Andrea Hollander Budy

MAY 2008

Sunday, May 4 (12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.):
Andrea will be featured at Books in Bloom: A Celebration of Writers and Readers at the Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. During the celebration Andrea will present a reading and discussion of her recent work in the Reader's Tent. For more information please contact Jean Elderwind, Co-Chair, via e-mail at elderwind@carrollmadisonlibraries.org.

Thursday, May 29 - Sunday, June 1:
Andrea will be on the faculty of the Pima Writers' Workshop at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona, where she will give a craft lecture, provide a writing exercise/experience, give a reading, and meet one-on-one in a critique session with workshop participants. Registration for the entire event is only $80. For more information, contact Meg Files, Pima Writers' Workshop Director, at (520) 206-6084 or via e-mail at mfiles@pima.edu.

JUNE 2008

Monday, June 16 - Friday, 27:
Andrea will teach a course on the lyric essay in the MFA Program at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. While in Marquette, Andrea will give a free public reading. See the event listing below for details. For details about the course, contact Rebecca Johns-Trissler, Director, Visiting Writers' Program, at rtrissle@nmu.edu.

Tuesday, June 17 (7 p.m.):
Andrea will give a free public reading at the Shiras Room in the Peter White Public Library 217 North Front Street, in Marquette, Michigan. For more information on the reading, contact the library at (906) 228-9510 or Rebecca Johns-Trissler, Director, Visiting Writers' Program, Northern Michigan University, at rtrissle@nmu.edu.

JULY 2008

Friday & Saturday, July 10 & 11:
For the second consecutive summer, Andrea will be on the faculty of the Foothill College Writers' Conference in Los Altos, California. For more information, contact Doren Robbins, Conference Director, at (650) 949-7678 or via e-mail at robbinsdoren@fhda.edu.

AUGUST 2008

Sunday - Saturday, August 3 - 9:
Andrea will be on the faculty of the 10th Annual Frost Place Seminar (with co-faculty members Jeanne Marie Beaumont and David Trinidad) to be held at The Frost Place on Ridge Road, in Franconia, New Hampshire. For more information please contact Executive Director Jim Schley at (603) 823-5510 or e-mail him at rfrost@ncia.net.

Thursday, August 7 (8 p.m.):
Andrea will give a public reading at the Frost Place at the Barn on Ridge Road, Franconia, New Hampshire. For more information please contact Executive Director Jim Schley at (603) 823-5510 or e-mail him at rfrost@ncia.net.

Saturday, August 16 (2 p.m.):
Andrea will give a reading of her work at Ann's Bridal, 901 E. Beebe Capps Exp., Searcy, Arkansas, as part of the Celebrating the Book series sponsored by First Community Bank for its Creative Community members. For more information, please contact Judy Pest at 870-612-3400 ext. 273 or e-mail her at jpest@firstcommunity.net.

SEPTEMBER 2008

Friday & Saturday, September 5 & 6:
Andrea will be featured with Grace Cavalieri and Terrance Hayes at the Sotto Voce Poetry Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. For details about this free event, check the festival's website: http://www.comondocopress.com/sottovoce/

Saturday, September 13 (9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.):
Andrea will be featured at Ozark Writers Live! at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. During this celebration of writers and readers, Andrea will give a reading of her recent work and answer questions about the craft and art of writing poems and prose. For information, contact Heather Robideaux, Reference Librarian, at (479) 571-2222 ext. 4407 or via e-mail at hrobideaux@faylib.org.