-Pushcart Prize-Winner-
BJ Ward
EVENTS: 2023-2024
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Thursday
December 7, 2023
7:00 PM--Reading with Kenneth Hart
The Gallery at Bex
56 Main Street
Califon, NJ
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Saturday
January 6, 2024
Afternoon--Guest Lecture & Reading
DeSales University MFA in Creative Writing Program
Dooling Hall
DeSales University
Center Valley, PA
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Wednesday-Saturday
February 7-10, 2024
AWP Conference
Kansas City, MO
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Tuesday
December 3, 2024
7:00 PM--A Reading of and Conversation about
Yusef Komunyakaa's Poetry
The Writers' Roundtable
Unitarian Fellowship
1 West Nelson Street
Newton, NJ
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PAST EVENTS
Thursday through Sunday
September 8-11, 2016
Reading/Workshop Leader/Presenter
Star Island Writers' Conference
Isles of Shoals
New Hampshire
(Located six miles off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine)
Saturday, October 1, 2016
2:30 PM Reading (with Bruce Niedt, Hank Kalet, and others)
Stealing Home: Baseball Poetry
Collingswood Book Festival
Collingswood, NJ
Sunday, October 9, 2016
3 PM Reading
Maple Leaf Bar
8316 Oak Street
New Orleans, LA
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Saturday, November 19, 2016
7 PM Reading
ANT Bookstore & Cafe
345 Clifton Avenue
Clifton, NJ
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Thursday
January 12, 2017
7-10 PM Reading
Benefit Reading for the Light of Day Foundation
(with Laura McCullough, Timothy Liu, Joe E. Weil, the Cornelius Eady Trio, and many others)
Toast
516 Cookman Ave.
Asbury Park, NJ
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Friday-Monday,
January 13 to 16, 2017
Faculty Member
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
(with Stephen Dunn, Sharon Olds, and many others)
Stockton Seaview Hotel/Richard Stockton University
401 S. New York Rd.
Galloway, NJ
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Sunday, February 12, 2017
2:00 PM Reading
Allentown Art Museum
31 North 5th Street
Allentown, PA
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Saturday, April 8, 2017
9:15 AM to 4:30 PM
Workshop Leader:
INVENTIVE INTENSIVE (A Poetry Writing Mini-Boot Camp)
Richard Stockton University
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, NJ
Coordinated by: Murphy Writing of Stockton University
For More Information, Click HERE.
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Saturday, April 29, 2017
1:00 PM Reading (with Laura McCullough)
Hosted by Jersey Shore Poets
Monmouth County Library/Eastern Branch
1001 Route 35
Shrewsbury, NJ
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
8:00 PM Reading (with Open Mic)
Backroom Broadsides Reading Series
Fox and the Crow
594 Palisade Ave
Jersey City, NJ
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Saturday, September 9, 2017
1-4 PM Workshop
5 PM Reading
Second Saturday Poets Series
Jackson Inn
101 North DuPont Road
Wilmington, DE
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Thursday, September 14, 2017
6:30 PM Reading
Free Public Library of Audobon
239 Oakland Avenue
Audobon, NJ
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Saturday, October 28, 2017
7:00 PM Reading
Classic Quiche Café
330 Queen Anne Road
Teaneck, NJ
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Sunday
December 3, 2017
Bovine Social Club Presents
the 7th Annual “Jingle Jingle” Holiday Bash:
An Evening of Story and Song
The Deer Head Inn
5 Main Street
Delaware Water Gap, PA
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Featuring: Bovine Social Club, BJ Ward, We Three Kings with Tim Carbone, Lou Rogai & Julian Rogai, Simone Mueller Colon, Mike Herz, Chelsea Smarr, Melanie Thiel, & More
DOORS: 4pm
SHOW: 5-9pm
DOOR TICKETS:
$34.00 General Admission
UPATE: December 1: This Event is SOLD OUT.
FOOD:
Full Bar and Fine Dining Dinner Menu available 4-7pm
This is a special event at a legendary music hall (Keith Jarrett recorded one of his best albums here). I'll share the stage with some fantastic musicians, including Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth and the event's organizer, Samuel Saint Thomas. All proceeds go directly to the Kiwanis Club Holiday Meal for Needy Families. This event will be SOLD OUT, so please plan to purchase your tickets ASAP if you intend to go. A guaranteed great show. Limited tickets remaining here:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3116120
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Friday-Monday,
January 12 to 15, 2018
Faculty Member
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
(with Stephen Dunn, Gregory Pardlo, and many others)
Stockton Seaview Hotel/Richard Stockton University
401 S. New York Rd.
Galloway, NJ
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Sunday
February 4, 2018
3 to 6 pm
A Reading with Patrick Rosal & Other Poets
Atelier Rosal
74 East Cherry Street
Rahway, NJ
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Monday
March 12, 2018
9 a.m.
