Live Poetry: Jane-Rebecca Cannarella, Nycir Keen, & Charles O’Hay Wednesday July 22, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Jane-Rebecca Cannarella is the author of Better Bones and Marrow; as well as an editor at HOOT Review, a former genre editor at Lunch Ticket, and a sometimes contributor at SSG […]
House Poet Presents: Juniper Danger & Thalia Geiger Wednesday July 29, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Juniper Danger is a Philly based queer poet and science teacher. She loves filling her house with people and those people with soup. You can find her work in Collide Zine and […]
Live Poetry: Stevie Edwards, Mike Jurkovic and Joe Roarty Wednesday August 5, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Stevie Edwards is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University and Poetry Editor of The South Carolina Review. Mike Jurkovic, 2025-2027 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Published globally. President Calling All Poets Series. […]
VIRTUAL EVENT – National Book Lovers Day Book Lovers Day is celebrated on the 9th of August every year. This is an unofficial holiday observed to encourage bibliophiles to celebrate reading and literature. People are advised to put away their smartphones and every possible technological distraction and pick up a book to read. Book Lovers […]
Live Poetry: John Lavin, Debrah Morkun, Rebecca Petchenik, and Anne-Adele Wight Wednesday August 12, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street John Lavin is a jazz percussionist and poet. His recent poetry collection is Painting in the Dark (Moonstone 2026), a collaboration with artists, Janelle Robinson and Gregorio Torres. He is a […]
Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press: Regina Dilgen, Wendell Hawken, Beth Konkoski, & Sophia Pinto Thomas Sunday August 16, 2pm ET – VIRTUAL https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3i7OYv8sRwqh_OHp-K-cAQ Regina’s new book is Back from the River, $11.00 Regina Dilgen was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. She served as Professor of English and Department Chair […]
Live Poetry: Jonah Frankel, “Jasper Jonosky,” John Wojtowicz, Woody Woodger & Daniel Zehner Wednesday August 19, 2026 – 7pm ET Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Jonah Frankel: “Jonah would say he lives through art. He thinks his writing is beautiful even when it is not. Sometimes it is. His use of form and flow in […]
Philly Book Crawl with Molly’s Books and Records @ 2pm 1010 S 9th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Molly’s Books and Records is hosting a Small Press and Poets Book Fair and their store for this year’s Philly Book Crawl. Join Moonstone Press and local Philly poets, including Warren C. Longmire, Alison Lubar, C. M. Crockford, […]
Remembering Dorothy Parker Sunday August 23, 2026 – 2pm ET Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z7mLnyMiRfidAzDKTAuueA Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, literary critic and writer of fiction. Based in New York, she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. Parker rose to acclaim, […]
Live Poetry: Matt Hilton & Jules Hostetters Wednesday, August 26th, 7pm ET Fergies Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Matt Hilton – Songwriter, Singer, Multi Instrumentalist, Producer, Writer Creating experiences both through creativity and music. Currently living in Philadelphia. Jules Hostetters is a passionate Creative Writing graduate with a specialization in poetry from the University of the […]
