Readings & Events
Upcoming - Grafting Book Tour
Grafting — Reading with Rylan Hynes
Thursday, June 25th @ 7pm
Women & Children First
Chicago, IL
Pride Panel
Saturday, June 27th @ 3pm
Anodyne Books
Searsport, ME
Grafting — Rylan Hynes in Conversation with William Carpenter
Sunday, June 28th @ 5pm
Hidden Barn Books
Bar Harbor, ME
Grafting — Rylan Hynes in Conversation with Mo Drammeh
Thursday, July 9th @ 7pm
Book Space
Bangor, ME
Book Sales by The Briar Patch
Grafting — Rylan Hynes with Rebecca Turkewitz and Lewis Robinson
Wednesday, July 15th @ 6pm
Devaney, Doak & Garrett Booksellers
Farmington, ME
Presented in Partnership with the Longfellow Young Writers Workshop
Grafting — Rylan Hynes with Jennifer Dupree
Sunday, August 2nd @ 4pm
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library
Lovell, ME
Grafting Book Launch at the Equality Community Center
(photo by Nathan Conroy)
Past
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