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Welcome
Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective dedicated to providing an alternative publishing avenue for Northern California poets. Founded in 1999 by seven writers, the press is named for the sixteen rivers that flow into San Francisco Bay.
Visit our online bookshop to learn about our 60-plus books of outstanding poetry.
News and Events
Reading and Book Events for Sixteen Rivers Press
Wednesday, May 28, 6 pm
Readers’ Books Sonoma
Readers: Patrick Cahill, Terry Ehret, Nancy J. Morales, Moira Magneson
Location: 130 East Napa Street, Sonoma, CA
Saturday, May 31, 3 to 5 pm
Sixteen Rivers Presents
Readers: Camille Norton, Rosa Lane
Location: Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA
Monday, June 2, 6:15 to 8:15 pm
Rivertown Poets
Readers: Christina Lloyd, Murray Silverstein, Alice Templeton
Location: Aqus Cafe, 189 H Street, Petaluma, CA
Monday, June 16, 6 pm
Napa Bookmine
Readers: Patrick Cahill, Terry Ehret, Nancy J. Morales, Moira Magneson
Location: 1625 Second Street, Napa, CA
Saturday, August 23, 3 pm
Sixteen Rivers Presents
Readers: Patrick Cahill,Terry Ehret, Nancy J. Morales, Moira Magneson
Location: Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA
Monday, September 1, 6:15 pm (online)
Rivertown Poets
Readers: Patrick Cahill, Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong, Terry Ehret, Nancy J. Morales, Moira Magneson
Location: Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/6508887879 (Passcode: 2241991)
Sunday, September 21
Petaluma Poetry Walk
Sixteen Rivers Reading, 11 am
Readers: Patrick Cahill, Judy Halebsky, Moira Magneson
Location: Petaluma Hotel, 205 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, CA
Sixteen Rivers Reading, TBD
Readers: Terry Ehret, Nancy J. Morales
Location: TBD
Sunday, October 19, 2 to 5 pm
Sixteen Rivers Fall Fundraiser
Readers: Kim Addonizio and D. A. Powell
Location: Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA
Saturday, November 1, 3 to 5 pm
Sixteen Rivers Presents
A Celebration of Poetry Flash
Readers: Joyce Jenkins, Richard Silberg
Location: Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA
Welcoming Our Newest Member, Lenore Myers
Lenore Myers’s poems and essays can be found in The Southern Review, The Massachusetts Review, Southern Indiana Review, LIT, and One, among other literary journals. Her chapbook, Regards to Balthus, was published in 2023 by Seven Kitchens Press. She teaches English as...
Announcement: Jacqueline Kudler
With great sadness, we announce that Jacqueline Kudler, a founding member of Sixteen Rivers Press, has died at age 89 from complications of ALS. She was a wonderful poet; an ardent and active supporter of the press from its founding up to the time of her death; and a...
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