Readings & Events
Upcoming - Grafting Book Tour & More
Grafting — Rylan Hynes with Rebecca Turkewitz and Lewis Robinson
Wednesday, July 15th @ 6pm
Morrison Hill Orchard
Farmington, ME
Presented in Partnership with the Longfellow Young Writers Workshop
Book Sales by Devaney, Doak & Garrett Booksellers
Grafting — Rylan Hynes Signing
Saturday, July 25th from 11am - 1pm
Letterpress Books & Gifts
Portland, ME
Grafting — Rylan Hynes Signing
Saturday, August 1st from 12pm - 2pm
Barnes & Noble
Augusta, ME
Grafting — Rylan Hynes with Jennifer Dupree
Sunday, August 2nd @ 4pm
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library
Lovell, ME
Signing with Islandport Press
Saturday, August 15th @ 11am
Maine Print & Book Fest
Waterville, ME
Signing with Islandport Press
Saturday, August 22nd @ 11am
Maine Book Festival
Thomaston, ME
Grafting — Rylan Hynes in Conversation with Nina MacLaughlin
Wednesday, August 25th @ 6:30pm
All She Wrote Books
Somerville, MA
PITCH Author Panel with Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
Saturday, September 12th @ 12:30pm
Mechanics’ Hall
Portland, ME
Grafting Book Launch at the Equality Community Center
(photo by Nathan Conroy)
Past
7/9/2026 Grafting Reading | in Conversation with Mo Drammeh @ Book Space with The Briar Patch
6/28/2026 Grafting Reading | in Conversation with William Carpenter @ Hidden Barn Books
6/27/2026 Pride Panel | with Miriam Rimkunas and Robert Monroe @ Anodyne Books
6/25/2026 Grafting Reading | Women & Children First Bookstore
6/11/2026 Grafting Reading | in Conversation with William Carpenter @ Blue Hill Public Library
Presented in Partnership with Blue Hill Books
6/6/2026 Grafting Reading | in Conversation with Renee Cunningham @ Michel-Paul Artist Studio
Presented in Partnership with the Hallowell Pride Alliance and Oliver & Friends Bookshop
6/4/2026 Grafting Reading | in Conversation with Shannon Bowring @ Fiction Bookshop
Presented in Partnership with Fedco
6/3/2026 Grafting Book Launch | in Conversation with Gia Drew @ Equality Community Center
Presented in Partnership with EqualityMaine, Equality Community Center, and Print: A Bookstore
2/14/2026 To Sleep on the Same Pillow | A Queer Love Letter Reading Event @ Mechanics’ Hall
October 3rd - December 31st, 2025 Nonsense: Collaboration in Spontaneous Illustrations @ Portland Public Library
7/29/2025 Port Veritas @ Equality Community Center
7/1/2025 Horror & Hope: Writing Queer Lit in 2025 @ Print: A Bookstore
5/20/2025 Monster Beauties Book Launch @ SPACE |Trans Poetics Archive
3/18/2025 Come As You Are: A Community Resistance Event @ SPACE | Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance