Scheduled June 5 | Barefoot Wine Presents 'Books & Brunch' Literary Workshop (Orlando Black Pride. Florida)

Date: 5 June 2012

Join Kat Williamd from Sippin on Ink and feed your literary appetite as she talks with some of our best LGBTQ Authors on writing and how to get published. Guests will have the opportunity to chat with the authors and purchase books for signing before listening to author presentations over brunch.

Tickets for the event can be purchased at www.orlandoblackpride.eventbrite.com or www.orlandoblackpride.com. Please purchase in advance as space is limited.

Brunch items - Mimosa, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Chicken & Vegetable Kabobs, Home Fries, Texas Rice, Caesar Salad, Rolls, and Coffee

BOOKS AND BRUNCH
Sunday, June 5 · 11:00am - 2:00pm
Orlando Vista Hotel
12490 Apopka Vineland Rd
Orlando, FL
$20 Entry & Brunch
$10 Entry only

Once you purchase a ticket you are automatically entered in a raffle for a chance to win a gift basket containing a copy of all the authors involved in Books & Brunch latest release!

Featuring authors: Fiona Zedde, Cheril N Clarke, Spoken, Sherry Michelle, Otis Randolph, G. Winston James, Skyy and of course Anondra "Kat" Williams of Sippin' on Ink.



CONTACT INFORMATION:

Website: http://www.orlandoblackpride.com/

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For Authors of Lesbian/ Bisexual-Themed Fiction: ReadingsLAB Internet Radio Program

"Readings in Lesbian & Bisexual Women's Fiction" (ReadingsLAB) is an internet radio program hosted through the Blog Talk Radio service, interviewing authors, and talking about books with lesbian and bisexual women's themes and content. Genres cover the spectrum, from the broad "literary" novel to heated erotica and erotic romances.

Every author of such fiction is welcome to talk about her books and her writing on the program. Just contact Lara Zielinsky at readings@lzfiction.net to schedule an interview.

Archives are available through iTunes here.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: readings@lzfiction.net

Website: http://blogtalkradio.com/lara-zielinsky

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Panel Discussion at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival - To Have and to Hold: LGBTQ People of Color and Same-Sex Marriage (SF)

Date: 9 June 2012 (4pm)

Join our Panel Discussion about the ways that people of color say "I Do" and "I Don't" to same-sex marriage. LGBTQ rights cannot be divorced from racial justice, but that was precisely the goal of Prop 8 proponents, who used racism to promote homophobia. The aftermath of that bitter battle was the consummation of a singular focus on legislation that pit potential allies against one another. Yet for LGBTQ people of color living at the intersections, these debates are about more than traditions and institutions. They are about which kinds of relationships, families, and love deserve recognition. This intergenerational panel envisions the ways that LGBTQ people of color advocate for social justice and our human rights beyond simple legislation, through an affirmation of our families, cultures, ethnicities, and histories.

Reception and doors open: 3pm

Venue: Novellus Theater at YBCA, 700 Howard at Third St, SF

ABOUT THE QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR FILM FESTIVAL

The Queer Women of Color Film Festival is held every year in June in San Francisco and features films that address the vital social justice issues that concern women of color and our communities, authentically reflect our life stories, and build community through art and activism. Enjoy the creativity of emerging media artists who are Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, Chicana/Latina, Native American and Mixed-Race lesbians, same-gender loving, bisexual, queer, questioning women, and genderqueer, gender non-conforming, transgender folks.

Now in its eighth year, the Festival started in June 2003 in one room at the San Francisco's LGBT Community Center with a free screening that drew standing-room-only crowds. In 2005, the packed annual film screenings expanded into the 1st Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival. In 2007, we expanded into the 375-seat Brava Theater. This year the festival has expanded again, moving to the 757-seat Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The Film Festival is still free thanks to generous grants, donors and partners; includes free refreshments provided by local restaurants and businesses; and features an exciting panel and/or performance each year.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: festival@qwocmap.org

Website: http://www.qwocmap.org

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Latina/o Queer Literary Series #1: “Wanderlust” (CA)

Date: 20 - 21 April 2012

In “Wanderlust,” writers of Latina/o and queer extractions make the specter of place known through word, as they shepherd us in a and guide us through radical spatial narratives that weave in tales of sexualized citizenry, gendered candor and transnational d3sires. Featuring Micha Cardenas, Marcela Fuentes, Frank Galarte and more.

