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Catamaran Catamaran Literary Reader is a quarterly magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and fine art. View our website at www.catamaranliteraryreader.com

Catamaran is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with public charity status. Each quarterly issue features at least ten poets, five fiction authors, and five creative nonfiction authors along with work from at least 10 different visual artists and photographers. Catamaran is primarily a print publication. We also hold public events to celebrate the release of each issue and to connect the public with artists and writers featured in our pages.

Wednesday, May 7th, 5:30-7:30, Catamaran will host readings by contributors to our Garden Issue at the 🌸 Hakone Gardens ...
04/22/2025

Wednesday, May 7th, 5:30-7:30, Catamaran will host readings by contributors to our Garden Issue at the 🌸 Hakone Gardens 🌸

🌺 Readings by: Caitlin Callaghan, Christie Cochrell, Margaret Chula, Hilary King, Amethyst Loscocco, Lisa Allen Ortiz, Jiang Pu_writer, Rebekah Wolman, and Joann Zhang.

5:30-6:00 - Stroll in the Gardens 🌿
6:00-6:30 - Reception in the Madrone Mound
6:30-7:30 - Readings in the Lower House

21000 Big Basin Way in Saratoga, CA.
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/catamaran-garden-issue-launch-event-tickets-1332058204949?aff=oddtdtcreator

We enjoyed seeing everyone at our First Friday Lit Chat with author Syed Haider, who travelled all the way from Chicago!...
04/05/2025

We enjoyed seeing everyone at our First Friday Lit Chat with author Syed Haider, who travelled all the way from Chicago! We celebrated his new short story collection The Dying Sun and had a very interesting literary discussion with several local Santa Cruz authors attending too!

That’s a wrap !!! We had so much fun and look forward to our continued connection on the page! 📚 ✍️ 📚
03/30/2025

That’s a wrap !!! We had so much fun and look forward to our continued connection on the page! 📚 ✍️ 📚

Day 1 of AWP was wonderful! We saw old and new friends of Catamaran and enjoyed a visit by Iris Jamahl Dunkle signing he...
03/28/2025

Day 1 of AWP was wonderful! We saw old and new friends of Catamaran and enjoyed a visit by Iris Jamahl Dunkle signing her new book!

If you’re at AWP, come by booth 926 and say hi! 👋

More book signings on Friday 3/28

- 📗 2PM: Jeanne Wagner will be signing her new award winning poetry collection, "One Needful Song"

- 📙 3PM: Brad Crenshaw will be signing his award winning poetry collection, "Chased by Lunacies and Wonders"

- 📚 4PM: Charles Hood will be signing his collections of essays on nature, "Wild Sonoma, A Salad only the Devil Would Eat, A Californian's Guide to Birds Among Us"

Visit us at booth 926 at the AWP Conference & Bookfair this coming week in LA!🌺 Special Offer: Purchase a subscription a...
03/22/2025

Visit us at booth 926 at the AWP Conference & Bookfair this coming week in LA!

🌺 Special Offer: Purchase a subscription and get the brand new Garden Issue in addition to the 4 print editions.

✍️ Book signings 📚

- Thursday, 3/27 at 1:00PM : Iris Jamahl Dunkle will be signing her new biography, "Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb"

- Friday, 3/28 at 2:00PM: Jeanne Wagner will be signing her new award winning poetry collection, "One Needful Song"

- Friday, 3/28 at 3:00PM: Brad Crenshaw will be signing his award winning poetry collection, "Chased by Lunacies and Wonders"

- Friday, 3/38 at 4:00PM: Charles Hood will be signing his collections of essays on nature, "Wild Sonoma, A Salad only the Devil Would Eat, A Californian's Guide to Birds Among Us"

Copies of the special Garden Issue are making their way out into the world! Have you snagged a copy yet? While you wait,...
03/03/2025

Copies of the special Garden Issue are making their way out into the world! Have you snagged a copy yet? While you wait, check out the table of contents and the online features: an interview with Jessica Lee, a short story by Patrick Murphy, nonfiction by Christie Chochrell, poetry by Tina Kelley, a translation of Mauricio Montiel Figueiras...
https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-issue-2025

In our Special Garden Issue 2025 edition, we invite you to enter our pages consisting of literary works with settings th...
02/23/2025

In our Special Garden Issue 2025 edition, we invite you to enter our pages consisting of literary works with settings that span from public gardens to imaginary gardens, themes of flowers, plants, and the organic world, in a narrative accompanied by a range of visual artworks exploring gardens from landscape and still life paintings to abstraction and realism.

https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-issue-2025

Thank you to friends who came out on a chilly Friday evening to celebrate poetry at our First Friday Lit Chat. It was a ...
02/08/2025

Thank you to friends who came out on a chilly Friday evening to celebrate poetry at our First Friday Lit Chat. It was a lovely reading by Jackie Berger…and great discussion too, she was so inspiring!

