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You're welcome to all readings! 


          Readings Worth Witnessing
                     African-American Writers' Alliance 
   
  You, your family, and friends are invited to all of our readings.  We always have an open mic.
     Regular readers include Margaret Barrie, Kamari Bright, Minnie Collins, Gail Haynes, Georgia McDade,  Merri Ann Osborne, Gaylloyd Sisson, Kilam Tel Aviv, and Jaye Ware.

Below is a list of our scheduled readings.  Mark your calendar immediately.
We always have an open mic; you're always invited to read.  
The amount of time you read depends on the number of readers.

Readings Worth Witnessing


Sunday, January 12th, 2:00 p. m. Columbia Branch of Seattle Public Library  Open Mic
Poems Celebrating Dr. King and Black History

4721 Rainier Avenue South (Rainier and Alaska) Seattle, WA 98118 

Monday, January 13th, 7:00 p. m. Third Place Books     
5041 Wilson Avenue S. (Seward Park). Open Mic


Friday, January 17th, Bin 41 6:00 p. m. 
4707 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116.
Open Mic


Sunday, February 9th  2:00 p. m. Columbia Branch of Seattle Public Library
 Open Mic


Monday, February 10th, Third Place Books

5041 Wilson Avenue S. (Seward Park).
Open Mic



Friday, February 21st, Bin 41 6:00 p. m. 
4707 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
Open Mic

4707 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116






Past Events
Thursday, December 5th
 Freeway Hall 5018 Rainier Avenue.  Seattle 98118
​Helen launches her book!  

Sunday, December 8th, Columbia City Branch Public Library 4721 Rainier Avenue South (Rainier and Alaska) 
Seattle, WA 98118
 

Guests Shash Wood and Gracie Williams


Monday, December 9th, Third Place Books
5041 Wilson Avenue S. (Seward Park). Open Mic

Friday, December 20th, Bin 41 6:00 p. m. 4707 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116. Open Mic
4707 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116


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Past Events
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Sunday, January 27th Open Books 4:30 p. m.
2414N. 45thSt Seattle 98103
 
Sunday, February 10th  Black History Month - Columbia City Library 2:00 p. m.
4721 Rainier Avenue South      Seattle 98118
 
Monday, February 11th  Third Place Books 7:00 p. m.
5041 Wilson Ave. S. Seattle 98118
 
Friday, March 1st. Elliott Bay Book Co. 1521 10th Ave. Seattle 98122 7:00p. m.
 
Sunday, March 10th Columbia City Library 2:00 p. m.
Featured Guest – Marcus Green
 
Monday, March 11th Third Place Books 7:00 p. m.
 
Sunday, April 14th  Columbia City Library 2:00 p. m.
Featured Guest- Tamika Moseley
 
Monday, April 15th Third Place Books 7:00 p. m. 
 
May  Mother’s Day  -  No Reading
 
Sunday, June  9th Columbia City Library 2:00 p. m.
Featured Guest -  Olubayo Johnson
 
Monday, June 10thThird Place Books 7:00 p. m.
                     

Friday, December 21st    Humble Vine Wine Gifts  7:00 p. m.
 
824 SW 152nd St.   Burien, WA 98166
Open Mic

Sunday, January 13th MLK  Celebration Columbia City Library.  2:00 p. m.
4721 Rainier Avenue South      Seattle 98118
Featured Guest:  Kilam Tel Aviv

Monday, January 14th Third Place Books  7:00 p. m.
5041 Wilson Avenue South Seattle 98118
 
Monday, January 21st  Garfield High School
 

             Monday, October 8th       Third Place Books  7:00 p. m.
 Open Mic

5041 Wilson Avenue South Seattle 98118


             Sunday, October. 14th    Columbia City Library. Open Mic
                                           4721 Rainier Ave. S. Seattle 98118                                              

              Friday, October 19th       Humble Vine Wine Gifts  7:00 p. m.  Open Mic  824 SW 152nd St.   Burien, WA 98166  
                                 
No Writers Read         Veterans Day



                Monday, November 12th       Third Place Books  7:00 p. m.  Open Mic
5041 Wilson Avenue South Seattle 98118

