UPCOMING
3/16 Panel Appearance “Addressing Challenges to Cultural Expression in the Public Sphere” 2pm Bethlehem Public Library
3/23 Signing at Lehigh Valley Book Festival – 10:30am – 1pm Bethlehem Public Library (Event runs until 4:30pm, but Robin will only be signing until 1pm)
3/23 Build Your Own Cryptid Workshop *Grades 6-8 ONLY* 2-4pm – Tredyffrin Library – 582 Upper Gulph Rd, Strafford, PA 19087
Signing- 3/30 2pm-4pm Barnes & Noble 2960 Center Valley Pkwy Ste 742 Center Valley, PA 18034
Self Portrait Poetry Workshop for Teens 4/7 1pm-3pm – Firefly Bookstore at 271 W Main St, Kutztown, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19530
PAST EVENTS
Reading – 2/25 – Part of Restoring Petals (a live poetry experience) 56 River St, Bethlehem, PA
Workshop at Peace, Love, and Pride GSA Summit 3/2 10am-3pm Perkins Student Center Penn State Berks, Reading PA
Signing- 3/3 10am-4pm Goblin Market Belvidere High School – 809 Oxford St, Belvidere, NJ
Signing- 3/9 10am-4pm Fine Arts & Curiosities 900 Rutter Avenue, Forty Fort PA
2/10 Book Signing at Spring Arts Market 12pm-5pm 1010 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia PA
2/15 Book Signing at the Hedge Witch Festival 4pm-8pm Hedge Witch Festival239 Schuyler Ave Kingston PA
2/17 Book Signing at the Fine Arts & Curiosities Market 10am-4pm 900 Rutter Avenue Forty Fort PA
1/20 Poetry Reading and Open Mic with Poetry as Promised 6pm-8pm – Nowhere Coffee- 3127 Tilghman Street Allentown, PA 18104
1/13 Book Signing at Switchboard Art Mart 12pm-6pm 40 North 3rd Street Columbia, PA
1/19 Book Signing at Poconos Punk Rock Flea Market 5pm-10pm 524 Main St, Stroudsburg, PA, United States, Pennsylvania
12/1 Book Signing from 4:30pm-9pm – First Friday – 101 Queen Street Lancaster, PA
12/2 Book Signing from 11am-4pm – Black Forrest Krampus Nacht Festival – 500 Bridge St. Weissport, PA
12/15 Book Signing from 6pm-9pm – TGC Holiday Market – 216 State St Harrisburg, PA 17101
12/17 Book Signing from 10am-3pm – Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market – 613 Hillside Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015
11/13 at 6pm – Poetry Night with Robin Gow “Lanternfly August” (Kutztown, PA)
Monday November 13th
Firefly Bookstore Kutztown, PA
Firefly is very pleased to have back in our store again featured author Robin Gow, with faer newest collection of poetry, Lanternfly August. Gow will be sharing his work, and discussing books and poetry with us.
We hope you can join us afterwards for the Monthly Open Mic set. Attendees are encouraged to share their own work or read others’, but if you just want to stay to listen, that’s ok too! This is a free and public event. Refreshments and coffee/tea will be provided, and BYOB is available to 21+ attendees. Please take note that some content may not be appropriate for all ages.
11/4 from 10am-3pm book signing and sales at Renninger’s Farmer’s Market (Kutztown, PA)
10/28 at 11:30am – 1:30pm Sea Witch Festival Book Signing (Rehoboth, DE)
10/24 at 6:30pm Lanternfly August Book Launch (Allentown, PA)
10/22 at 3pm Easton Book Festival Reading (Easton, PA)
10/8 from 11am-4pm Tabling at Out in the Park (Reading, PA)
American Library Association Conference – Chicago
Beyond the Middle School Rainbow: Intersectionality in LGBTQIA+ Middle-Grade Books
Sunday, June 25, 2023
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Book Launch for Ode to My First Car
6pm on June 20th at The End Book Store
3055 W. Tilghman St.
Allentown, PA 18104
YA Authors Pride Panel
June 6th, 7pm EST
Online at Oblong Books
May 20th, 4:15pm (Signing at 5:25pm)
Gaithersburg, MD
Virtual – Sunday, April 16th, 3PM EST
From Books of Wonder:
These awesome titles are full of excitement, spirit, and hope! From a girl who has to find her way back to her love of music, to a girl and a horse with an unbreakable bond, to a girl who’s just trying to get back to normalcy after her parents’ divorce, to a boy just finding himself after the loss of his best friend. These tales are bursting with heart.
Firefly Bookstore – March 18th, 2pm
Join Firefly Bookstore in welcoming Robin Gow for the release of their new book, “Dear Mothman”! There will be a reading, Q&A, and book signing, and copies of the book will be available for purchase!
Refreshments will be provided.
BYOB 21+
This event is free and open to the public.
In-person at Doyelstown Bookshop, 2pm
Join us in welcoming Robin Gow as they discuss and sign copies of A Million Quiet Revolutions, a modern love story, told in verse, about two teenaged trans boys who name themselves after two Revolutionary War soldiers, Saturday, November 5th at 2:00 PM. This is an in-person event.
