Agenda

Secret Kingdoms is delighted to welcome back local poet Julie Weiss to discuss her latest book and lead an open “Spoken Word” Poetry evening. All poets are cordially invited to participate! Details below:

Julie (she/her) is the author of The Places We Empty, her debut collection published by Kelsay books, and two chapbooks, The Jolt and Breath Ablaze: Twenty-One Love Poems in Homage to Adrienne Rich, Volumes I and II, published by Bottlecap Press. Her second collection, Rooming with Elephants, was published in February, 2025 with Kelsay Books. "Poem Written in the Eight Seconds I Lost Sight of My Children" (page 33) was selected as a 2023 finalist for Best of the Net. She won Sheila-Na-Gig´s editor´s choice award for "Cumbre Vieja" and was a finalist for the 2022 Saguaro Prize.

Recent work appears in Rise Up Review, The Madrid Review, The Westchester Review, and others. Originally from California, she lives with her wife and children in Spain. You can find her at https://www.julieweisspoet.com/

This event will take start with a short interview with Julie discussing her latest book and its evolution, and reading poems from it. Julie will then ask several local poets to come on stage and read from their work. If you would like to be one of them, please drop us a short email to hello@thesecretkingdoms.net  (In order to accommodate a good range of poets, stage time is limited to a max. of 5 mins each)

The event is free, places are limited and we ask you to buy a 3€ voucher, redeemable at the event.  Drinks and Snacks will be served.