EVENTS

EVENTS

October 19-24 Beaver CON at the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, CO
November 12 at 6-8 PM - Guest Speaker on Collective (Cultural, Racial, Ancestral, Eco, and Covid) Trauma for Exploring Trauma and Sudden Death taught by Melissa Seligman for the Conscious Dying Collective
November 23 at 10 AM- 12 PM - Fall Forest Wellness Journaling at Congaree National Park - Registration opens October 22
December 14 - Workshop Leader for the 5th Annual Speedwriting and Reading Holiday Party at the Larksong Writers Place
March 14 at 12 noon CT online - First Friday Book Talk & Reading of Beaver Girl at the Larksong Writers Place
March 15 at 9-11 AM CT online - Writing Your Queer Nature: A Generative Writing Workshop with Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D. at the Larksong Writers Place

PAST EVENTS

October 10 at 6:60 PM - I Am No Handmaid: Online Launch Party for Swimming in Gilead hosted by Casey Catherine Moore
November 7 at 7 PM - Feature Poet, Simple Gifts at the Columbia Friends Meeting, 120 Pisgah Church Rd, Columbia, SC
November 10 at 6:30 PM - Poetry Society of SC at the Charleston Library Society, 164 King Street Charleston, SC

November 16 at 6 PM - Launch Party for Beaver Girl at All Good Books, 734 Harden Street, Columbia, SC
January 16 at 11:30-1:30 - Readers & Writers Luncheon Guest Author at Hickory Tavern, 141 Pelham Drive, Columbia, SC
Wednesday, January 31 at 9:15-10:45 AM - Kiwanis Meeting Speaker, 1650 Park Circle, Columbia, SC
Wednesday, February 7 at 5-7 PM - AWP Off-Site Event/Reading with WWPH, Day Eight, and Yellow Arrow Publishing, Bluford Conference Center at Lucile H Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, 3050 Prospect Ave, Kansas City, MO
Wednesday, February 7 at 6:30-10:30 PM - Wednesday Night Poetry Offsite Reading, Charlotte Street Stern Theater, 3333 Wyoming Street, Kansas City, MO
Thursday, February 8 at 1-2 PM - Book Signing for Swimming in Gilead with Yellow Arrow Publishing at AWP, Exhibit Space T3034, Kansas City, MO
Thursday, February 8 at 3-4 PM -Book Signing for Ruin and Beautiful Waters with Finishing Line Press at AWP, Booth 1207, Kansas City, MO
Thursday, February 22 at 6 PM - Queer Writers of Columbia Reading, Curiosity Coffee Bar, 2327 Main Street, Columbia, SC
Wednesday, February 28 at 7 PM - Waterbean Poetry Feature, 9705 Sam Furr Rd., Suite A, Huntersville, NC
Wednesday, April 10 at 6:30 PM - Feature Poet at Wednesday Night Poetry, America’s Longest Running Consecutive Weekly Poetry Series, Kollective Coffee+Tea, 110 Central Ave, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Sunday, April 21 at 3-5 PM - Earth Day Celebration and Launch of One Book, One Community 2024 Selection Sponsored by The Jasper Project and One Columbia for Arts and Culture and Hosted by the Bierkeller, 600 Canalside St Suite 1009, Columbia, SC
Saturday, April 27 at 10 AM-12 PM - Spring Forest Journaling with the Author of Beaver Girl and Earth Joy Writing at Congaree National Park
Thursday, May 2 at 6:30-7:30 PM ET - Can Beavers Really Save the World? Ask the Author and Scholar, An Online Panel Discussion with Dr. Cassie Premo Steele, Dr. Emily Fairfax and E.V. Bell, Sponsored by The Jasper Project - Register HERE
Sunday, May 19 at 1-3 PM - Creative Environmental Writing Workshop with Author Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D., in conversation with Author & Publisher Midge Raymond, Ashland Public Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, Oregon - More information and free registration HERE
Tuesday, May 21 at 11:00 AM-1:00 PM - Visit with the Beavers at the Great Northwest Cascade and Pond Habitat at the Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Road, Portland, OR 97221 - Meet up
Wednesday, May 22 at 12:15 PM-1:15 PM - Guest Visit for Senior Capstone Course, “Environmental Justice and Salmon” with David Osborn at Portland State University
Wednesday, May 22 at 5:50-7:30 PM - Private Garden Party and House Reading of Beaver Girl and Beautiful Waters
Thursday, May 23 at 10:00-11:50 AM - Guest Visit for University Studies Course with Amy Minato at Portland State University
Thursday, May 23 at 6:00 PM - “Eco-Diversity and the Search for Meaning in Our Writing and Research," Keynote Address by Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D., at the Colloquium at the 2024 Annual Environmental Research Colloquium, Native American Student and Community Center, 710 SW Jackson Street, Indigenous Ancestral Homelands, Portland, Oregon