                Friday, November  16th    Humble Vine Wine Gifts  7:00 p. m.  824 SW 152nd St.   Burien, WA 98166     Open Mic
        Featured Guest:  Carletta Carrington Wilson

                 Sunday, December 9th.   Columbia City Library  2:00 p. m.   Open Mic
                   4721 Rainier Avenue South      Seattle 98118                                              
Featured Guest:  LaVern Hall

Monday, December 10th   Third Place Books  7:00 p. m.  Open Mic
5041 Wilson Avenue South Seattle 98118



Thursday, May 10th, 7:00 p. m. 
African-American Writers’ Alliance Author Showcase (
Homegoing)   

Seattle Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium
1000 4th Ave., Seattle

Some libraries have free copies of the book.

NO READING AT COLUMBIA CITY LIBRARY IN MAY - MOTHER'S DAY



Sunday April 29th  Open Books      4:30 p. m.
                                             2414 N. 45th Street


Monday, May 14th, 7:00 p. m.
Third Place Books
5041 Wilson Avenue
Open Mic


Friday, May 18th,  7:00 p. m.     
Humble Vine Wine Gifts    
​O
pen Mic

Sunday, June 10th, 2:00 p.m.
Kibibi Monie Featured Guest
Suggested Topics  Fathers, Juneteenth
Open Mic


Monday, June 11th, 7:00 p.m.
Third Place Books



Friday, June 15th,  7:00 p.m.
Humble Vines
Hear a chapter of Gaylloyd's novel!

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photos Fromm AAWA Readings:

2018 Capitol Hill LitCrawl - 10/11/2018

2018 Urban Book Fair - 8/25/2018

AAWA Reads at Gallery ONYX - 7/28/2018

AAWA Reads at Various Venues


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Past Events:
​2018
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Friday, May 18th,  7:00 p. m.     
Humble Vine Wine Gifts    
​Open Mic

Monday, May 14th, 7:00 p. m.
Third Place Books
5041 Wilson Avenue
Open Mic

Thursday, May 10th, 7:00 p. m. 
African-American Writers’ Alliance Author Showcase (
Homegoing)   

Seattle Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium
1000 4th Ave., Seattle

Some libraries have free copies of the book.



NO READING AT COLUMBIA CITY LIBRARY IN MAY - MOTHER'S DAY
Monday, April 9th, 7:00 p. m.    
Third Place Books 

5041 Wilson Avenue
Open Mic
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Sunday, April 8th, 2:00 p. m.
Writers Read   
Columbia City Library    
Works on the novel Homegoing by Yaa  Gyasi
 and
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

   



Friday, April 20th, 7:00 p. m.     
Humble Vine Wine Gifts     
Open Mic

 
April 20,  7:30-9:30 p.m.
Haller Lake Storytelling Evenings
12579 Densmore Ave North, Seattle, WA 98133 

CELEBRATING OUR EARTH:  An Evening of Stories with Eva Abram and Billie Barnes
          April is the Month for Seattle Storytellers Guild’s Annual Earth Day Storytelling Program. This year, we are featuring two fine storytellers - who will remind us that despite our differences, we all share our planet.
Eva Abram (AAWA member)  grew up collecting rainwater for household use; that experience taught her that water is essential for life and the same is true of stories, they nourish human beings, as rainwater nourishes the earth’s plants and animals. Stories are carried across the globe, connecting us with one another.
          Billie L Barnes is a beader, weaver, drummer, singer, belly dancer and storyteller! She tells tales of traveling by oceangoing canoe across the Salish Sea and coastal Pacific, racing a dragon boat in China "till my arms fell off”... and of more journeys to New Zealand, Jamaica, Mexico, Egypt, Ireland - even Tennessee!
Free admission. Donations welcome! Refreshments served.

Sunday, April 29th, 4:30 p. m,  
Open Books   
2414 N 45th St,      

Open Mic


2017
1/8 
Writers Read at Columbia City Library

2/4 AAWA at Truth B Told Closing Reception

King Street Station | 303 Jackson Street| Seattle
Onyx Fine Arts presents AAWA members reading poetry written in response to the visual art in Onyx's month-long exhibition, Truth B Told.


