Upcoming Events

Sat, Mar 14, 2026, Panelist, Writing Forward from the Past, Books at the Source: Literary Arts Summit, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.

Thurs., Mar 26, 2026, 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Guest Reader in celebration of Women’s History Month, Monthly Community Dinner at Aqus Cafe, Petaluma. Sharing the stage with poet Anna Citrino and novelist Pamela Reitman.

Tues, Apr 14, 2026, Featured Author, Writer’s Night Out, Macs at 19 Broadway, Fairfax, CA.

Tues, Apr 23, 2026, 6 pm, Girl in a Box Launch, speaking with Dr. Judy Halebsky, Director of MFA program, Edgehill Mansion, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA.

Sat., Apr 25, 2026, 1 pm, California Writers Club of Marin Local Author Book Fair, Book Passage, Corte Madera.

Sun., May 17, 2026, 2 pm, Girl in a Box Second Launch, Tanka Poetry Exhibition and Live Calligraphy Demonstration with 8th-Dan Calligraphy Expert Goyo Morimoto. Date and time are tentative.

Sat., May 30, 2026, Yosano Akiko and Poetry in Translation, with Nancy Hamilton and Professor Noboru Ota, Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko, Sakai Japan.

Sat., June 27, 2026, 1 pm, Out-of-the-Box Research: Pro-Tips for Writers; with author Jonelle Patrick, Mill Valley Public Library.

Past Events

Haiku in the Garden, Marin Art and Garden Center, August 9, 2024. Haiku and tanka workshop led by Jayne McPherson and Jean Gordon Kocienda.

Tighten Your Writing with a Poetry Game, Mill Valley Public Library, June and December 2023.