Pelican Bay Books April poetry readings

April is National Poetry Month and Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes has a full line up of poets coming every Saturday, along with music and some local student poets. Start time is 7 p.m. and lasts through about 8:30 p.m.

The line up:

April 8th: Alice Derry and Kate Reavey are crossing over from Port Townsend on the ferry, both reading from new books.

April 15th: Claudia Castro Luna, Kathleen Flenniken, both former Washington poet laureates, and the wonderful Susan Rich, all coming up from Seattle. They participated in last October’s Skagit River Poetry Festival in La Conner. If you missed that y...