
Uncloistered Poets at The Switchboard
912 Monroe St. Toledo, 43604
featuring Michael Steffen, OneSingleRose
Saturday Nov 6 5-8 pm
Reading, Signing and Wine Tasting
Harvest Market, Holland, Ohio
July 29, 7 pm
Signing and signature cocktails with the author
Featuring Slide to Unlock-inspired craft cocktails
made with Toledo Spirits
1301 N. Summit St, Toledo
Thursday, July 15th, 7 pm
FIRST IN-PERSON READING SINCE SLIDE TO UNLOCK's release!
Join us for an Ohio launch and celebration of Ben Kline's Dead Uncles
with guest poets including Julie E. Bloemeke. Signing to follow.
June 5, 8 pm EST, The Littlefield, Cincinnati, Ohio
PAST VIRTUAL EVENTS 2022:
NOW FULL: Questioning the “About”: A 4-week generative workshop series on memory
Feb 1, 8, 15 and 22 7-9pm via Zoom
Exploring the ‘Inexhaustible Fecundity’ of Memory with Julie E. Bloemeke
Part of the RQ Writing Academy collection, Jan 15 1-3 pm EST
Pen Parentis Literary Salon with Christina Chiu,
Sean Hill, Jennifer Franklin
January 11, 2022 7 pm EST via Zoom
PAST VIRTUAL EVENTS 2021:
Visiting Reader, Oglethorpe University
December 2, 8-9 pm
Virtual Reading with Steven Reigns
curated by Elena Sect
November 19, 2021
Villanelle issue reading
November 10, 2021 7:30 pm
Limp Wrist One Year Anniversary
October 28, 7 pm
Uncloistered Poetry Reading
Toledo, Ohio, hosted by Jonie McIntire
October 17, 6 pm via zoom
Taylor Swift as Books Reading hosted by Ben Kline
and Wild & Precious Life Series. Featured readers
Ösel Jessica Plante, Kimberly Reyes, Leah Umansky
August 25th 7:30
Wild and Precious Life Series Workshop
closed to non-applicants
June 26 1-3 pm EST
From Muse to Manuscript: How to Bring a Book into Being
Reading and Discussion with Charles Jensen
June 24, 7 pm EST
New York Writer's Workshop
Let's Talk Books with Christina Chiu
Women, Health and Beauty in the Pandemic
Reading and discussion with Sandra Beasley and Porochista Khakpour
Wednesday June 2, 7 pm EST
Masterclass Workshop
Previous Workshop students only
currently closed to applications
April 20, 27, May 4, 11
Bardic Trails Reading Series
May 4, 7 pm MDT Registration required
Power of Words Virtual Author Panel with ArtsXchange
Sunday, April 28 2-3:30 Registration required
LOGOS Poetry Collective Reading with Jane Hirshfield
Slide to Unlock: One Year Celebration
hosted by Dustin Brookshire
March 12, 2021 7-8 pm
Redheaded Stepchild
March 4, 7 pm EST
Masterclass workshop February 4th, 9th, 23rd and March 2nd, 2021
6-8 pm EST. Previous workshop experience required.
Use contact form to query for details..
Mother Mary 2: Eternal Blessings Boogaloo
Georgia Center for the Book
Feb 22, 7 pm EST
February 24, 2021 7 pm EST
Dolly Parton tribute launch, Limp Wrist Magazine
Co-edited with Dustin Brookshire
via Wild & Precious Life Series
Tuesday January 19, 2021
Reading Queer & the Wild & Precious Life Series present
"Inviting the Subconscious" Generative Workshop--NOW FULL
January 16, 2021, 2-4 pm
Past 2020 events
December 8th, 7:30 pm
Mining The Senses: 4-Week Generative and Critque-based Workshop Series 2
via Zoom with the The Ranch, Tiburon, CA
Nov 10, 17, 24, and Dec 1 6-8 pm
Mother Mary Anthology Launch and Reading
Georgia Center for the Book
Monday, November 16, 7 pm
Monday October 26, 7-8 pm EDT
Georgia Poetry Society Reading
Saturday October 24, 10 am.
Wednesday Night Poetry
October 16 Full recording
Mining The Senses: 4-Week Generative and Critque-based Workshop
via Zoom with the The Ranch, Tiburon, CA
Oct 6, 13, 20, 27 6-8 pm
Subversion and Subconscious: Generative Verse Through Meditation
Wild &Precious Life Poetry Series
Sunday September 13 1-3 pm
Featured reader with Beth Gylys for Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches
Sunday August 9, 3 pm EST
August 7th, 7-9 pm EST
Instagram takeover with Georgia Writer’s Association
Thursday, August 6th at noon EST (postponed from June 11 in solidarity)
Meditation in Verse: Generative Poetry Workshop
via Zoom with The Ranch, Tiburon, CA.