Raquel Gutiérrez (b. 1976, Los Angeles, California) is a community-based performance writer, playwright, community organizer and cultural activist. Gutiérrez is one of the co-founding members of the performance ensemble, Butchlalis de Panochtitlan (BdP), a community-based and activist-minded group aimed at creating a visual vernacular around queer Latinidad in Los Angeles. Gutiérrez is also the Manager of Community Partnerships for Cornerstone Theater Company, the leading purveyor of community-based theater in the United States. She holds degrees in performance studies from New York University and in journalism and Central American studies from California State University–Northridge.

Friday + Saturday, April 20 + 21 @ 8.30pm

Tickets here >>

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: tickets@highwaysperformance.org

Website: http://highwaysperformance.org

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Invitation to Assaracus: A Celebration of Gay Poetry (NY)

Date: 23 March 2012

On March 23, 2012, the night before the Rainbow Book Fair, CLAGS (The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies) and Sibling Rivalry Press present Assaracus: A Celebration of Gay Poetry. For the first time, poets from the first six issues of Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry will read together, legend alongside rising, established next to emerging. Assaracus was created in the spirit of community and brotherhood. Assaracus: A Celebration of Gay Poetry will showcase those themes through the collective voices some of gay poetry’s brightest contemporary writers – in one place, at one time.

The night will also feature the launch of Assaracus: Issue 06 (featuring cover art by Seth Ruggles Hiler), and include remarks on gay publishing and poetry from Ian Young, groundbreaking founder of Catalyst Press and editor of The Male Muse, an early, daring, and important anthology of gay poets.

Come kick off Rainbow Book Fair weekend with the Assaracus poets. Free & open to the public.

Confirmed readers: Christopher Hennessy, Matthew Hittinger, Frank J Miles, Stephen Scott Mills, Eric Norris, Philip F. Clark, Collin Kelley, Michael Klein, Evan J. Peterson, Steven Riel, Robert Siek, Bryan Borland, Steven Cordova, Chuck Willman, Philip (No F.) Clark, Joseph Harker, Emanuel Xavier, Isaiah Vianese, David-Glen Smith, Christopher Gaskins, Perry Brass, Guillermo Filice Castro, Nicolas Destino, D. Gilson, Glenn Phillips, Patrick Stevens, and remarks by Ian Young.



CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: siblingrivalrypress@gmail.com

Website: http://siblingrivalrypress.com/

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Fuclosure: GLBT Seniors Read Their Stories

Date: 11 March 2012

QueerWise is a group of GLBT writers, 50+, who have been working under the tutelage of Michael Kearns for the past eighteen months. They made their theatrical debut in Late Awakenings at the Skylab (part of Katselas Theatre Company’sINKubator).

The collective subsequently performed Mid-Life Sentence at the intimate Writers @ Work space. In November, they appeared at Akbar’s Apt 3F. QueerWise has been funded by Spoken Interludes Next and Poets & Writers, through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation. The Sunday, March 11th Los Angeles performance, Fuclosure, is drawn from the writings of QueerWise in 2012.

Via: lambdaliterary

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Ancestors: A Queer Writers of Color Reading (Center on Halsted, IL)

Date: 1 March 2012

Time: 7pm-10pm

"Ancestors: A Queer Writers of Color Reading" sponsored by the Lambda Literary Foundation (free entry)

Center on Halsted
3rd Floor
Irving Harris Family Foundation Reception Hall
3656 N. Halsted St. (at Waveland Ave.)
Chicago, IL 60613
(773) 472-6469

Organized by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán & Tony Valenzuela

Readers: OluSeyi OluToyin Adebanjo, Nancy Agabian, Ryka Aoki, Tamiko Beyer, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Ching-In Chen, Matthew R. K. Haynes-Kekahuna, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, David Keali'i, Janet McAdams, Deborah A. Miranda, Claudia Narváez-Meza, vaimoana litia makakaufaki niumeitolu, Emma Pérez, Jai Arun Ravine, Charles Rice-González, Trish Salah, James Thomas Stevens, D. Antwan Stewart, & Jennifer Lisa Vest.

