Remembering Jim Cory Moonstone’s Remembering Jim Cory event has been cancelled to support another memorial from Jim’s friends and family. The memorial and informal reading will be hosted at the Philadelphia Ethical Society on November 9th at 11:30am. More information about the event is available on Facebook here.
Serotonin Anthology Release Reading Sunday December 29, 2024 – 2pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street On zoom – Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vdemvrTkoHNCjR-UHD_ESBLD1ayB-_vOL Cynthia Arrieu-King was raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and earned her PhD from the University of Cincinnati. A former Kundiman Fellow, Arrieu-King is the author of the poetry chapbook The Small Anything City and […]
The Beast in the Pines: A Horror Novel – Launch Party Wednesday June 11, 2025 – 7pm Live at Ferge’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street In October of 2003, a 19 year old named Cody considers joining the Army to fight in the Iraq War so that he can escape the boredom of small town Woodville, […]
30th Annual Poetry Ink – LIVE READING Saturday, December 13, 2pm Central Free Library, 1901 Vine Street, Literature Dept. 2nd Floor The 30th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology contains 118 poems by poets from around the world. We want you all: Published Poets, Unpublished Poets, Academic Poets, Street Poets, Poets who write Sonnets, Villanelle, Haiku, […]
Live Reading: Moonstone Hosts Wednesday, January 7th at 7pm Live at Fergies Pub: 1214 Sansom Street Featured readers for this live event are all of Moonstone’s poetry reading hosts. We hope you join us in the new year to meet our hosts, hear their latest work, and gather in community. Featured Moonstone Poetry Hosts Liz […]
Wednesday March 4, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub Featuring: Jo Piazza, Christina Rosso-Schneider, and Julianna Forlano as Host Jo Piazza is an international bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and podcast creator known for 12+ books, including The Sicilian Inheritance and We Are Not Like Them. She hosts the critically acclaimed podcast Under the Influence. Her work […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Live on PhillyCAM Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia. Featuring: Lesley Valdes and Charles S. Carr as host Lesley Valdes, a classically trained pianist, comes to poetry following a career in arts journalism — as classical music critic […]
Remembering Hal Sirowitz Sunday May 3, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub AND Virtual Hal Sirowitz (March 6, 1949- October 17, 2025) was an American and internationally known poet, who first began to attract attention at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe where he was a frequent competitor in their Friday Night Poetry Slam. He eventually made […]
Saturday, May 16 2026 – 2pm ET Philadelphia Central Library, Literature Department – 1901 Vine Street Featured Poets from 2025 Moonstone presents over 100 poetry readings a year, creates a book with some of the presenters poems, and has a live and virtual reading. This is it. Featured Poets (not all poets will be reading): […]
Wednesday May 27, 2026 – 7pm LIVE @ FERGIES Featuring: Alexander Khan, Dustin Wright, and Mac Chandler as host Alexander Khan is a poet, he is also a member of a big family in a small house, and a pharmacy staff for children. His work reflects these places and the different person he becomes in […]
