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When:
April 15, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
2021-04-15T19:30:00-04:00
2021-04-15T21:00:00-04:00
Where:
Online - Virtual Zoom Meeting
Cost:
Free
April Ford will be our featured author for the April Writers Salon.
April Ford is a queer, bi-national author, editor, and teacher, who shares her time between Canada and the US. Her debut novel, Carousel (Inanna Publications) won in the category of LGBTQ Fiction for the International Book Awards, and is currently a Finalist in the category of LGBTQ+ Fiction for the Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
Her other books include Death Is a Side-Effect: Poems (Frog Hollow Press) and The Poor Children: Stories, Winner of the Sante Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Program for Fiction and Finalist for SALT Publishing’s international Scott Prize for a debut story collection. She is a Pushcart Prize recipient for her short story “Project Fumarase,” and has held fully-funded residencies at Ucross Foundation and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
April taught creative writing at SUNY Oneonta from 2012 – 2017 and is now a writing facilitator for at-risk youth and young offenders in Montreal, Canada.
www.aprilfordauthor.com
As a reminder, Writers Salon takes place on the 3rd Thursday of each month and begins at 7:30 pm (the Zoom session opens at 7:15). The event begins with an open mic, and guests are encouraged to read personal works in this casual & welcoming environment (open mic is limited to 5 minutes per reader–please sign up in advance). The featured author will begin reading at 8:00.
Free & Open to the public.
Donations greatly appreciated: http://www.canoneonta.org/donate/ 
Hope to see you there!
Annie Kuhn & Bhala Jones, Co-chairs
Thank you to Unalam.com for sponsoring this event.