"Ancestors: A Queer Writers of Color Reading" is a literary reading featuring same-gender-loving, multiple-gender-loving, and transgender poets, non/fiction writers, filmmakers, and performance artists of Indigenous Pacific, Native North American, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian, Latina/o, and African descent.

This event is sponsored by the Lambda Literary Foundation, which nurtures, celebrates, and preserves lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) literature through programs that honor excellence, promote visibility, and encourage development of emerging writers.

This reading is an off-site event for the 2012 Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference, which will be occurring in Chicago from Wednesday, February 29, 2012 through Saturday, March 3, 2012.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: Info@lambdaliterary.org

Website: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/

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Registration Now Open: Saint and Sinners 9.5 Mini Literary Festival

This year, we’re planning a special edition of Saints and Sinners. Our “9.5 mini” will allow us to prepare for our 10th anniversary in 2013.

Saints and Sinners 9.5, is made possible by the generosity of the John B. Harter Charitable Trust and the Hotel Monteleone. The event will provide attendees with plenty of opportunities for fun and learning all within the historic French Quarter in weather that will be anything but wintry. Below is information about this unique SAS FEST.

Update and Registration Information:

Registration for Saints and Sinner 9.5 is now open. The cost for the weekend pass is $95 and includes the following:

Welcome Party/Book Launch Reading on Friday, May 18. You’ll also receive a copy of the anthology from the 3rd annual short fiction contest.

A choice of one of four writing workshops/manuscript critique sessions for a full day of information on Saturday, May 19. Select from Jameson Currier, Fay Jacobs, Jeff Mann, or Radclyffe. Each workshop will include a two-hour morning session, as well as a three-hour block in the afternoon. A full day to get practical advice, tips, critiques and comments from your workshop facilitator and peers that have signed up for your chosen session. (Space is limited to 10 people per workshop)

Saturday evening we will have an author reading/social event.

And we’re planning a “publishing industry update” panel discussion for 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 20.

QUESTIONS: If you have questions regarding Saints and Sinners 9.5, please feel free to contact Paul at: pjwillisnola@aol.com

To register: View the online order form. You will select the all access ticket with the name of your workshop facilitator, and you are all set for the weekend. If coming with a friend that is not signing up for the all day Saturday workshop, separate tickets can be purchased for Friday and Saturday evening events. If have questions about registration, or if you prefer to register over the phone, you can call us at: 504-581-1144.

Who should attend Saints and Sinners 9.5?

Any writer working on his or her first manuscript, whether a novel, collection of short stories, essays, or memoir can benefit from getting insight from our experienced and knowledgeable workshop facilitators. Authors interested in working within a new genre, or scribes who may want input regarding a new project would also benefit, as would those who want a new perspective on their work. We know we sometimes get in a rut with our own work, and as much as we value the critique of our trusted agent/writing group/Aunt Selma, we sometimes need a different voice to get things moving again.

By attending the 2012 event, you’re not only gaining valuable feedback on your writing, you’re also supporting an organization that values GLBT writing and helps sustain the efforts of the NO/AIDS Taskforce. Furthermore, you’ll be helping us build towards our 10th anniversary Festival in 2013!

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: pjwillisnola@aol.com

Website: http://sasfest.org

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The 4th Annual New York Rainbow Book Fair

Date: 24 March 2012

4th ANNUAL NEW YORK RAINBOW BOOK FAIR
Saturday, March 24, 2012 11am–5:30pm
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street NYC

Plan to be a part of the most exciting LGBT book event in the U.S., the 
4th Annual New York Rainbow Book Fair. More than 1OO publishers, writers, poets, editors, booksellers, and the 15OO+ readers who love and want to buy their books—from serious to wild, zany, and super hot. It’s totally free to the public with book discounts, giveaways, panels on writing and publishing, author readings, a non-stop Poetry Salon. The event is sponsored by CLAGS The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Website: http://rainbowbookfair.org