Emcee
State Finals of New Jersey Poetry Out Loud
The Grunin Center
Ocean County College
1 College Drive
Toms River, NJ
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Thursday
April 5, 2018
7 PM Reading
Montclair Monthly Poetry Series
Montclair Public Library
50 South Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, NJ
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Friday
April 13, 2018
10:30 AM Presentation/Discussion
Tunnel of Love: A 5-Ticket Ride
part of the Springsteen as Narrative Poet panel
The Springsteen Symposium
Monmouth University
LongBranch, NJ
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Wednesday
April 18, 2018
6:30 PM Reading
In Celebration of National Poetry Month
Washington Borough Public Library
20 Carlton Avenue
Washington, NJ
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Thursday
May 3, 2018
5 PM Reading
University of Delaware
Memorial Hall, Room 107
Newark, DE
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Monday
May 14, 2018
7 PM Reading
Poets at the Library Series
Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ
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Sunday
June 3, 2018
Leading Two Sessions:
1:10 pm: Beginners' Poetry Workshop
2:50 pm: Advanced Poetry Workshop
Rutgers University-New Brunswick Writers' Conference
300 Atrium Drive
Somerset, NJ
http://ruwriterscon.rutgers.edu/
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Friday & Saturday
August 17-18, 2018
Readings & Workshop
11th Annual Lewes Creative Writers' Conference
Lewes Library
111 Adams Avenue
Lewes, DE
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Friday
September 21, 2018
6:30 to 8:30 Reading
(with writers/musicians Kayt Hester and Paul Crane)
Benefit for Gardens at Pershing Field
Froth on Franklin
85 Franklin Street
Jersey City, NJ
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Saturday
October 6, 2018
2:15 pm
A Reading with Joe E. Weil
(Back and Forth, Unplanned, Never to be Duplicated!)
Collingswood Book Festival
(Poetry Tent)
Haddon Ave. & Washington Ave.
Collingswood, NJ
https://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com/poetry/poetry.php
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Saturday
October 20, 2018
2 pm Reading
with William Brewer, Rob Hylton, Kevin Pilkington,
and Jenny Xie
17th Biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church
572 Broad Street
Newark, NJ
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Friday
November 9, 2018
6 pm Doors / 7 pm Performance
(with musicians Mike Herz, Rob Williams, and Sonofdov)
The Stanhope House
45 Main Street
Stanhope, NJ
(A reading with three incredible singer/songwriters
at the legendary "Stanhope House"--
"The Last Great American Roadhouse"
$10 admission
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Wednesday
April 20, 2022
1 PM
Featured Reader
Washington Township (Morris County) Public Library
37 E. Springtown Rd.
Long Valley, NJ
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Friday
April 22, 2022
7 PM
Online Reading (Zoom)
(also featuring Joyce Meyers and Brooke Palma)
Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center
(supported in part by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund)
Hosted by David Kozinski
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Sunday
April 24, 2022
2 PM
Featured Reader
The Poet's Voice
Darien Library
1441 Post Road
Darien, CT
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Sunday
June 12, 2022
4 PM Reading (also featuring Vasiliki Katsarou)
Second Sunday Princeton Makes Reading Series
Princeton Shopping Center
301 N. Harrison St.
Princeton, NJ
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Tuesday
June 28, 2022
Online Reading--10:30 PM EST/ 7:30 PM PST
Featured Reader
Cobalt Poetry Café
Online Series--Based in Los Angeles, CA
Free
For more details, please click HERE.
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Tuesday
April 4, 2023
7:00 PM--Reading
The Writers' Roundtable
located at the Unitarian Fellowship
#1 West Nelson Street
Newton, NJ
(Open Mic to follow)
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Monday
April 24, 2023
6:00 PM--Reading
Swedesboro Public Library (Gloucester County)
1442 Kings Highway
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Friday
November 17, 2023
7:00 PM--Reading
"A Poetry Tempest," hosted by Kendall Bell
Evermore Coffee Roasters
1 E. Pearl Street
Burlington, NJ
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