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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT - National Book Lovers Day
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL EVENT – National Book Lovers Day\nBook 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 Day is widely recognized on global scale yet its origin and creator remain unknown to date. \nLink to Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/f7cHnTsGSLGnHbzv4dA2jQ \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Recent Publications: Regina Dilgen\, Wendell Hawken\, Beth Konkoski\, & Sophia Pinto Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press: Regina Dilgen\, Wendell Hawken\, Beth Konkoski\, & Sophia Pinto Thomas\nSunday August 16\, 2pm ET – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3i7OYv8sRwqh_OHp-K-cAQ \nRegina’s new book is Back from the River\, $11.00  \nRegina Dilgen was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Poughkeepsie\, New York. She served as Professor of English and Department Chair at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth\, Florida\, and she holds a Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University.  Her poetry has been published  in Chameleon Chimera: An Anthology of Florida Poets\, Poetry South\, Blueline\, redrosethorns\,  Earth’s Daughters\, Quartler(ly)\, The Dewdrop\, Persimmon Tree\, Passager\,  and Apollo’s Lute. Regina attended the Breadloaf Writers Conference in Sicily\, and she was a featured poet at a Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches reading. \nWendell’s new book is Slinky on the Bottom\, $11.00  \n \nWendell Hawken (she/her) earned her MFA from Warren Wilson College’s Program for Writers. Publications include four chapbooks and six full collections. Hawkens was named the inaugural Post Laureate of Millwood VA\, an unincorporated quirky village in the northern Shenandoah Valley where she lives. \nBeth’s new book is Hold Near the Middle\, $11.00  \nBeth Konkoski is a writer and high school English teacher living in Virginia where she spends as much time as possible listening to the sounds of a pen across the page and water across rocks. Her poetry has been published in journals such as: The American Journal of Poetry\, Mid-Atlantic Review\, and The Potomac Review. She is the author of A Drawn & Papered Heart\, a collection of short and flash fiction that won the 2023 Acacia Prize for Short Fiction and was published by Kallisto Gaia Press in 2024. \nSophia’s new book is Floodings\, $11.00 \nSophia Pinto Thomas is a poet from Boston\, Massachusetts. She enjoys experimenting with the possibilities of rhyme\, learning from thetrials of young adulthood\, and observing the wonders of the natural world. Sophia is an eco-poet\, world-maker\, and eternal student. Her first poetry book\, “Alchemies\, Arrivals”\, was published with QuillKeepers press in 2025.
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