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A Queer Story: Author Reading and Writers' Workshop (Canada)

Deadline: 11 August 2011

Another Story Bookshop and Queer West Fest present an intimate evening of reading and writing with authors Farzana Doctor, Vivek Shraya, and Zoe Whittall

Thursday, August 11 at 7pm

Pay what you can. All proceeds go to the authors. Catering by Cardinal Rule

Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based author and is the recipient of the Writers' Trust of Canada's prestigious Dayne Ogilvie Grant for an emerging gay Canadian author (2011). Her first novel, Stealing Nasreen, received critical acclaim and earned a devoted readership upon its release in 2007. She is currently touring her second book, Six Metres of Pavement (Dundurn 2011), which Publishers Weekly has praised as “..a paean to second chances.” In her spare time, she provides private practice consulting and psychotherapy services and is a co-curator of the Brockton Writers Series.

Vivek Shraya is a Toronto-based artist. Winner of the We Are Listening International Singer/Songwriter Award, Vivek has released albums ranging from acoustic folk-rock to electro synth pop, driven by powerful vocals, incisive lyrics, and tight pop hooks. God Loves Hair, his first collection of short stories, was a 2011 Lambda Literary Award finalist, won the Applied Arts Award for Illustration in 2010, and is currently being used as a textbook at several post-secondary institutions. Seeking Single White Male, his first short film, debuted in the fall of 2010, and is being screened at film festivals throughout 2011.

Zoe Whittall is the author of two literary novels - the Lambda award-winning Holding Still For As Long As Possible (House of Anansi, 09/10) and Bottle Rocket Hearts (Cormorant, 07) which was named a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year, made the CBC Canada Reads Top Ten Essential Novels of the decade, translated into French and optioned for film. Holding Still for as Long as Possible was shortlisted for the Relit Award, and named an American Library Association Stonewall honor book. She has published one short novel for adults with low literacy skills called The Middle Ground (Orca Books, 2010.) She won the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Award in 2008. Her poetry books include The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life (McG, 01) and The Emily Valentine Poems (Snare, 06) and Precordial Thump (Exile, 08). She edited the anthology Geeks, Misfits & Outlaws in 2003. She lives in Toronto.

Another Story Bookshop
315 Roncesvalles Avenue
Toronto, ON | M6R 2M6
tel: 416-462-1104

Contact Information:

Website: http://www.anotherstory.ca/

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The OutWrite LGBT Book Festival Opens August 6th (DC Center)

Date: 6 August 2011

The OutWrite Book Fair will be a day chock-full of book readings, book vendors, book discussions, poetry readings and more. We will have both new and used LGBT themed books and magazines for sale all day long. In addition to book vendors, the DC Center will have a large number of used LGBT books for sale. You can purchase these books, or bring a food-item to be donated to the Wanda Alston House in exchange for a book.

Book Readings

The OutWrite LGBT Book Fair will feature book readings by authors like Robert DiFulgo, Lisa Gitlin, and Jonathan Spikes. Learn more about these authors and their new books here. If you are interested in scheduling a book-reading during the fair please e-mail outwritedc@thedccenter.org. (the deadline for adding additional events is June 30th).

Sponsor the OutWrite LGBT Book Fair

There are several great opportunities to be a part of the OutWrite LGBT Book Fair. If you would like to be a business sponsor or community sponsor of the Book Fair, please click here to learn about sponsorship opportunities. If you are a book vendor, self-published author, or LGBT press that would like to sell your books at the LGBT Book Fair you can click here to learn about exhibiting at the fair.

