Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Event: Warren Wilson College M.F.A. Alumni Reading Series Time: 6-9 PM Place: Cambridge Boat Club, 2 Gerry's Landing Road, Cambridge, MA 02138. On the Charles River. Opposite Buckingham, Brown, and Nichols School. Parking is at The Boathouse with overflow parking at BB&N.
Mary will be reading from her memoir, My Father's Eyes. Other readers include: Dan Tobin, Denise Delgado, Bob Oldshue, and Tim Weed, reading from their work. There will be books for sale. There will be delicious snacks. There will be the good company of fellow writers, old friends and new ones. A $20 admission is a donation to Friends of Writers, the Warren Wilson College, MFA program for Writers Scholarship Fund.
Sunday, April 12, 2015 Event: Reading Time: 1-5 PM Place: Boston Public Library, 700 Commonwealth Salon, Boston, MA
Opening reading by Danielle Legros Georges, Boston Poet Laureate. Mary Bonina reads at 4:10 PM as part of Boston's National Poetry Month Festival. Please follow this link for more information.
Thursday, April 16, 2015 Event: 10th Anniversary of Cervena Barva Press Time: 7 PM Place: Arts at the Armory, Cervena Studio, Basement, B8, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA
Everyone welcome. Readers published by Cervena Barva Press: Andrey Gritsman, Catherine Sasanov, Irene Koronas, Ed Hamilton, Tim Suermondt, Mark Pawlak, Mary Bonina, Tim Gager, Doug Holder, Harris Gardner, Steve Glines, Rene Schwiesow, Jack Scully, Julia Carlson, Michael T. Steffen, Annie Pluto, Kathleen Aguero, Pamela Annas, Krikor Der-Hohanessian, and more. Wine, cheese, and pastries served, so come celebrate with us!
Sunday, July 26 - Saturday, August 1, 2015 Event: 2015 Warren Wilson College MFA Alumni Conference Place: Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Tuesday afternoon session: Mary Bonina presents for her panel on "Growing up: Retelling or Transforming the Stories of Childhood." With Susan Sterling, Alison Moore, and Michael Jarmer. Thursday evening: Mary reads from My Father's Eyes.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Event: Library Without Walls Time: 2-3 PM Place: Broadcast and Recorded at Perkins School, Watertown, MA
For pre-registered patrons of Talking Books (audio books for the blind). Via telephone conference nation-wide, Mary Bonina discusses her memoir My Father's Eyes and facilitates a discussion of her book with those who have read it. The book was made available via The Braille and Talking Book Library at Perkins. The recording, narrated by the author at the Clive V. Lacey Studio on campus, was published in 2014.
Sunday, October 25, 2015 Event: 17th Annual Writers' Conference Place: Cambridge Center for Adult Education, The Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Register for an All Day or just afternoon workshop. Note: All workshop registrations, or registration only for the Keynote address (fee $15), includes lunch at noon. Mary Bonina delivers the Keynote Address at 1-2 PM. She will also be teaching an afternoon workshop on writing memoir at 2PM (fee $44). To register (required) or for more information about other conference offerings, go to: Cambridge Center for Adult Education