Wednesday, July 1st at 7:00pm We are thrilled to be a part of this fabulous reading over at Scuppernong Books, featuring Debra Kaufman, Kevin Boyle, Richard Krawiec, and Ralph Earle. Celebrate Summer, have a glass of wine, and listen to the Poetry of
June 27th Community Fundraiser for Go Conscious Earth
Sable Books is proud to be a sponsor for this fabulous poetry reading and fundraiser by the inimitable Jaki Shelton Green, along with music by Godi Godar and Dean Deboer. Join us and attend the silent auction to raise money
3 Presses, 4 Poets, and Homemade Sangria
Saturday, June 6 at 4:00pm We are thrilled to be a part of this fabulous reading over at The Regulator Bookshop, featuring Debra Kaufman, Kevin Boyle, Richard Krawiec, and Ralph Earle. Celebrate Summer by sipping Sangria and listening to the
Poetry Month Workshops at Old Books on Front Street
Wilmington area writers and friends, we’re excited to be coming your way this weekend to celebrate National Poetry Month and participate in the Couplet Festival: Two Days of Verse Poetry at Old Books on Front Street. Here’s the description from
The Way the Rain Works, by Ralph Earle
This is a deeply felt book about a family in crisis that lives inside you and lends itself to multiple readings. Sad, but not without its small, yet sustaining, redemptions: “In the evening, overflowing with secret love,/ I dangle my feet above the receding/ spillway and listen: ripples. The moon’s/ reflection rides them like a blessing.
February Chapbook Contest Winner Announced
Sable Books would like to personally thank everyone who submitted and shared their work with us for our inaugural 25/25/25 February Chapbook Contest. What a pleasure it was to read and sit with the poetry from beginning to end, throughout
CHAPBOOK CONTEST FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
What an honor it was to read for our first chapbook contest over at Sable Books. The competition was brilliant, and it was such a pleasure to see the many perspectives and ideas and themes that people are writing about
CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS | February Chapbook Contest
Sable Books is now closed for submissions for our February chapbook contest. Thank you for your participation! We are excited to announce we are open for submissions January 25 through February 28. Enter early for the best chance at winning. Our final judge has published
How Far Light Will Travel, by Steve Roberts
Experiences that sear but do not wither the soul. Steve Roberts has established himself a voice that does not falsify the cruel circumstances that have commanded these powerful poems to be written.
Unabated honesty and fastidious craftsmanship make these lines almost unnerving in their intensities. Strong stuff — and strongly recommended.
and so she told me, by Barbara Kenyon
A beautifully illustrated memoir in poetry form, by Hillsborough’s poet laureate, Barbara Kenyon.