Volunteer at the OutWrite LGBT Book Fair

We need you to help make our first LGBT Book Fair a success. If you are interested in volunteering on the day of the event, you can sign up for a volunteer shift. click here to sign up for a volunteer shift. If you are interested in helping to plan the OutWrite LGBT Book Fair please e-mail outwrite@thedccenter.org.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: outwrite@thedccenter.org

Website: http://thedccenter.org/outwritedc/

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Multi-Genre Reading: Queer Border Crossings at The Asian American Writers' Workshop (NY)

Deadline: 14 July 2011, 7pm

Even as New York becomes the largest state to legalize same sex marriage, the queer body remains a point of contention in public policy and literature. In writing the queer body, the borders that separate pertain not just to gender and sexuality, but also race and voice, form and genre. In this multi-genre reading, Ronaldo Wilson, Rahul Mehta, Kit Yan, and Ching-In Chen cross borders of both gender and genre. Avant-garde poet Ronaldo Wilson reads from Poems of the Black Object, winner of the Asian American Literary Award--detailing the nitty-gritty of bodily fluids, illicit subcultures, and dream states to critique the objectification of the black queer body. Short story writer Rahul Mehta will take you across continents, uncomfortable family gatherings, and bitter generational rifts to reveal the growing pains of being gay and Indian American in Quarantine. Multi-genre poet Ching-In Chen plays with form and theatrical jazz aesthetics in her latest work. A Hawaiian spoken word artist lost in New York, Kit Yan’s love poems, dirty sex stories, and comedic tales of his childhood are raw, real, heart-wrenching, and unforgettable.

Ching-In Chen is the author of The Heart's Traffic (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press) and co-editor of The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities (South End Press). She is a Kundiman and Lambda Fellow and part of the Macondo and Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation writing communities. She has worked in the San Francisco, Oakland, Riverside and Boston Asian American communities. Ching-In currently lives in Milwaukee and is involved in union organizing and direct action against the draconian proposals of Governor Scott Walker. Her work is lauded by veteran poet Juan Felipe Herrera, as Chinese classic poet “Cho Wen-Chün on fire—with a punk mohawk cut.”

Rahul Mehta earned his MFA at Syracuse University and is the author of the short story collection Quarantine (HarperPerennial). Portions of Quarantine, already a runaway success in India, have appeared in New Stories from the South, The Kenyon Review, The Sun, Epoch, NOON, Fourteen Hills and Storyville.com. His essays have appeared most recently in OUT Magazine, Marie Claire India, and The Telegraph (Kolkata). Born and raised in Parkersburg, West Virginia, he currently lives in Alfred, New York, and teaches at Alfred University. Quarantine is described as “A rich study of family ties, romantic failings and cultural disconnection told in crisp, clean prose,” (Kirkus).

Ronaldo V. Wilson is the author of Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man (University of Pittsburgh Press) and Poems of the Black Object (Futurepoem Books), winner of the 2010 Asian American Literary Awards. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, NYU’s Graduate Creative Writing Program, and holds a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center. Wilson has won numerous fellowships to include the National Research Council Ford Foundations, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Cave Canem, Kundiman, Djerassi, and Yaddo. A co-founder of the Black Took Collective, he currently teaches creative writing, literature, and African American poetics at Mount Holyoke College. Publishers Weekly calls Poems of the Black Object “erotic verse about gay sexuality, demolition jobs directed at racial stereotypes, and plenty of genre-busting, metafictional, forward-looking hybrid forms.”

Kit Yan tells stories through slam poetry from the lens of a transgender Asian American from Hawaii now lost in the big city of New York. Through touching love poems, dirty sex accounts, and comedic tales of his childhood–Kit takes you on a journey that is raw, heart-wrenching, and unforgettable. Kit’s work has been taught at universities coast to coast. He spoke to over 200,000 from the stage of the 2009 National Equality March, performed on the San Francisco Pride main stage, and is a nationally ranking slam poet. Kit Yan is the first ever and reigning Mr. Transman 2010. “The eloquence of Kit’s spoken-word delivery lies in the anti-racist, anti-homophobic, gender-inclusive, language that ties his lyrics together,” (Bitch Magazine).

The event is co-sponsored by Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY).

@ The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
110-112 West 27th Street, 6th Floor
Between 6th and 7th Avenues
Buzzer 600

Open to the public. $5 suggested donation.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: desk@aaww.org

Website: http://aaww.org/

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Thinkers and Trouble Makers: Panel Discussion of Queer Women of Color Activists (California)

Date: 11 June 2011

The 7th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival world premieres 38 new short films by Bay Area artists this June 10-12, 2011 at the Brava Theater in San Francisco.