​8/13 Poetry on Buses Workshop
Monique Franklin, Leija Farr, with Jourdan Keith
6:00-8:00pm
Life Enrichment Bookstore
5023 Rainier Ave S, Seattle
Join us for a facilitated poetry writing workshop, refreshments and an opportunity to learn about Poetry on Buses partners: 4Culture, the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Sound Transit, King County Metro, King County Wastewater Treatment Division, King County Water and Land Resources Division, and Seattle Public Utilities. Writers of all levels are welcome! More details at http://poetryonbuses.org/workshops/african-american-rsvp/


8/8 No Writers Read in August


7/10 Writers Read at Columbia City Library

With Dean Wong and Leija Farr

Dean Wong is an award-winning photojournalist who has been chronicling Asian-American life for nearly forty years. The city of Seattle and King County, Washington, declared March 8, 1995, Dean Wong Day to honor his efforts documenting the Asian and Pacific American community.
 
Leija Farr is a 2016 Honor Student graduate of Cleveland High School and Seattle's first Junior Poet Laureate. Leija will have copies of her book Outweigh the Gravity for sale.
6/22 Juneteenth Celebration
Monique Franklin, Georgia S. McDade, and Jaye Ware
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Central Area Senior Center
500 30th Ave S Seattle, WA 98144 

6/19 Juneteenth Celebration and Festival
Jaye Ware and Georgia S. McDade
1:30 p.m.
Morrill Meadows Park in Kent,  
10600 SE 248th Street, Kent, WA

6/12 June Literary Event at Columbia City Gallery
Georgia S. McDade
5:00 p. m. - 7:00 p. m.


6/12  Writers Read at Columbia City Library
Birthdays - featuring Margaret Barrie
2:00-4:30 p.m.
Open Mic


6/11 Festival Sundiata
11:00 a. m. in the Armory at Seattle Center
Performing are Monique Franklin, Santiago Vega, Helen Collier, Gaylloyd Sisson, Jacqueline Ware, and Gail Haynes.  Featured Guest:  Leija Farr.
Come.  Invite your family and friends.

10/22/17  Open Books:  A Poetry Emporium
             4:30 p. m.   2414 N 45th St     98103


November  9th       Thursday Seattle Unity Church - Umoja  
                                200 8th Avenue N  98109 
                                   7:00 p. m.           Georgia  


November 11th      Green Lake Library  4:00 p. m.  7364 East    
                               Green Lake Dr. N. 

                               Seattle 98115 (Poets Northwest)
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November 12th     Writers Read   2:00 p. m. Open Mic
9/10 - 10/8
 Seattle Public Library is offering several classes that may be of help.  Check out this website.

http://www.spl.org/audiences/adults/seattle-writes/seattle-writes-calendar


9/11 Writers Read at Columbia City Library

Topic: Flash Fiction
 

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10/1 Seattle Urban Book Expo
Poet Emily Imani Yamenita RoseQuartz 
Black Dot 1160 23rd Avenue Seattle 98122
2:00 p. m. - 6:00 p. m.

10/9 Writers Read at Columbia City Library
Seattle Civic Poet Claudia Castro Luna


11/3-6 Cascadia Poetry Festival #4
Spring Street Center, Seattle
Featured poets include Brenda Hillman, Daphne Marlatt, Sam Hamill, Judith Roche, Marilyn Stablein, Janie Miller, Peter Munro, and more TBA. There will be a tribute to Denise Levertov, workshops by Marlatt and Stablein, and a wildcrafting tour of Seward Park with Michael (Skeeter) Pilarski.
Contact Paul Nelson at splabman@gmail.com. There will be opportunities for open mic.

11/13 Writers Read at Columbia City Library
Featured writer Dean Wong is an award-winning photojournalist who has been chronicling Asian American life for nearly forty years. The city of Seattle and King County, Washington, declared March 8, 1995, Dean Wong Day to honor his efforts documenting the Asian and Pacific American community.

12/11 Writers Read at Columbia City Library

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