2025
October 10-20, 2025 India
Goddesses of India Creative Retreat with Annie Finch
Himalayan Writing Retreat
Utterakhand, India
Further Info
2024
November 8-10, 2024 Vermont
Meter, Magic, and Matriarchy
Spiral Summit Poetry Conference
Brattleboro, VT
Info TBA
September 20-22 Upstate NY
Equinox Poetry Harvest Retreat
Poetry and Ritual Weekend
Annie Finch and Joshua Davis
The Poetry Barn, West Hurley
June 16 Online
Rattlecast Interview by Tim Green
With prompts and open mic
Link to Event
May 25 New York, NY
Brooklyn Poetry Festival
Panel and Reading
More Info
May 10-12 Sintra, Portugal
Poetry of the Goddesses of Love
Portuguese Goddess Conference
Information
May 1 Brooklyn, NY
Witches Flower, Witches Fire
Collaborative Performance
Annie Finch, Haleh LIza Gafori, Kassandra Khalil, Ingrid Norton
Doors 6:30/Show 7:00 PM
Five Myles Gallery, Broooklyn
April 27 Online
Structural Repetition Poetry Workshop
Writers and Books Festival
April 26 Chicago, IL
Choice Words and the Literature of Abortion
Interviewed by Katie Garner
Seminary Bookstore
April 25 Chicago IL
Choice Words: Writers on Abortion
Chicago Abortion Fund Fundraiser
Annie Finch, Tara Betts, Debra Bruce, Cin Salach
Haymarket House
April 22-26 Chicago IL
Writer in Residence
Lake Forest College
2023
November 19 Online Workshop
10:30 AM-1:30 PM ET
“How to Scan a Poem”
Brooklyn Poets
November 4 Mumbai, India
Metre, Magic, Mother: An Introduction to Goddess Poetry around the World, 4:30-6:00 PM
Godrej Dance Academy Theatre, National Center for the Performing Arts
October 7 Bangalore, India
Poetry Reading and Discussion, 6:30 pm to 8 pm
Bangalore International Centre
September 26-October 1 Uttarakhand, India
Writing and Performing Poetic Meters
Himalayan Writing Retreat
September 21 New Delhi, India
3:00-4:00 PM
“Meter and Magic in Contemporary Poetry:
A Reading, Lecture, and Discussion with American Feminist Poet Annie Finch”
Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia University
August 29-September 10 Portland, Maine
Poet in Residence
Space Gallery
Event Details TBA
June 23 Brooklyn, NY
Poetry Reading, 7 pm
Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Ave.
May 20-21 Upstate NY
Poetry Reading, 7 pm
Workshop: Rooted Revision
May 4-7 Syracuse, NY
Writing the Rhythms of Water
ASWM Women and Mythology Conference
March 29 Mexico
Poetry Reading, 7 pm
Casa del Encanto, Barra Da Potosi
March 20 and 27 Online
Choice Words: The Literature of Abortion
Politics & Prose Bookstore
March 11 Seattle, Washington
AWP Writing Conference Panel
Writing Abortion in the Wake of Roe
February 18 Online
Maternal Gift Economy Salon, 12-1 PM ET
Giving and Receiving the Gifts of Love
February 13 Online
Politics & Prose Bookstore
Love Sonnets: A Celebration
February 12 Online
“Center of Gravity,” 4 PM ET
Reading for Black Earth Institute
2022
December 1 CLASS
Meter and Magic Workshop Begins
Online Poetry Witchery Workshop
Details and Register
October 31
Samhain Interview
Magick and Alchemy Podcast by Tamed Wild
with Kristen Lisenby and Kate Belew
Details and Listen
October 31
Sonnet Class Begins
Poetry Deep Dive: Renaissance of the Sonnet
Politics and Prose Bookstore
Details and Register
October 3-November 2
Poet-in-Residence
West Chester University
West Chester, PA
Details
April 24-27
Keynote Lecture
Poetry by the Sea Conference
Madison, CA
Details
January 29
Panelist: The Misuse and Abuse of the Gifts of Language
Maternal Gift Economy Movement Salons
with Miigam’agan, Susan Petrilli, Vandana Shiva, Genevieve Vaughan, Moderated by Letecia Layson
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“This woman is worth her weight in gold.”
“Annie’s performance was magical!”
“Annie Finch taught me how to discover the music in my own body.”
—Patricia Smith
“Annie is a poem-whisperer.”
“Her poems have depths and delights that appear to go on forever.”
— Ron Silliman
“Annie Finch is the teacher many of us yearn for, and some of us are lucky enough to work with . . .there is such a need for her earth- and heart-based teachings.”
“Annie is a force of nature.”
“Finch is a poet in her bones. . .”
“An oracle, an ecstatic maenad.”
—Patricia Monaghan
“She gives beautiful guidance.”
“An absolute revelation.”