Poetry Reading – 3/14/14

Two poets will be reading at the Bridge Memorial Library on Main Street in Walpole, NH on Friday March 14th at 7 p.m.

Becky Sakellaroiu is a New England-born poet who currently splits her time between Peterborough, NH and Euboia, Greece. Over the past fifteen years, she has published poetry in many journals, most recently in White Pelican Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Comstock Review, Persimmon Tree, Passager and Common Ground Review.

A finalist in five chapbook contests since 2009, and nominated for the Pushcart Poetry Anthology twice, she also won first prize in the 2005 Blue Light Press Chapbook Contest for her chapbook, The Importance of Bone. Her poem, “Bone”, won first prize in the Sow’s Ear Press Poetry competition in January, 2009 and her new book, Earth Listening, came out in the fall of 2010, published by Hobblebush Books, Brookline, New Hampshire, USA. Her most recent chaperbook, “What Shall I Cry?” was published in October, 2013. by Finishing Line Press.

Candace Bergstrom is a writer and teacher. She holds a M. A. in English and an M. F. A. in poetry. She lived in Texas for 35 years and recently returned home to New England. She teaches English and writing and lives in the woods of Stoddard with her partner, Michael and her cat, Arlo.

The reading is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served

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