Join Us for the HamLit “After Dark” Book Launch Reading

Please come out to Brandywine for a book reading. I’ll be there reading my creepy new poem, “You Were Never Really There.” Thank you, HamLit Editors, Rochelle, David, and Joe.

Here are the details
11/2/2025 at the Brandywine Kitchen, downtown Bellingham, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Due to creepy content, this is a +18 event.

Order of readers:
Shannon Laws
Jay D. Falcetti
Shoshana Kerewsky
Jabez JB Richard
Siona Kalil
Ali Welker
Spencer Jewell
Scott Taylor
Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor
Alexandra Lucas

The book is virtual. Here is the link. It will be LIVE later this evening.
https://hamlit.org/

[HamLit is] An online literary journal featuring poetry & short fiction from the Pacific Northwest.
HamLit‘s purpose is to provide a publishing home for carefully honed words. We aim to be a vehicle that writers–specifically those who have not yet found their voice recognized in this self-named progressive corner of the world–can use to propel forward. We crave your perspective, your characters, your wild mind. Ultimately, we want to progress with you because your experience is essential to all of our futures.

Published by Shannon Laws

Shannon Laws is an award-winning poet, performer, and advocate for the arts. She has been recognized with two Mayor’s Arts Awards and the Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award — Community Champion. Her work has been featured in numerous journals and anthologies, and she has captivated audiences at esteemed literary events, including the Jack McCarthy Evergreen Invitational Slam, SpeakEasy, Poetry Night, Kitchen Sessions, and the West Coast Tagore Festival. Beyond her writing and performances, Shannon actively fosters literary and artistic communities. Since 2022, she has curated Corridor, a monthly “found-art” zine project that showcases the work of more than 50 contributing poets and artists. She is also the founder and host of Poetry Club, an engaging discussion group established in 2015.

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