Calendar of Events

Adult Poetry Readings

Family Events

May 5, 2013
Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Salem, MA

April 10, 2013
Jewish Writers, History and New England
Forbes Library, Northampton MA

March 7 and 8, 2013
AWP Boston MA
Thu, March 7, 12 - 1:15 p.m. Room 310 Level 3
Fri, March 8, 12 - 1:15 p.m Room 105, Hynes Convention Center

2013
2012

August 28, 2012
Special Guest Host at
22nd annual Transperformance Festival
more info and tickets

August 15, 2012
Harvard University’s Charles Hamilton Houston
Institute for Race and Justice
10:00 am @ Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center, Martha's Vineyard Regional High School
Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd, Oak Bluffs, MA
more info here

November 9, 2011
Norwich Free Academy
An evening of Jewish Poets

August 19, 2010
Featherstone Center for the Arts
Martha’s Vineyard Festival of Poetry
More details to follow...

April 29, 2010
An Evening of Poetry and Friendship
Thursday, 7–9pm
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst
121 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA

April 22, 2010
Poetry Reading with Daniel Hall
Green Street Poetry Series: Showcases the voices of emerging and noted poets from the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts and beyond.
Green Street Café
Northampton, MA

April 21, 2010
Hear a Poet, There a Poet:
A Pioneer Valley Anthology

7:00 p.m. at the Coolidge Museum
Forbes Library in Northampton, MA

2010
2009

May 31, 2009
Artists, Writers, Storytellers, and War
Celebrating the power of the arts
to challenge the myths of war.
Sunday from 2:00 - 5:00pm
191 Pantry Road, North Hatfield, MA

2009
2008

May 4, 2008
Blood to Remember - Poetry of the Holocaust
in honor of Yom HaShoah
Food for Thought Books
Tel: 413-253-5432
106 N. Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01002

May 1, 2008
Blood to Remember - Poetry of the Holocaust
in honor of Yom HaShoah
Back Pages Books
Tel: 781-788-9988
289 Moody Street
Waltham, MA 02453

March 30, 2008
Blood to Remember - Poetry of the Holocaust
with Maxine Kumin
Sunday at 1pm
Main Street Bookends
Tel: 603-456-2700
16 East Main Street
Warner, New Hampshire

March 6-8, 2008
Clemson Literary Festival
Clemson University
Clemson, SC

February 2, 2008
Poets in the Hood: Jews, Blacks, and Hispanics
A poetry reading with Martin Espada,
E. Etherbert Miller and Richard Michelson

January 31, 2008
Blood to remember: American Poets
on the Holocaust

A poetry reading with CK Williams, Rodger Kaminetz,
Charle Fishman, Anna Rabinowitz and Richard Michelson

AWP - The Association of Writers
and Writing Programs

2008 Annual Conference & Bookfair
Hilton NY & Sheraton NY Hotel & Towers

2008
2007

April 11, 2007
Poetry Reading
Springfield College
263 Alden Street
Springfield, MA 01109-3797
413-748-3000

April 5, 2007
Peabody Library
Schulman Center
Vanderbilt University
Nashville TN

March 8, 2007
Amnesty International Fundraiser
Jones Library
Amherst, MA

February 28, 2007
Poetry Reading with Martin Espada
Odyssey Bookshop
9 College St.
S. Hadley, MA 01075
413-534-7307
800-540-7307

November 7, 2006
Northampton, MA
Author and Illustrator Fair
Smith College Campus School
Northampton, MA 01063
413-585-3270

April 27, 2013
Albany New York Children's Book Festival

April 21, 2013
Jewish Children's Literature Festival
The Odyssey Bookshop, 2pm
South Hadley, MA

March 3, 2013
Massachusetts School Library Association
Annual Conference
Sturbridge, MA

2013
2012

May 5, 2012
Hudson, NY
Children’s Book Festival

May 1, 2012
Chicago, IL
International Reading Association convention
Visit me at the Sleeping Bear booth 10:30 to 11:30

April 29, 2012
East Greenbush, NY
Greenbush Reformed Church
“A children’s Book writers journey to faith and the Jewish Tradition”

April 28 , 2012
Albany, NY
Children’s Book Festival

April 19/20, 2012
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Festival of Faith and Writing
Exploring religious and cultural traditions outside of one's own- Crossing the border between exploitation and celebration.

April 11, 2012
Springfield MA
Link to Libraries-
wine tasting and book signing -
6p

April 10, 2012
Springfield MA
Sinai  Temple
Annual Luncheon Guest Speaker
Noon

March 17, 2012
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Amherst, MA

March 11, 2012
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center
East Hills, NY 11548

February 26, 2012
Sarasota Florida

February 11, 2012
Allen Public Library
Allen, Texas

February 10, 2012
Dallas, Texas

February 9, 2012
Texas Rangers Ball Park
Arlington, Texas

February 3 & 4, 2012
Canton Museum of Art
Canton Library
Canton, Ohio
more info here

February 2, 2012
Walsh College
Canton, Ohio
more details to follow...

January 27, 2012
Orlando, Florida
more details to follow...

2012
2011

November 3, 2011
Park Street Synagogue
More details to follow...

