Events

Gail Folkins is participating in the following events:

Historically Hip Author Fair – December 9, 11 am to 4 pm, Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way in Issaquah. Join me and other local authors.

Memoir Workshop at the Black Dog Arts Cafe – November 12, 3:30-4:00 pm Pacific, The Black Dog Arts Cafe, Snoqualmie. Free class sponsored by the Black Dog Arts Coalition.

Live Fundraiser Benefitting Reclaiming Mni Sota Indigenous Writers Grant, Nov. 4, 2 pm Pacific- @gailfolkins, @JMcJohnson and Julie Riddle.

Write on the Sound – October 8, 1:45-3 pm, Edmonds Washington. “Writing and Publishing for a World in Eco-Crisis.”

Orcas Island Lit Fest Lit Walk June 2, 6-8 pm, Darvill’s Book Store on Orcas Island.

Whatcom County Writers and Publishers – Session on Writing and Publishing. May 31, 6:30 pm, Bob’s Burgers in Bellingham.

Memoir Writing Workshop – March 19, 3:00-4:30 pm, The Black Dog Arts Cafe, Snoqualmie. Free class. Sponsored by the Black Dog Arts Coalition.

Everett Woman’s Book Club – March 13, 1 pm.

Writer to Writer Lightning Readings – March 11, 1:45-3:00 pm on the AWP conference Bookfair Stage. Saturday-only passes are available.

AWP Book Signing– March 10, 1-2 pm; March 11, 10-11 am, AWP Seattle Bookfair, Wandering Aengus Press, Booth 1632.

Wandering Words and Wild Euphony – March 9, 5-7 pm, Sorrento Hotel, Seattle.

Center of Gravity Virtual Reading – February 12, 2023, 1 pm (PT)
Hear writers read excerpts from About Place Journal‘s “Center of Gravity” issue on equity and social justice. I’ll read from “Six Stages of Air Quality.”

Write-O-Rama – October 30, 2022. Join me and other instructors at Hugo House for this overview of upcoming classes/topics! See all of the sessions. I will be teaching about Writing Scenes.

Anderson Island Writing Retreat – August 26-28, 2022. Co-teaching “A Change of Scenery – Renewing Your Creativity,” a weekend writing retreat with author Jill McCabe Johnson in this beautiful Washington state setting. Learn more.

Crab Creek Review Reading – June 1, 2022, 6 p.m. on Zoom. Learn more about this edition.

Flash Fiction Forum – January 12, 2022, 7 p.m. (Pacific) on Zoom. Join hosts Lita Kurth and Tania Martin with a dozen readers of new flash fiction! Event registration is free.

Writing for Animals Virtual Open Mic/Reading – May 8, 2021, 4:00-5:15 p.m. (Pacific Time). Join me and nine other readers in an online reading/open mic hosted by Ashland Creek Press. Hear animal-themed creative writing from around the world. The event is free with advance registration

Write-O-Rama with Hugo House – November 22, 2020, noon-4 p.m., on Zoom. Sample a variety of writing sessions for an introduction to creative writing at Hugo House. Join me for an introduction to literary journalism at 2 p.m.

Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop at the American Library in Paris – September 10, 2020, 10 a.m. (PDT).