Tuesday, May 29, 2018; 6 PM

Amesbury Poetry Open Mike - David Surette

Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main Street, Amesbury, Mass. Free.

Friday, June 1, 2018; 7 PM

First Friday Coffee House - David Surette reading

First Unitarian Society of Exeter, NH, 32 Elm Street. Free.

Saturday, June 2, 2018; 5 PM

Voices of Poetry - David Surette

AMP Gallery, 432 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Mass.

Saturday, April 21, 2018; 7 PM

Lowry's Lodge Poetry in Westbrook

Open reading. Refreshments. $4 suggested donation. Continuum for Creativity, 863 Main Street, Westbrook. Hosted by Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel.

Saturday, April 14, 2018; 2 PM

Poetry at South Portland Library

Poets: Jeri Theriault, Jodi Paloni, Marcia Brown, Pam Burr Smith. South Portland Public Library. Free.

Thursday, April 12, 2018; 6 PM

Tom Moore reading at Ellsworth Library

Ellsworth Public Library, 20 State Street. Free. Tom will read from his award-winning Moon Pie Press book SAVING NAILS. Gary Rainford will also read.

Wednesday, April 11, 2018; 6 PM

Poetry at Stroudwater Lodge, Westbrook

Poets Kevin Sweeney and Ryan McLellan will read. Free. In the theater, first floor. Stroudwater Lodge is at 116 Landing Road off Spring Street near downtown.

Friday, April 6, 2018

Plunkett Poetry Festival U Maine-Augusta, Maine

The festival runs Friday and Saturday, 4/6 and 4/7. More details will appear on the UM-A website. Sharon Olds will be featured poet reading on Friday night.

Wednesday, April 4, 2018; 9 PM

Mercy Out Loud Open Mike - David Surette will read

Mercy Tavern, 138 Derby Street, Salem, Mass.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018; 7 PM

Brockton Poetry Series - David Surette

Gallery 33, Stacy Adams Cultural Arts Building, 33 Dover Street, Brockton, MA. David Surette will read from his new MPP book MALDEN. Free.

Saturday, March 24, 2018; 4 PM

Local Writers at the Local Buzz, Cape Elizabeth, ME

Joan Dempsey, fiction; Jay Franzel, poetry. 4-5 PM. Free. Coffee/wine bar featuring locally sourced foods, local artists, writers and musicians. 327 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth.

Sunday, March 18, 2018; 2 PM

Blue Collar Daughters reading

L/A Arts Gallery, 221 Lisbon Street, Lewiston, ME. Poets Judith Robbins, Susan Pelletier and Claire Hersom will read poetry and discuss their paths to activism and writing. 2-4 PM. Free.

Saturday, March 17, 2018; 7 PM

Poetry in Westbrook

Featured poets: Andrew Rosen and Jenny Doughty. Suggested $4 donation. Continuum for Creativity, 863 Main Street, Westbrook. Hosted by Anna Wrobel and Jim Donnelly.

Saturday, February 24, 2018; 4 PM

Local Writers at the Local Buzz

MPP poet Claire Hersom and fiction writer Dave Patterson will read. Free. Local Buzz, 327 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME. Lovely local coffee shop/wine bar featuring local artwork, music and writers.

Wednesday, February 21, 2018; 6 PM

Writers Reading Series at Stroudwater Lodge, Westbrook

Third in a series of Writers Reading at Stroudwater Lodge, Westbrook. Free. Readers are Skip Brushaber and Ed Rielly, both of Westbrook.

Saturday, February 3, 2018; 7 PM

Books in the Brook - Westbrook

Continuum for Creativity, 863 Main Street. Alice Persons will read poetry and William David Barry, historian, will read from his latest Maine history book. Free.

Friday, February 2, 2018; 7 PM

Poetry at Camden, ME

The inimitable Dave Morrison launches a new book called Welcome Homesick, at the Camden Opera House. Poetry Rocks performance too.