...taking place in the Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose Garden, Jacob L. Loose Memorial Park

Free and Open to the Public!  

Our 2019 Event Dates... ​
Please Join Us.  It's something different to do!

These events are FREE & open to the public.

Readings occur in the Rose Garden's Garden Center (just west of the Shelter)
52nd Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64112

These events are in partnership
with ​The Writers Place! 

Saturday, May 11, 2019 -- 2p - 330p
in the Garden Center's Rose Room

• Jermaine Thompson, poet
• Roderick Townley, children’s author
• Maryfrances Wagner, poet
• Karin L. Frank, short story writer

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Saturday, June 15, 2019 -- 2p - 330p
​in the Garden Center's Fern Room

• Lindsey Weishar, poet
• John Peterson, poet
• Alistair Heim, children’s author
• Winners of the Children’s Rose Garden Poetry Contest will receive their awards & share their poems

Saturday, October 5, 2019 -- 2p - 330p
in the Garden Center's Rose Room

• Jason Preu, poet
• Melvina Young, humor writer
• Pat Lawson, short story writer
• Charlotte Seley, poet

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Some of our fabulous readers who have presented to receptive crowds !