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Sean's Reading Schedule:

Future Readings


​Sept 29, 6:30: Woodbury Public Library, Woodbury, Vermont. 
  • Presentation on trail building and Crosscut: Poems. 
TBD: Townie Books, Crested Butte, Colorado.

TBD:  Bridgeside Books, Waterbury, Vermont.
  • ​A reading from Crosscut: Poems. 
TBD:  Northwest Youth Corps, Eugene, Oregon.
  • A reading from Crosscut: Poems at the organization the book is about.

PAST READINGS

2015

May 5, 7:00: Galaxy Books in Hardwick, Vermont
  • The first reading from Finding Abbey
May 13, 7:00: Back of Beyond Books in Moab, Utah
May 14, 6:30: Maria's Bookshop in Durango, Colorado
  • $1 from every book sold at this event will be donated to Southwest Conservation Corps
May 15, 7:00: Collected Works in Santa Fe, New Mexico 
  • I will be introduced by Ed Abbey's best friend, Jack Loeffler
  • $1 from every book sold at this event will be donated to New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
May 16, 3:00: Bookworks in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • $1 from every book sold at this event will be donated to New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
May 17, 2:00: Coop Art Building (25 N. Beech St.) in Cortez, Colorado
  • This reading is sponsored by my great friends at Osprey Packs. 
  • $1 from every book sold at this event will be donated to Southwest Conservation Corps
May 27, 12:00: Endeavor Middle School, Shelburne, Vermont
June 2, 7:00: Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, Vermont
June 12-14: Storycatcher Summer Writing Workshop and Festival in Chadron, Nebraska
June 11: 7:00: Bean Broker in Chadron, Nebraska
  • Reading with Steve Coughling, author of Another City.
June 15, 6:00: Cycle Farm in Spearfish with the poet Steve Coughlin, author of Another City.
July 5, 4:00: Craftsbury Public Library, Craftsbury, VT
  • Reading with Jessica Hendry Nelson as part of the Craftsbury Library Legacy Reading Series.
  • Wine and cheese to follow event.
July 9, 6:30: Boulder Public Library (Canyon Theater, North Public Library), Boulder, Colorado
  • David Gessner, author of All the Wild that Remains, and I will have a discussion.
  • "Edward Abbey,Wallace Stegner and the American West: A Discussion/Conversation"
August 13, 7:00: Varnum Memorial Library, Jeffersonville, VT
  • Sponsored by Backcountry Magazine
September, 14, 7:00: Penn State Harrisburg
  • Kunkle Auditorium (room C213) in the Olmsted Building 
  •  777 West Harrisburg Pike (route 230), Middletown, PA 17057
September 15, 7:30: Between the Covers, Telluride, CO
September 16, 6:00: Grand Valley Books, Grand Junction, CO
September 17, 6:00: Townie Bookstore, Crested Butte, CO
September 19, 7:45 AM: Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO
  • This early morning reading is a part of the Headwaters Conference
  • This conference is free and open to the public
October 13, 6:30: Bridgeside Books, Waterbury, VT
October 27, 5:30: Environment and Natural Resources 2 Building, UofA, Tucson, AZ
  • Sponsored by Terrain.org, the Institute for the Environment and the English/Creative Writing Department at University of Arizona
  • Reading with Steve Coughlin, author of Another City
  • Details available here
  • Facebook link here
October 28, 7:00 Changing Hands, Tempe, AZ
  • Sponsored by the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University
  • Reading with Steve Coughlin, author of Another City
October 29, 7:00: Bookman's Entertainment Exchange, Flagstaff, Arizona

2016

February 26: 7:00: 2016 North Branch Nature Center Naturalist Journey's Lecture Series
  • At the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, Vermont
March 11: 10:00 - 2:00: Writing Wild
  • ​An environmental writing workshop to raise funds for the Arizona Wilderness Coalition.
  • Registration required by Tuesday, March 8:  $15, or $10 for AWC members. 
  • All money donated to Arizona Wilderness Coalition.
March 11: 10:00 - 2:00: Reading at Saguaro National Park West Visitor Center Bookstore
  • 2700 N. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona 85743 (map/directions)
March 12: 2:30 - 3:30: Ed Abbey: Life and Legacy Panel
  • Tucson Festival of Books
March 13: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.: Writing about Nature (Sean and Kyle Dickman)
  • Tucson Festival of Books
March 13: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.: Wildly Happy Hour
  • Join Sean and Arizona Wilderness Coalition for an informal gathering at Ermanos Craft Beer and Wine Bar, 
  • Ermanos will donate 10% of the event proceeds to AWC!
  • Located in the heart of trendy 4th avenue at 220 N 4th Avenue in Tucson (map/directions)
April 9: 2:30: University of Idaho TEDx 
  • Cultivating Curiosity
April 14: 12:00-1:00: Penn State University Altoona ​
​May 12: 6:30: The Vermont Bookstore, Middlebury, Vermont
June 1: 7:00 pm: Denali Education Center, Denali, Alaska.
  • Join writers Sean Prentiss(Finding Abbey), Erica Watson, Christine Byl (Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods), and Tom Walker (Denali Journal) as they read excerpts of their work and discuss those who influenced it..
​June 2: 7:00: Northern Susitna Institute
  • 22510 Talkeetna Spur Rd Talkeetna Ak. 99676
​July 30: 3:00: Bookstock Literary Festival, Woodstock, Vermont
  • Bookstock Literary Festival
​September 14: 7:00: Crested Butte Public Library. Reading the Rockies. 
  • Crested Butte Public Library
September 14: 7:00: Black Canyon National Park. Centennial Speakers Series
  • Western State Colorado University​
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2017