The Festival Focus, “Igniting the Intersections”, features a capstone Panel Discussion “Thinkers and Troublemakers: Queer Women of Color Activists” on Saturday, June 11 at 1:00pm. This roundtable of veteran queer women of color activists and artists includes Jewelle Gomez, Ericka Huggins, Olga Talamante, Pratibha Parmar and Helen Zia. Standing at the intersections of gender, sexuality, nationality, race/ethnicity and culture, these deep thinkers, take-charge doers, and long-time troublemakers will illustrate the paths that have led to our current political and economic crossroads, and illuminate our way forward to social justice.

Jewelle Gomez, a Native American and Black award-winning writer/playwright, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her highly celebrated novel, The Gilda Stories and working on her much-anticipated world premiere of her new play Waiting For Giovanni.

Dr. Ericka Huggins, a former political prisoner and currently a Professor of Women’s Studies, led the Black Panther Party for 11 years, the longest tenure held by any woman in the party’s history. Her work has made tangible strides in the fight against racism, economic injustice and the prison industrial complex.

Pratibha Parmar, a Kenyan-born British South Asian filmmaker, creates evocative and sexy films about social justice. She has over 20 years of experience as a filmmaker and is celebrated for her documentary Warrior Marks with Alice Walker, and her most recent film, Nina’s Heavenly Delights, is an award-winning stunner.

Olga Talamante, the Executive Director of the Chicana/Latina Foundation, was awarded “the most influential Latina in the Bay Area.” Held as a political prisoner in 1970s Argentina until powerful networks of people joined efforts to liberate her, she has dedicated her life to fighting for social justice.

Helen Zia, a second generation Chinese American and award-winning journalist, has inspired young activists and writers to work for social change. Her articles, and scholarly and creative writing, have brought the voices and political movements of Asian American communities to global visibility.

Change begins with those who have the courage to take risks and who are boldly and unapologetically determined to transform systems of oppression. They are leaders who use the poetics and politics of their bodies and lives to obliterate injustice. They are the activists and artists who empower new generations to embrace the truth of our diasporic history and indigenous beauty. QWOCMAP is honored to welcome these courageous feminist, queer, women of color activists and artists. This free event is open to the public and guaranteed to educate, inspire and even tickle us with humor to galvanize social change.

WHEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 11

WHERE: Brava Theater, 2789 24th Street at York, San Francisco

PRICE: All Screenings and Receptions are FREE

Contact Information:

For inquiries: communications@qwocmap.org

Website: http://www.QWOCMAP.org/festival.html

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Lambda Award Finalists National Readings

Dates: 26 April - 12 June, 2011

Please join the Lambda Literary Foundation and Finalists of the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards for readings in the following cities of their nominated works. The lists of confirmed readers are subject to change.

SAN FRANCISCO • APRIL 26, 2011

San Francisco Public Library
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A & B
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, California 94102
5:00 pm Reception
6:00 pm Reading

Readers: Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Malena Watrous, Greg Hewett, Jen Currin, Justin Hall, Deborah Cohler, Erik Orrantia, Adam Haslett, Jon Macy, Karin Kallmaker, Lucas Noach Dzmura, S. Bear Bergman, Kathy Briccetti, Meredith Maran, and Zelda Lockhart.
CHICAGO • MAY 3, 2011

Gerber/Hart Library
1127 West Granville Avenue, Chicago, IL 60660.
For more information, call at 773-381-8030 or visit gerberhart.org
7:00 pm Reading & Reception

Readers: James Klise, Julie Marie Wade, Scott Herring, and Michelle Renae.
SEATTLE • MAY 8, 2011

Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 Tenth Avenue (Pike X Pine), Seattle, WA 98122
5:00 pm Reading

Readers: Carol Guess, Elizabeth Colen, Thomas Schabarum, Anna Swanson, and Jen Currin.
LOS ANGELES • MAY 9, 2011

Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027
7:30 pm Reading

Readers: Michael Gregg Michaud, Michael Klein, Chris Corkum, Stuart Biegel, Jallen Rix, Audrey Bilger, and Leigh Stuart.
NEW YORK • MAY 12, 2011

