UPCOMING EVENTS & APPEARANCES
March 9, 2023 at 12pm PT
What Happened Was: Chapbook Signing
Small Harbor Publishing, Bookfair #1336
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA
more info
March 9, 2023 at 3:20pm PT
Foreseeable Futures: Equitable Access to Career Trajectories for Students
AWP Conference, Summit Rooms 340-342
Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA
more info
March 9, 2023 at 6pm PT
Beyond the Frame: Diode Anthology Poetry Reading
C & P Coffee Company
5612 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA
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March 10, 2023 at 11:30am PT
Gloss Chapbook Signing
Laurel Review, Bookfair #1221
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA
more info
March 10, 2023 at 3:20pm PT
Leading, Styling, and Other Navigations: Writers and Editors as Designers
AWP Conference, Summit Rooms 333-334
Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA
more info
March 10, 2023 at 6pm PT
Acre Books & Harbor Editions Reading
Laurel Review, Bookfair #1221
Pub 70
2801 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA
more info
If you’re hosting Anna Leahy for a workshop, reading, or other programming, contact her.
SAMPLE RECORDINGS
What Happened Was: Book Launch
Harbor Editions (recorded June 2021)
Facebook Live
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Studio Tulsa Medical Monday
Interview about Tumor, Cancer, and Writing (recorded 2018)
Tulsa Public Radio
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Universe in Verse: A Evening of Poetry Celebrating Science
Poetry Reading of “Habits of Light” by Ann Hamilton (recorded 2017)
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PAST EVENTS
2022
February 22, 2022 at 1pm PT
Spoken Word Club
Laguna Woods Village, CA
May 13, 2022 at 9am CT
Reading and Panel Discussion
Health and Healing Conference
Write On Door County, WI
May 13, 2022 at 11am CT
Illness & Metaphors Workshop
Health and Healing Conference
Write On Door County, WI
2021
January 31, 2021 at 4pm PT
Grief Rites Foundation Reading
on the things we’ve lost in 2020
more info
May 10, 2021 at 5pm PT (7pm CT)
Travelling Mollys Open Mic
YouTube (I read at min 25:30, but watch it all)
more info
June 27, 2021 at 2pm PT (5pm ET)
Fourth Sundays: Poetry at the Claremont Library
Facebook Live
more info
July 14, 2021
Wednesday Night Poetry
Facebook
more info
August 1, 2021 at 3pm PT (6pm ET)
Mercy Street Reading Series
Eventbrite
more info
October 15, 2021 at 6pm PT (9pm ET)
Inlandia Institute Reading with Adam Martinez
Zoom
more info
October 19, 2021 at 10am PT (1pm ET)
Lit Mag News Roundup with Becky Tuch
YouTube
more info
November 17, 2021 at 4pm PT (7pm ET)
Sundress Reading Series
Zoom
more info
2019
January 31, 2019: 12:00pm
Witnesses: Writing War, Writing Peace
Moderator: A Conversation with Carolyn Forché
Chapman University, Argyros Forum 209
more info
March 28, 2019: 9:00am
Cheating on Poetry: On Writing Nonfiction Too
with Beth Ann Fennelly, Paisley Rekdal, Lisa Ko, & Cori A Winrock
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
Oregon Convention Center, C123
Portland, OR
more info
March 29, 2019: 9:00am
Going Long: Editors & Nonfiction Writers in Conversation
with Jill Christmas, Mike Dang, Hattie Fletcher, & Christopher Schaberg
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
Oregon Convention Center, E146
Portland, OR
more info
April 16, 2019: 3:00pm
Pub(lishing) Crawl
Center for American War Letters, Leatherby Library
Chapman University
Orange, CA
April 28, 2019: 6:00pm
Poetry Reading with Meg Boyles & Rachel Nicholls
Hey, Hey
1555 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
May 19, 2019: 4:30pm
Editors & Literary Journals
LitFest Pasadena
The Stand
36 S. El Molino Avenue
Pasadena, CA
more info
December 9, 2019: 7:00pm
Host of Tabula Poetica’s 10th Anniversary Reading
Fish Interfaith Center, Chapman University
1 University Drive, Orange, CA
more info
2018
January 27, 2018: 7:30pm
Object Lessons: Evan Kindley, Anna Leahy, & Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont, Los Angeles, CA 90027
more info
March 5, 2018: 12:30pm
NEH Object Lessons Institute (participants only)
Aloft Hotel, Tampa, FL
March 8, 2018: 3:00pm
Superconductors: Poets & Essayists Channeling Science
Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference
Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
more info
March 9, 2018: 10:30am
Book Signing
AWP Bookfair, Booth #1234, Bloomsbury
Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
more info
March 8-9, 2018
AWP Bookfair, Booth #826 (Chapman U/Tabula Poetica)
Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
more info
March 10, 2018: 11:30
Poetry Reading: Aperture
Tucson Festival of Books
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
more info
March 11, 2018: 11:30
Focus, Focus, Focus: Object Lessons Lit:
Anna Leahy, Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, & Nicole Walker
Tucson Festival of Books
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
more info
March 24, 2018: 2:00pm
Meacham Writers Workshop
University Center, Raccoon Mountain Room
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
more info
March 25, 2018: 2:00pm
Apertures: A Women’s Reading
Art Haus
332 Ormond Street, Grant Park, Atlanta, GA
more info
March 26, 2018: 7pm
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA
more info
September 13, 2018
Master Class
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL
September 13, 2018
Master Class
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
September 13, 2018: 7:30pm
Poetry Is Normal: Anna Leahy
Normal Public Library
206 W. College Avenue
Normal, IL
more info
September 14, 2018: 11:00am
Passport to Shared Care
17th Annual Simmons Cancer Institute Symposium
MG and Donna Nelson Conference Center
Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation
Springfield, IL
registration required
September 18, 2018: 11:00am
Conversing with Cancer: Interview with Anna Leahy
WGN Midday News
watch the segment
November 8, 2018: 11:00am
Reading from Tumor and Aperture
West Campus Auditorium
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, OK
more info
November 10, 2018: 9:15am-10:30am
Finding Our Ways: Role Models, Mentors, & Friends
C. D. Wright Women Writers Conference
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR
registration required
November 10, 2018: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Anna Leahy & Rachel Hall
Argentina Reading Series
421 N. Main Street, North Little Rock, AR
more info
November 12, 2018: 11:00am
Reading from Tumor and Aperture
Southeast Campus Auditorium
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, OK
more info
2017
February 10, 2017: 11:30am-12:30pm
FIRST SNEAK-PEEK COPIES AVAILABLE!