March 29, 3:30: Fireside Literary Series at St. Johnsbury Academy
March 31, 5:30: Vermont Law School Solutions Conference
April 7, 6:30: Woodbury Library
  • A reading with Todd Davis at my local library
April 20, 6:00: Lit Cleveland 
  • A one-night workshop on environmental writing
April 21, 7:00: Cuyahoga National Park Lyceum Speakers Series
  • A reading from Finding Abbey
​May 18: 7:00: Gulf of Maine Books
May 19: TBD: North Yarmouth Academy
June 3: 5:30: Reykjavic, Iceland, The Reading Corner
July 21: 5:30: Writing the Rockies
  • Keynote creative nonfiction speaker for Writing the Rockies.​
October 20-22: ​Northern Woodlands Conference
  • A three day conference in Fairlee, Vermont
​November 3: 5:30: Vermont College of Fine Arts
  • A joint reading with Jessica Hendry Nelson
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2018

January 25 : 10:00: University of Arkansas Little Rock
  • A joint reading with Joe Wilkins
February 15 and 18: 9:00 am: San Miguel Writers Conference
  • "Bengal Tiger Moments: Expanding and Contracting Time on the Page"
March 8: 4:00-6:30: About Place Literary Journal Reading at AWP
  • A joint reading from authors published in About Place.
  • At the Attic on Kennedy. ​
​April 30: 6:30: "Poetry & Place: A Reading."
  • Down Home Restaurant, Montpelier, Vermont
  • A joint reading with Julia Shipley, James Crews, and Jodi Gladding
July 29: 1:00-4:00: Bookstock
  • At Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vermont
  • Running a workshop on place in creative writing

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2019


January 19: League of Vermont Writers
  • Keynote Speaker, with Julia Shipley​
February 13-17: San Miguel Writers Conference
  • "Bengal Tiger Moments: Expanding and Contracting Time on the Page"
  • "Beyond Bedsheets"
  • "Revision: Where the Real Writing Happens"
March 27-30: AWP Conference
  • "Taxonomy of Creative Nonfiction"
April 29: Exeter Academy
  • Visiting Speaker​​
May 30: European Wilderness Society Adventure Days
  • Speaker​​
September 1-8: Majella National Park, Italy
  • European Wilderness Society WILDArt Writer-in-residence​​
October 26,: Easton Book Festival, Easton, Pennsylvania. 
  • All events at Nurture Nature Center, 518 Northampton Street
  • 2:00 Finding Abbey reading at Nurture Nature Center.
  • 3:00 panel – “Authors as Environmental Activists,” with Kate Brandes, Sean Prentiss, Seth Tobocman, Tara Zrinski, moderated by Rachel Hogan Carr
March 10, 7:00: Galaxy Bookstore, Hardwick, Vermont. 
  • The first reading from Crosscut: Poems. 
  • Details on this reading at Seven Days. ​
April 17, 5:30: Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont. 
  • A reading from Crosscut: Poems. 
  • Reading with Ann Cardinal.
  • Located in Cafe Anna. 
April 20, 6:00: PoemCity, Montpelier, Vermont. 
  • A poetry reading with Jesse LoVaso. ​

2020 and 2021

October 14, 2:00: Creative Nonfiction Webinar
  • The Science of Scene: Time Perception, Neuroscience, and Scene
  • Online during this time and available afterwards at this link.
January 6, 7:00: Green Mountain Club
  • Poetry reading from Crosscut
  • Nature Writing poetry contest awarded

2022

February 20: Douglas Jackson School, Jacksonville, FL
May 15:  
North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Maine.
​June 21:  Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, Vermont.
  • A reading from Crosscut: Poems for their Conservation Corps leaders-in-training.
July 16-20: StoryCatcher Writing Conference
  • Keynote and writing instructor.

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