October 29, 2011
Bay Path College
Writer’s Day

October 5, 2011
Massachusetts Reading Association
Fall Lecture
members only

September, 27, 2011
University of New England
Children’s Book Illustrators Exhibition

August 20, 2011
Martha's Vineyard, MA
Bunch of Grapes Bookstore

June 28, 2011
1 PM Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown NY

June 27, 2011
WAMC Radio The Roundtable

May 24, 2011
Bergino’s baseball Clubhouse
7:00 PM
67th East 11th Street
New York City

May 24, 2011
Book Expo America
Book signing: Lipman Pike: America’s First Home Run King  
at the Sleeping Bear Booth

May 19, 2011
The Bill Newman Show
WHMP Radio
9 AM

May 14–15, 2011
New England SCBWI Conference
More details

May 7, 2011
Hudson Children’s Book Festival
Hudson, NY

April 26, 2011
Brooklyn New York School Visits
Borough Park

April 14, 2011
Brooklyn New York School Visits   
Bushwick at 10:00 am      
Sheepshead Bay at 3:30 pm

April 9, 2011
Albany Book Festival
Albany, NY

April 7, 2011
International Reading Association
Authors & Appetizers Showcase Thursday
from  4:30 – 6:30 pm  
Mass. Reading Conference
Sturbridge, MA

April 2, 2011
Focus on Children's Literature: the Power of the Picture Book  Keynote Address
Center for Children's & Young Adult Literature at
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 

March 3, 2011
Foundation for Children’s Books & 826 Boston
Mission Hill School
More details to follow...

2011
2010

November 7, 2010
The Whole Megilah
1:00p
Erica Carle Museum
Amherst, MA

October 24, 2010
Ghouls and Gourds
12p–4p
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
Brooklyn, NY

October 23, 2010
Write Angles Conference
Bringing Characters to Life: How to Overcome Writers’ Challenges
1–1:30p
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA

October 16, 2010
Boston Book Festival
Border Crossing: Understanding Social Justice Through Fiction

11:30a–12:30p
Boston, MA

May 23–24, 2010
Jewish Children’s Writers Workshop
Highlights Foundation
Honesdale, Pennsylvania

May 15, 2010
Society of Children's Book Writers
and Illustrators Annual Conference

More info here...
Fitchburg, MA

May 1, 2010
Hudson Book Festival
Hudson, NY

April 18, 2010
Skirball Cultural Center
From 10am–4pm
In Conjuction with Monsters and Miracles: A Journey Through Jewish Picture Books
Los Angeles, CA

April 14–16, 2010
SCBWI New England Socity of Children's Book Writers Annual Conference
Courtyard Marriott
Fitchburg, MA

2010
2009

October 24, 2009
Boston Book Festival
Saturday at 11:30am
Boston Public Library

July 7, 2009
8:30am: Sydney Taylor Award Lecture
12:00pm: Jewish Authors Luncheon
7:00pm: Banquet and Award Presentation
Association of Jewish Librarians Convention

June 3, 2009
Jewish Children's Picture Books: Then and Now
A brief survey of the history of Jewish
picture books in America.
at the Springfield Jewish Community Center

May 12, 2009
Kids Stuff for the Kids Market
at Amherst Cinema
Tuesday at 5:00pm.

March 25, 2009
Anti-Defamation League
Next Generation Philanthropy Lecture

Wednesday at 6:30pm
Congregation Or Zarua
New York, NY

2009
2008

November 18, 2008
Tuesday at 4pm
Reading, PA
Reading Jewish Community Center

November 9, 2008
Sunday at 9am
Austin, TX
Civil Rights Sunday

October 26, 2008
Sunday from 12pm to 4pm
Rochester, NY
Big Book Day for Kids

September 16, 2008
Hyman S. & Freda Berstein Jewish Literary Festival
Tuesday at 10am
Washington DC

September 6, 2008
Children's Book Festival
Saturday from 3pm to 5 pm
Boston Common, Boston MA

April 26, 2008
24th Annual Long Island Children's Literature Conference
Telling Your Story: Writing Picture Books
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
Tel: 516-463-6600
Note: This event is for adults

March 30, 2008
Tuttle's Red Barn:
Reading and book signing
Main Street Bookends
Sunday at 3pm
16 East Main Street
Warner, NH 03278
Tel: 603-456-2700

March 27, 2008
Tuttle's Red Barn
Dover Reads
Dover, New Hampshire

March 26, 2008
Tuttle's Red Barn
Question's and Reading
Hampstead NH Public Library

2008
2007

November 10 - 11, 2007
Connecticut Children's Book Fair
UConn Campus
Storrs, CT

October 13, 2007

Foundation for Children's Books
Boston College
Boston, MA
Note: This event is for adults

October 6, 2007
Booksigning
Jeffery Amherst Bookshop
55 S. Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
413-253-3381

September 23, 2007
Book Publication Party for
Tuttle's Red Barn - illustrated by Mary Azarian
151 Dover Point Road
Dover, NH 03820
603-742-4313

September 1, 2007
For Jewish Educators
Congregation Kol Am
Central Agency for Jewish Education - St. Louis

1023 Chesterfield Pkwy E
Chesterfield, MO 63017
636-519-0082

August 31, 2007
Family Presentation
Congregation Kol Am
Central Agency for Jewish Education - St. Louis

1023 Chesterfield Pkwy E
Chesterfield, MO 63017
636-519-0082

July 27, 2007
Simmons College
Center for the Study of Children's Literature
Boston, MA
Note: This event is for adults

June 2, 2007
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main Street
Ridgefield, CT 06977
(203) 438-4519

March 31, 2007
Amherst, MA
UMass Perspectives in Literature Conference
University of Massachusetts
Isenberg School of Management
413-545-4190

March 10, 2007
Children's Poetry Writing Workshop
REAL ART WAYS
56 Arbor St
Hartford, CT 06106
860-232-1006
info@realartways.org

December 25, 2006
11 AM-4 PM
Celebrate the Winter Solstice
National Yiddish Book Center
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
413-256-4900

November 9, 2006
Thursday, 6 PM
Everyone's Books
Reading with Richard Michelson
25 Elliott St.
Brattleboro, VT 05301
802-254-8160

November 4, 2006

11 AM
Reading with Richard Michelson
Odyssey Bookshop
9 College St.
S. Hadley, MA 01075
413-534-7307
800-540-7307