Bluestockings Books
172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
7:00 pm Reading

Readers: Eileen Myles, Michael Klein, Sassafras Lowrey, Barbara Hammer, Ann Herendeen, Daniel Talbott, Rob Stephenson, Gayle Salamon, Eleanor Lerman, Kathleen Warnock, Georgeann Packard, Rafael de la Dehesa, and Richard Stevenson.
NEW ORLEANS • MAY 14, 2011

9th Annual Saints and Sinners Festival, May 12-15

Participants and attendees of this reading must be registered with the festival. For more information: sasfest.org.

Readers: TBA

EDMONTON, AB • JUNE 12, 2011
LEVA (11053 86 Avenue)
2:00-4:00 pm Reading

Readers: Laurie Macfayden, Vivek Shraya & guests

Contact Information:

Website: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/

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Purple Rep's Gay Plays for Straight People Opens April 8th

Dates: 8 - 30 April 2011

GAY PLAYS FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE (and Also Gay People)

Two plays in rep by Larry Kunofsky and Mariah MacCarthy: The Un-Marrying Project and The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret.

The Un-Marrying Project: Welcome to The Un-Marrying Project, a documentary film by Simon and Kim. Maybe you’ve heard of them? (No, you probably haven’t.) Anyway. In this film, legally (and “happily”) married couples will divorce! In the name of gay marriage! And not get re-married until marriage is legal for everyone! Join Orthodox Jews, elderly WASPs, old hippies, wealthy immigrants, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon in an act of civil disobedience, which becomes a hard lesson: When you try to change the world, the world changes you.

The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret: Eight gender stereotypes. Countless dance breaks. One intimately outrageous cabaret. And one androgynous, omnipotent emcee to guide them all… This is the story of a Feminist Lesbian, a Gay Best Friend, a Tomboy, a Nice Guy, a Slut, a Player, a Manly Man, a Girly Girl, and a None-Of-The-Above. This is a story about back-alley fights, The Pussies of America, s3xting, acquaintance rap3, infidelity, and the bass-ackwards ways we seek affection. Your haircut/love affair/meltdown is the spectacle in this cabaret, wherein we learn that love, joy, and awesome know no gender. Welcome to the Genderf*ck.

April 8-30, 2011
The Paradise Factory
64 East 4th Street
New York

More information here.

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3 Dollar Bill Queer Reading with 30 Talented and Dynamic LGBT Writers (DC)

Date: 3 February 2011


Location:

Human Rights Campaign Equality Forum
1640 Rhode Island Avenue NW
Washington, DC

Some of the LGBT community’s most talented and dynamic writers converge in the Nation’s Capitol for a night of rapid-fire readings. “3 Dollar Bill,” the Queer Reading at the 2011 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, gathers thirty LGBT writers of poetry and prose who will each read two minutes of their work.

Featuring:

Francisco Aragón, Ilse Bendorf, Tamiko Beyer, Regie Cabico, Monica Carter, Cynn Chadwick, Sela Chavez, Julie Enszer, Danielle Evennou, Gina Evers, Reginald Harris, Charles Jensen, Saeed Jones, Eloise Klein Healy, Rickey Laurentiis, Paul Lisicky, Michael Montlack, Eileen Myles, Kristin Naca, Achy Obejas, Christa Orth, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Radclyffe, Jason Schneiderman, Joseph Shapiro, Ely Shipley, Griselda Suarez, Justin Torres, Dan Vera, & V Wetlaufer.

Free and open to the public.

More information here.

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2011 Rainbow Book Fair LGBT Poetry Showcase (New York)

Date: 26 March 2011

From Bryanborland.com:

Sibling Rivalry Press will host an LGBT Poetry Showcase at the Rainbow Book Fair in New York City on March 26, 2011. At no cost, publishers and poets can display single copies of their books, chapbooks, and other poetry-related items outside of the popular Rainbow Book Fair Poetry Salon. Poets can also display copies of unpublished manuscripts.

