Events

May 2, 2026: Open Secrets Magazine Live
LGBTQIA Life Panel with Komail Aijazuddin, Lester Fabian Brathwaite, Jerry Portwood, Oliver Radclyffe, and Samantha Mann
Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre, 250 W. 95th Street, New York

May 12, 2026: Philly Writers Circle Reading
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar – 1200 E. Passyunk Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19147

Past Events/Workshops

March 5, 2026: The Body Politic: A Trans & Nonbinary Reading & Discussion
(An AWP Offsite Event)
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. with J. Brooke, Kelsey L. Smoot, & Jendi Reiter
The Black Genius Art Show – 106 N. Eutaw St. Suite 1 Baltimore, MD 21201

January 21, 2026: The Business of Being an Artist – Work Samples That Wow!
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Virtual Webinar via NJ State Council on the Arts
Register here!

October 4, 2025: Collingswood Book Festival
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

October 8, 2025: In Conversation Series @ The Writers House
11:20 – 12:20 p.m.
Rutgers University Camden – 305 Cooper Street Room 202 Camden, NJ 08102
Register here!

August 16, 2025: HippoCamp Virtual Workshop
Craft Mini Session – First, Second, Third: Experimenting with POV in CNF
Register here!

June 17, 2025: Pride Reading @ Inkwood Books
7:00 p.m. with Ciera Burch & Katherine Locke
106 Kings Hwy E, Haddonfield, NJ 08033

June 7, 2025: WorldPride Queer & Trans Author Event @ Little District Books
6:30 p.m. In conversation with Jean Grae & Miriam Zoila Pérez
737 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003

June 1, 2025: Philly Pride Festival
12:00 – 6:00 p.m.
The Gayborhood, Philadelphia

May 7, 2025: Generation Women Storytelling Series @ Triumph Brewing Red Bank
7:00 p.m.
1 Bridge Ave. Red Bank, NJ 07701
SOLD OUT!

April 27, 2025: Stories on Sunday with Hippocampus Magazine
6:00 p.m. Virtual Event
Register here!

April 11, 2025: Emo Night Book Discussion @ Ren’s Coffeehouse & Books
6:30 p.m. In conversation with Bookstagrammer @emo_reads
26 N Black Horse Pike, Blackwood, NJ 08012
RSVP here!

April 8, 2025: Creators of Change: Queer Perspectives @ Kap2ure Studio
7:00 p.m. In conversation with Katie Simbala & Black Assets
1414 N. Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21213
RSVP here!

Mar 28, 2025: A Night of Non(binary)-fiction AWP Offsite Event @ Skylight Books
7:00 p.m. In conversation with Zoë Bossieres & Neesha Powell-Ingabire
1818 North Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027

Mar 27, 2025: AWP Author Signing – Jackie Domenus @ Booth 718 Rowan University Master of Arts in Writing
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Convention Center

Mar 26, 2025: Existence as Resistance – A Queer & Trans Memoir AWP Offsite Event @ Liberation Coffee House
7:00 p.m. – In conversation with Krys Malcolm Belc, KB Brookins, Zoë Bossiere, & Freda Epum
RSVP here!
6725 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038

Mar 22, 2025: Queer Book Club Pick @ Asbury Book Cooperative
7:00 p.m. – In conversation with the Queer Book Club
Register here!
644A Cookman Ave. Asbury Park, NJ 07712

Mar 20, 2025: Philly Book Launch @ A Novel Idea
6:00 p.m. – In conversation with Athena Dixon
Register here!
1726 E Passyunk Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19148

Mar 13, 2025: Queer Memoir w/ Edgar Gomez @ The Nonbinarian Bookstore
7:00 p.m. – 1130 President St, Rogers Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Register here!

Feb 26, 2025: South Jersey Book Launch @ Rowan University Art Gallery
6:30 p.m. – In conversation with Heather Lanier
Readings by Jay Margraf, Isha Strasser, Matthew Vesely
301 High St W. Glassboro, NJ 08028

Barrelhouse Conversations & Connections Conference 10/5/24

Bullshit Lit’s 2nd Anthology Release Party & Reading at Tattooed Moms (July 16th, 2023)

NAWP: A Pride Celebration – Virtual Reading (June 13th, 2023)

NAWP: A Virtual Poetry Reading for those unable to attend AWP (March 9th, 2023)

The Power in “You”: Experimenting with 2nd Person POV in CNF – Craft Presentation at Hippocamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers (August 12th – 14th, 2022)

Getting Published – A Cooper Street Writing Workshop at the Writer’s House, Rutgers University Camden (October 17th, 2021)