August 4th, 3-5 pm PDT
Let’s Talk Books: “A New World” with Christina Chiu, Joan Gelfand and Adrienne Raphel
July 28th, at 7 pm.
Book launch and celebration Cynthia Atkins and Redheaded Stepchild
July 23 7-8 pm (postponed from June 4th in solidarity)
Featured Poet, Wednesday Night Poetry with Jessica Jacobs, Ashley M. Jones, and Gris Muñoz
July 15
Inaugural Fireplace Series for VCCA with Christina Chiu
May 14th, now available on YouTube
Read it Again Books with Shawnte Orion and Jia Oak Baker
May 8th, 8 pm. Full recording
John’s Creek Poetry Society via Zoom
Saturday, May 2nd, 10 am
Georgia Center for the Book featuring Mike James, JC Reilly and Julie E. Bloemeke
April 27. Full recording
Wednesday Night Poetry, In Celebration of Earth Mothers Joy Harjo, Jane Hirshfield, Naomi Shahib Nye,
April 22. Full recording
Julie E. Bloemeke and Matt Coyle on Madame Perry’s Salon:
April 21, 8 pm. Full podcast
Wild & Precious Life Reading Series hosted by Dustin Brookshire with Teri Elam and Beth Gylys via Zoom
April 16, 7:30 pm
Reading for Wednesday Night Poetry, Poetry in the Pandemic via video
April 15th
KGB Bar Reading Series with Julie E. Bloemeke and Don Yorty
April 13, 7 pm, recording available here:
Access password: v9^rD9g8
Readings From the Field: Virtual Book Tour with Stillhouse Press:
Megan Merchant, Sonia Greenfield and Abayomi Animashaun via Zoom
Saturday, April 4th, 2 pm EST
Glittery Festival–CANCELLED
Oxford, Mississippi
Friday, April 3rd- Sunday, April 5th
Reading for Wednesday Night Poetry, Poetry in the Pandemic via video
March 26th
Reading for #internationalpoetrycircle via video
March 24th
AWP San Antonio–CANCELLED
La Villita Cafe
Thursday, March 5
Slide to Unlock Launch, Reading, and Benefit–POSTPONED; STAY TUNED
7878 Roswell Road
Sandy Springs, GA 30350
Past Readings/Events 2016
Launch party and reading, Four Chambers Press,
Valley Bar, Phoenix, Arizona,
December 12, 2016
Bourbon and Bards, finale reading of the 2016 Milton Literary Festival,
Beyond thrilled to have served as the inaugural Poetry Director for the Festival!
Bridge Eight reading at Vagabond Coffee in Jacksonville
Oct 15th
September 2nd-4th.
Reading with fellow Bridge Eight Literary Magazine poets Christopher Martin and Travis Denton,
May 23rd at 7:15
Boog City 9.5 Festival reading
Unnameable Books in 600 Vanderbilt Ave., Prospect Heights, Brooklyn,
Reading with the amazing Collin Kelley
Heron’s Coffee and Wine bar in Acworth!
March 7th
Past Readings/Events 2015
Decatur Book Festival, Saturday, September 5th, 4:15-4:25, Java Monkey Stage
Callanwolde, September 9th, 8-9 pm with Joseph Harrison
Past Readings/Events 2014
Georgia Center for the Book
Decatur, Georgia
September 29, 2014, 7:30 pm
Reading with Brendan Constantine
Georgia Center for the Book
Decatur, Georgia
June 18th, 2014, 7:15 pm
Reading at Bethany College
Bethany, WV
March 25, 2014, 4 pm
Salon Reading with Dan Veach
Pine Lake, GA
Sunday, February 2, 2014, 3-5 pm
Past Readings/Events 2013
Fusebox Reading with Chad Prevost and Emilia Phillips
Chattanooga, TN
March 30, 2013
Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers Reading
University of Georgia
Founders Memorial House
April 4, 2013, 7:30 pm
Southern Anthology of Poetry: Georgia Reading
Georgia Center for the Book
215 Sycamore Street Decatur, Georgia 30030
April 30, 2013, 7:15
Reading with Amanda Auchter
Charis Books & More
1189 Euclid Ave. NE Atlanta, GA 30307
May 4, 2013