While the showcase won’t be for selling books (you’ll have to purchase a table for that), it will offer presses and poets a valuable chance to be seen by your target audience.

Books can be picked up after the fair by their owners or donated to the LGBT Center at the end of the day. Manuscripts will be gathered following the fair and divided among the participating presses.

To include your books, chapbooks, or manuscripts as part of the Rainbow Book Fair‘s LGBT Poetry Showcase, email siblingrivalrypress@gmail.com.

The Rainbow Book Fair will be held at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues), New York, NY—in the heart of Greenwich Village. This is the largest LGBT book event in America, and it is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

More information at Bryanborland.com.

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Gaylaxicon 2011 Opens May 13th

Dates: 13 - 15 May 2011

The Gaylactic Network is a national organization for gay people and their friends, who are interested in science fiction, fantasy, horror and gaming.

May 13-15, 2011
Holiday Inn Select - Perimeter
Atlanta, GA

Gaylaxicon 2011 has already signed radio personality and entertainer Melissa Cater, and will also be welcoming back many returning guests.

Events will include the return of Project CosPlay, Match Game 2011, Family Feud and more.

Additional guest and event details will be coming soon. For now, please join Gaylaxicon 2011's Facebook page.

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The 3rd Annual Rainbow Book Fair Opens March 26th (NYC)

Date: 26 March 2011

The event will be held at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 West 13th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues), New York, NY—in the heart of Greenwich Village.

This is the largest LGBT book event in America, and it is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Be a part of the most exciting lgbt book event in the U.S. Join authors, poets, publishers, university presses, and the entire reading and writing community in this diverse spectacular of words, images, and talent. With the Center’s dramatic large 3rd floor exhibition space, additional rooms for panels, poetry readings, and author events, free books and hourly book giveaways, mingling, and meeting authors and readers like yourself.

Combining author readings, poetry performance, academic panels on the past and future of lgbt literature and publishing, specialized events for genre readers and writers, and something for all of our community, the 3rd Annual Rainbow Book Fair will put the snap and sparkle back into book reading. Meet hundreds of authors, publishers and eager readers from the US, Canada, South America, and the rest of the LGBT world in this supportive and exciting setting.

The event is sponsored by CLAGS The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies web.gc.cuny.edu/Clags/

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Free Workshop in Gay History Writing (Write Queer London 2011)

Dates: 2 December 2010 - 24 January 2011


Curators and writers come together in a creative seance to summon up the gay past - from Babylonian Ishtar, to Oscar and Orton - and to help you to find your own literary voice. Everyone welcome.

FREE WORKSHOPS AT LONDON MUSEUMS

Joe Orton Workshop, Thurs 2nd Dec 6.30 - 8pm
Islington Museum

Curator Cheryl Smith shows some of the original book covers famously defaced by Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell. Followed by an Orton-inspired writing workshop with Phil Setren.

Out of the Archives workshop, Sat 4th Dec, 2.30 - 4pm
London Metropolitan Archives

Come for the workshop, or attend the whole LGBT history day Creative writing based on LGBT archives - writer/workshop leader tba.

LGBT history blogging, Sat 8th Jan, 1.30 - 3.30pm
Museum of London

Find out where gay histories are hidden in plain sight at the Museum of London, share tips with London's history bloggers, and try your hand at some off the cuff history reportage.

'A Great Unrecorded History' - LGBT objects, Thurs 20th Jan, 1.15 - 3.15pm
British Museum

Curator Richard Parkinson gives an illustrated talk about dozens of LGBT-themed objects in the British Museum - from Ancient Egypt and Babylon to 19th century Native American society.

Just come for the talk, or stay for a workshop with Cheryl Smith and turn what you see into verse.

The Yokel's Preceptor, Mon 24th Jan, 6.15 - 7.45pm
British Library

19th century pornographer, publisher and jailbird William Dugdale wrote the Yokel's Preceptor as a guide to gay cruising spots of Victorian London - very thinly disguised as a terrible warning to countryfolk. Librarian Bart Smith shows us one of the two surviving copies of the book; author and Chroma Journal founding editor Shaun Levin leads a workshop in retro titillation.

More information here.

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