Book Signing for Generation Space with Stillhouse Press
AWP Bookfair, Booth #503
Washington Convention Center
1314 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
more info
February 10, 2017: 8:00pm-11:00pm
Reading with Stillhouse Press & SFWP Authors
Sudhouse
1340 U St NW, Washington, DC
more info
February 11, 2017: 12:00-2:00pm
Meet & Great and Book Signing with Richard Bausch, Jim Blaylock, & Tom Zoellner
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference
AWP Bookfair, Booth #319
Washington Convention Center
801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC
more info
March 4, 2017: 5:00pm-6:00pm
Social Sculptures & Silver Tongues
Character with Richard Bausch, Jim Blaylock, Douglas R. Dechow, & Anna Leahy
Boco de Oro Lit Festival
Centro Communitario de Chapman
216 North Broadway, Santa Ana, CA
more info
March 4, 2017: 8:00pm
Tongue & Groove: Literary Variety Show
Boco de Oro Lit Festival
La Rinconada Restaurant
300 W 5th St, Santa Ana, CA
more info
April 1, 2017
No Limits!: Memoir Panel Discussion & Book Signing
Literary Orange
Newport Beach Marriott
900 Newport Center Drive, Newport, CA
more info
April 4, 2017
PUBLICATION DAY for Generation Space: A Love Story
more info
April 7, 2017: 6:30-8:30pm
BOOK LAUNCH PARTY for Generation Space: A Love Story
with Richard Bausch, author of Living in the Weather of the World
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA
more info
May 12, 2017: 4:00pm
The Davenport Awards with Rachel Hall (fiction judge) & Anna Leahy (poetry judge)
Alumni Room, Old Main, Knox College
2 E. South Street, Galesburg, IL
more info
May 13, 2017: 4:00pm
Reading & Book Signing for Generation Space
The Space
309 E. Simmons Street, Galesburg, IL
more info
May 15, 2017: 6:00pm
57th Street Books
Writing the Past with Douglas R. Dechow, Rachel Hall, Anna Leahy, & Emily Gray Tedrowe
1301 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
more info
May 17, 2017: 7:30pm
Anna Leahy & Rachel Hall
Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL
more info
June 2-4, 2017
Nonfiction Now Conference
Reykjavik, Iceland
more info
August 20, 2017: 3:00pm
Sunday Tea with Richard Bausch, Douglas R. Dechow, & Anna Leahy
Gatsby Books
5535 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, CA 90808
more info
September 7, 2017: Publication Day for TUMOR
follow Anna Leahy on Facebook & watch Facebook Live on Pub Day
more info
October 5, 2017: 11:30am
Town & Gown Lunch (ticketed event)
Chapman University
One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866
more info
October 7, 2017: 11:00am & 2:00pm
Master Class: Richard Bausch, Douglas R. Dechow, & Anna Leahy
Leathery Libraries, Chapman University
One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866
more info
October 14, 2017: 3:30pm
Anna Leahy & Douglas R. Dechow with Stillhouse Press
Fall for the Book
Merton Hall 1202, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
more info
October 21, 2017: 1:00pm
NaNoWriMo Kickoff with Anna Leahy, James P. Blaylock, and more
Orange Public Library
407 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92866
more info
October 25, 2017: 6:00pm
Object Lessons: Kim Adrian, Harry Brown, & Anna Leahy
57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
more info
October 26, 2017: 5:00pm
Book Signing for Tumor
Barnes & Noble
3111 South Veterans Parkway, Springfield, IL
more info
October 28, 2017: 11:00am
Alumni Book Signing
Knox College
Center for Fine Arts, Galesburg, IL 61401
more info
October 29, 2017: 2:00pm
Poetry Reading
Vachel Lindsay Home
603 S. Fifth Street, Springfield, IL
more info
November 5, 2017: 4:00pm
Poetry Reading with Michelle Bitting, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Jennifer Givhan, & Anna Leahy
Beyond Baroque
681 N. Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291
more info
November 8, 2017: 2:30pm
Poems, History, Genre: Talk with Jennifer Givhan & Anna Leahy
1888 Center
115 North Orange Street, Orange, CA 92866
more info
November 8, 2017: 8:00pm
Poetry Reading with Jennifer Givhan & Anna Leahy
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry at The Ugly Mug
261 N. Glassell Street, Orange, CA 92866
more info
2016
October 26, 2016: 7:30pm
Redeemed Aircraft: The Space Shuttle, Concorde, and the Spruce Goose
The American Library in Paris
10, rue du Général Camou 75007 Paris
more info
November 16, 2016: 7:30pm
Welcome Poem: “Trajectory” by Anna Leahy
An Evening with Astronaut Scott Kelly: My Year in Space
Musco Center for the Arts, Chapman University
One University Drive, Orange, CA
more info