Celebrating Trans & Nonbinary Authors
Online September 8th, 8:00pm-10pm
This summer, Fandom Forward is encouraging everyone to become Book Defenders and learn the skills to protect the universal right to book access. On International Literacy Day, join us for a very special celebration! The unfortunate reality is that queer, BIPOC, and authors of other marginalized identities are the most impacted by book bans all over the world. We know how important their stories are, and want to celebrate them! We’ll also learn how we can support the authors who are disproportionately impacted by censorship.
Featuring:
Jackson Bird, Sarah Gailey, Emme Lund, Robin Gow, Z.R. Ellor, and more!
Poetry Reading with Robin Gow for Backyard Paleontology
Online June 20th from 6-7pm EST
A Million Quiet Revolutions Reading + Q&A
In person- Saturday 06/18 at 5:30pm at Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room
Reading and Q&A with Robin Gow, Author of A MILLION QUIET REVOLUTIONS
Pride Month Reading at Emmaus Public Library
In-person on June 13th, 6:30pm
Meet the Author Night with Robin Gow
Reading and Conversation with Kip Wilson and Voyage YA
Instagram Live – June 12th from 2pm-3pm EST
In-person- Monday 06/06 at 6pm at Firefly Bookstore, Kutztown, PA
A Million Quiet Revolutions: Robin Gow in Conversation with Tobly Smith
Thursday March 31st from 7:30pm-8:30pm EST
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Charis welcomes Robin Gow in conversation with Tobly McSmith for a celebration of A Million Quiet Revolutions. A lyrical, aching modern love story, told in verse, about two teenaged trans boys who name themselves after two Revolutionary War soldiers.
A Million Quiet Revolutions Launch at Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Tuesday March 22nd from 6-7:30pm EST
YA Panel at Lehigh Valley Book Festival
Saturday, March 26th at 2:00pm, hosted by Let’s Play Books
To see the full schedule click here.
Full day event is held at Bethlehem Public Library at 11W Church St. Bethlehem PA, 18018
Precipice: An Evening with Kundiman, No Tokens, and The Rumpus at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Thursday, September 30, 2021 (virtual Reading)
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
Thursday, July 15, 2021
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
Stories of name changes, arbitrary labels or misnomers, family names and namesakes, how a name’s meaning has changed over the years, the names of places, pseudonyms and usernames, how you named your pet(s), associations with names, those ill-fitting nicknames or nicknames that fit perfectly, pet names between partners and friends, using different names in different contexts, names as symbols, the significance of a name.
Celebrating Jacqueline Jones LaMon’s What Water Knows
June 23rd 7pm-6pm via Zoom
Poetry: Well-Versed in All Backgrounds
Sat March 27th at 2pm EST
Why do we need to hear from poets from different backgrounds? How important is poetry in general? How do the poets do their part in terms of what they are writing and reading?
Featuring panelists Lana Issam Ghannam, Tamara J. Madison, Toya Rochelle, and Robin Gow
To begin this event, register at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5098421537996934925
Ruminate Magazine’s Happenings
Thu March 11 2-2:50pm EST
I’m creating spontaneous poetry for Ruminate Magazine’s Wild Ruminate Happenings. Purchase a ticket with me as the artist, and I’ll make a unique poem just for you, & you’ll support Ruminate, a nonprofit literary arts magazine I love.
Details here: https://ctt.ec/7O1pu+
Axinn Award Winners Reading
Wed March 17 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm EST
Undergraduate and graduate winners of the 2020 English Department’s Axinn awards in creative writing will read from their winning work.
little somethings press reading
The issue three launch will be held virtually through Zoom on January 29th from 5PM-6:30PM MST. Please email littlesomethingspress@gmail.com to receive the link for the reading.
Spectrum Literary Magazine Reading
A cross-UC virtual reading at 6 p.m. PST 12/04/2020! Authors featured in each of the journals are sharing their work.
Literally Crawling
Produced by Zines + Things, Death Rattle Writers Festival, Unchaste Readers, and The Poetry Brothel
A two-day reading festival featuring four curated shows from each collaborating literary organization showcasing the poetry and prose of writers and artists from around the country. We hope these readings offer you something inspiring, relaxing, and stirring to tune into all weekend this fall.
HAUNTED MASS
Each week leading up to my book publication, I’ll be celebrating THE LORD’S DAY day by reading a few poems from forthcoming debut collection Our Lady of Perpetual Degeneracy. There will be fishnets and sacrilege.
Location: Google Meet
Dates: Sept. 13, 20, 27 / Oct. 4, 11
Always at Noon
Book Launch
Sacraments for Queers hosted by Bluestockings Bookstore on October 13th at 7pm EST
Chapbook Launch
HONEYSUCKLE Book Launch February 1st at 6pm at Blue Stockings Book Store
Workshops
LEGIBLE: A Queer & Trans Per-Zine Workshop (Saturdays 11am-1pm March 14, 21, 28, and April 4 at The Bureau of General Services Queer Division)
Robin Gow 