Sunday, May 26 at 7:30-9:30 PM - "Writing the Code of the Water Way: A Beaver Girl-Themed Workshop, Walk & Watch," in Partnership with Beavers Northwest at Meadowbrook Pond, 10517 35th Ave NE, Seattle, Washington - More information and free registration HERE
Saturday, June 8 at 11:00 AM-12:00 PM - Reading and Community Discussion about Beaver Girl at the AG + ART TOUR for Richland County, The Living Wright Foundation Farm at Senate's End, 302 Senate Street, Columbia, SC
Monday, June 10 at 6:00-7:30 PM - Uniquely Close: Biodiversity at Congaree and Diversity in Columbia, a Panel Discussion with Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D., Author of Beaver Girl, Jessica Elfenbein, Ph.D., Chairperson of History at the University of South Carolina, John Kupfer, Ph.D., Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina, Rhonda Grego, Ph.D., Dean, School of English and Humanities, at Midlands Technical College, and Tameria Warren, Ph.D., SE Rural Community Outreach Organization Board Member and Instructor in the School of Earth, Ocean & Environment at the University of South Carolina, at the Nickelodeon Theatre, 1607 Main Street, Columbia, SC
Saturday, June 22 - 9:45-10:45 AM -Fresh Ink: Meet the Poets with New Poetry Books Featuring Evelyn Berry, Cassie Premo Steele, Ray McManus, Willie Lee Kinard III, Kristine Hartvigsen, and Terrance P. Elmore, Soda City Poetry Festival at Richland County Library Theater, 1431 Assembly St, Columbia, SC 29201
Saturday, June 29 - 3:00-5:00 PM - Poetry Reading in conjunction with Becoming: The Feminist Image, a photography exhibition featuring works from 30 female photographers from across the United States and Europe, 918 Lady Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Monday, July 1 - Deadline for The Art of ONE BOOK 2024 Contest for Poetry, Visual Art and Original Music Inspired by Beaver Girl to be featured at the Multidisciplinary Arts Finale on September 22
Monday, July 8 - 6:00 PM CT - Beaver Girl Book Signing at Commonplace Books, 1325 N. Walker Avenue, No. 138, Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Wednesday, July 10 - 5:30-7:00 PM CT - The Code of the Water Way: A Creative Environmental Writing Workshop with Cassie Premo Steele, Author of Beaver Girl at Literati Press Bookshop and Creative Writing Center, 3022 Paseo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Saturday, July 13 - 11:00 AM CT - Reading at Woody Guthrie Poetry Festival in conjunction with WoodyFest2024 - The History Center. 407 W Broadway Street, Okemah, Oklahoma
Tuesday, July 23 at 9:00-11:00 AM - Creative Environmental Writing Workshop for Environmental Educators with Author Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D. at Congaree National Park hosted by the Environmental Education Association of South Carolina - Register HERE
Tuesday, August 27 at 6:00 PM 7:30 PM - Community Book Discussion with Cassie Premo Steele, Author of Beaver Girl, Moderated by Ruth Smyrl, Store Manager at All Good Books, 734 Harden Street Columbia, SC
Saturday, September 7 at 10 AM-12 PM - Fall Forest Journaling with the Author of Beaver Girl and Earth Joy Writing at Congaree National Park. Free but space is limited. Register here.
Monday, September 9 at 6:30-7:30 PM - Queer-Themed Book Discussion with Cassie Premo Steele, Author of Beaver Girl, Moderated by Maggie Olszewski, Queer Poet and Employee at All Good Books, to be held at The Hoot, 2910 Rosewood Drive, Suite 1, Columbia SC
Tuesday, September 17 6:00-7:30 PM - All Booked Up, the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium’s Coastal Reading Club for formal, non-formal, or homeschool educators, discussing Beaver Girl. Online. More info here.
Sunday, September 22 at 4:00-7:00 PM - Jasper Magazine Fall Release Party & Potluck Dinner with BYOB. Music, Art, DJ, Poetry, Cozy Conversations and Hugs! One Columbia Co-Op, 1013 Duke Avenue, Columbia, SC
September 29 at 5-7 PM - Free to Read Fest, $5 at the door - proceeds go to The Merritt Fund - including DJ LanAtron, Burrito Wolf, Capital City Playboys, and poets Evelyn Berry, Jennifer Bartell Boykin, Tayler Simon, and Cassie Premo Steele at the Art Bar, 1211 Park Street, Columbia, SC