April 15 2026
Ploughshares Launch Party for Spring 2026 Issue Edited by Annie Finch
Annie Finch introduces readings by issue contributors Gabrielle Bates, Jane Huffman, Jenna Le, and Karen Winn
At Trident Bookstore, 338 Newbury St.
Boston, MA
April 13 2026
The Writer's Life — Speak It Thrice! Craft Talk
Annie Finch talks writing and editing through the body, including generative poetry writing exercise and Q & A
At Ploughshares Offices Conference Room, Emerson College
Boston, MA
March 13 2026
"Lost Heartbeats of the Goddesses: Metrical Diversity as Ritual Language" Presenter at Mythologium
Time TBA
Online
March 06 2026
Fierce Feminist Formalists Poetry Reading
Kim Addonizio, Tara Betts, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Moira Egan, Annie Finch, Julie Kane, Alexis Sears, Richelle Lee Slota, and Patricia Smith
At Ash Bar, Ulysses Hotel, 2 East Read St., Baltimore
March 05 2026
Casa Poetica Workshop
Magical workshop on the rhythm of earthaa
At Matriarchal Writers Lounge
Baltimore
December 22 2025
Solstice Premiere of "Winter Solstice Song"
Annie will perform and congregation sing Music Director Robert Buonaspina's new setting of "Winter Solstice Song” in the Solstice service
At Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York, 160 Central Park West
New York, NY
October 25 2025
Poems, Spells, Curses: A Halloween Poetry Performance
Sleepy Hollow, NY
October 25 2025
Lifting the Veil: A Poetry Witchery Workshop
As Halloween approaches, together we will cast a circle between the worlds to welcome the spirits of our ancestors, and the ancient heartbeats of poetic craft will guide us to channel long-lost voices . . .
Sleepy Hollow, NY
September 25 2025
In the Year 2027
Performance & group ritual. Hosted by the Myth Lab
At Brooklyn Library for Arts & Culture, 10 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
July 28 2025
Glastonbury Goddess Conference
Offering rhythm healings and amulet consultations throughout the conference. To book, please contact me through this site.
Glastonbury, UK
July 12 2025
Poetry Reading
At Blackbird Stage, NYC Poetry Festival, Governors Island
New York, NY
May 19 2025
A Brief Introduction to Poetic Meter
Online
April 12 2025
Craft Discussion
with Randall Mann and Christopher Childers
At Sierra Poetry Festival
Grass Valley, CA
April 12 2025
Workshop: Joining Poetry's Dances
At Sierra Poetry Festival
Grass Valley, CA
April 09 2025
The Goddess Language - Poetry, Color, and Pattern
A magical talk and poetic performance focusing on Goddess Creativity in fashion, and premiering a new poem, "The Good Runes of Color"
At Gudrun Sjoden (Women's Clothing Store), 50A Greene Street, New York
New York, NY
March 27 - 30 2025
Poetry Witchery Performance at Women & Mythology Conference (ASWM)
Making Magic and Matriarchy
At Westward Look Wyndham
Tucson, Arizona
March 08 2025
Poetry Performance
Free, Fearless, Fantastical exhibit
At Pen + Brush Gallery, 29 East 22nd Street, New York
New York, NY
December 02 2024
Poetry Reading
At Almost Corner Bookstore, Trastevere
Rome, Italy
November 24 2024
Embodying Meters Workshop Immersion (Day 2 of Metrical Diversity, Metrical Witchcraft)
Brooklyn, NY
November 17 2024
Meters' Magic Immersion (Day 1 of Metrical Diversity, Metrical Witchcraft)
Brooklyn, NY
October 10 2024
One Day Mini-Retreat: Poetry Witchery
Immersive Poetry WItchery mini-retreat in North Beach. Annie will facilitate a ritual, discussion, and workshop of each participant's poems in light of the principles of Poetry Witchery. Poets will receive emailed guidelines re your poetry portfolio in advance of the retreat. Workshop followed by reception and group reading. Limited to 5 poets.
San Francisco, CA
September 20 - 22 2024
Equinox Poetry Harvest Retreat
Poetry and Ritual Weekend with Annie Finch and Joshua Davis
At The Poetry Barn
West Hurley, New York
May 10 - 12 2024
Poetry of the Goddesses of Love
Portuguese Goddess Conference
Sintra, Portugal
May 01 2024
Witches Flower, Witches Fire
Collaborative Performance with Annie Finch, Haleh LIza Gafori, Kassandra Khalil, and Ingrid Norton
Brooklyn, NY
April 27 2024
Structural Repetition Poetry Workshop
Writers and Books Festival
Online
April 26 2024
Choice Words and the Literature of Abortion
Interviewed by Katie Garner
At Seminary Bookstore
Chicago, IL
April 25 2024
Choice Words: Writers on Abortion
Chicago Abortion Fund Fundraiser with Annie Finch, Tara Betts, Debra Bruce, Cin Salach
At Haymarket House
Chicago, Ilinois
April 22 - 26 2024
Writer in Residence
At Lake Forest College
Chicago, IL
April 18 2024
Choice Words: Writers on Abortion Panel Discussion
Brooklyn, New York
November 04 2023
Metre, Magic, Mother: An Introduction to Goddess Poetry around the World
Performance and Lecture
At Godrej Dance Academy Theatre, National Center for the Performing Arts
Mumbai, India
October 07 2023
Poetry Reading and Discussion in Bangalore
At Bangalore International Centre
Bangalore, India
September 21 2023
"Meter and Magic in Contemporary Poetry"
A Reading, Lecture, and Discussion with American Feminist Poet Annie Finch
At Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia University
New Delhi, India
August 29 2023
Poet in Residence
At Space Gallery
Portland, Maine
June 23 2023
Poetry Reading
At Unnameable Books, 615 Vanderbilt Ave
Brooklyn, NY
May 04 - 07 2023
Writing the Rhythms of Water
Workshop: Rooted Revision
Syracuse, New York
March 29 2023
Poetry Reading
At Casa del Encanto, Barra Da Potosi
Mexico
March 27 2023
Choice Words: The Literature of Abortion
At Politics & Prose Bookstore
Online
October 31 2022
Samhain Interview
Magick and Alchemy Podcast by Tamed Wild with Kristen Lisenby and Kate Belew
online
April 24 - 27 2022
Keynote Lecture: Redefining Poetry
At Poetry by the Sea Conference
Madison, Connecticut
January 29 2022
Panelist: The Misuse and Abuse of the Gifts of Language
Annie Finch with Miigam'agan, Susan Petrilli, Vandana Shiva, Genevieve Vaughan, Moderated by Letecia Layson
At Maternal Gift Economy Movement Salons
online