Join us to celebrate Jackie Berger's new poetry collection "Left at the Ruin" on Friday, Feb 7th! This event is part of ...
01/30/2025

Join us to celebrate Jackie Berger's new poetry collection "Left at the Ruin" on Friday, Feb 7th! This event is part of the First Friday art walk at the Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz. Reception: 6:00pm | Reading: 6:30pm | Book signing: 7:00pm
https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/2025/2/7/lit-chat-with-jackie-berger

Of the book, Alberto Rios writes, “These poems, these words, they are quiet fires every one. ‘All of my ages swarm / against the mismatch of time.’ We may know that sensibility ourselves intellectually, but in these poems we are made to truly feel it.”

Come on over and follow us on BlueSky for all the latest Catamaran updates about new issues, events, workshops, and more...
01/23/2025

Come on over and follow us on BlueSky for all the latest Catamaran updates about new issues, events, workshops, and more! We are especially excited to share the upcoming garden-themed issue soon... 👀💚
https://bsky.app/profile/catamaranlit.bsky.social

We’re open today at the Tannery Arts Center’s winter art market festival. It’s on now until 5pm. It’s the perfect thing ...
12/14/2024

We’re open today at the Tannery Arts Center’s winter art market festival. It’s on now until 5pm. It’s the perfect thing to do on a rainy day…visit our warm, cozy studio! We have a special today too…buy a gift subscription and get two free back issues of Catamaran! We have cookies too ;)

Thank you to the readers and poetry fans who attended our event to launch Jeanne Wagner's book One Needful Song, winner ...
12/14/2024

Thank you to the readers and poetry fans who attended our event to launch Jeanne Wagner's book One Needful Song, winner of the 2024 Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets. It was a treat to be surrounded by the special exhibition on Lawrence Ferlinghetti at the San Francisco Historical Society Museum too. A magical evening!

We are thrilled to congratulate our Pushcart Prize nominees! 🥳 Juhea Kim, Amethyst Loscocco, Michael Spence, Kate Blakin...
11/27/2024

We are thrilled to congratulate our Pushcart Prize nominees! 🥳 Juhea Kim, Amethyst Loscocco, Michael Spence, Kate Blakinger, AJ Francia, and Melissa Sojourner. 🥳

Join us Dec. 7th at the San Francisco Historical Society for the launch of Jeanne Wagner's book "One Needful Song," wi...
11/27/2024

Join us Dec. 7th at the San Francisco Historical Society for the launch of Jeanne Wagner's book "One Needful Song," winner of our 2024 Catamaran Poetry Prize!
5-6pm - Reception featuring Equinox Champagne and appetizers, a tour of the special Lawrence Ferlinghetti exhibit, and ongoing San Francisco history collection.
6-7pm - Poetry reading by Jeanne Wagner and book signing.
Your $20 ticket includes the book.
Get your tickets here: https://poetryprize2024.bpt.me

Thank you to everyone who attended our fall issue launch event at the Mechanics Institute Library in San Francisco. We v...
11/20/2024

Thank you to everyone who attended our fall issue launch event at the Mechanics Institute Library in San Francisco. We very much appreciated the enthusiasm for literary arts from a standing room only crowd!

Congratulations to Khaled Juma on the Pushcart Prize special mention for his stunning poem "When the War is Over" featur...
11/13/2024

Congratulations to Khaled Juma on the Pushcart Prize special mention for his stunning poem "When the War is Over" featured in the Spring 2023 issue of Catamaran! Here's a preview but you can read the full piece here:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50a3e7b0e4b0216a96954b82/t/6733ba82c46a402d63a40268/1731443331799/Juma_When+the+war+is+over.pdf

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Catamaran is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with public charity status. Each quarterly issue features poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction authors along with work from different visual artists and photographers. Catamaran is a print publication with online features and podcasts. We also host many public events not only to celebrate the release of each issue but also to connect the public with poets and writers featured in our pages.