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2020
Donna is scheduling OUTDOOR events only until further notice for the safety of everyone. Masks required.
Aug 29: Donna will sign her new book, Bible Poems, in front of Hickory Stick Bookshop on Independent Bookstore Day. POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER (new date TBD)
Sept 13: Donna is the guest artist at the Watertown Farmers' Market. She'll be signing her newest book, Bible Poems, along with a few of her previous poetry collections and children's books, including Teensy Meensy Mice. 9 AM to 1 PM
Sept 17: "Tent Talk" time! Donna will discuss her newest book, Bible Poems, and answer questions about the writing and publishing process. Free event, but registration is appreciated at the Litchfield Community Center. 5 PM to 6:30 PM
Job Loss, A Journey in Poetry at Tina's Cafe
Silas Bronson Library
Signing at Foxwoods Resort & Casino
National Poetry Month at Byrd's Books
With CT Poet Laureate Marilyn Nelson at Byrd's Books
What's Wrong with Ordinary? at Hickory Stick
We Walk Together at Hickory Stick
Fish Tales, Tugs and Sails in New London, CT
Emerson Theater/Riverwalk Restaurant
"Chicks with Books" Book Club
Barnes & Noble
School Visits
Warren Library
Poetry reading at Bank Square Books
Poetry at Fairfield University Bookstore
Setting up for a school visit
Signing children's books with Kate Duke
Her House and Other Poems at Hickory Stick
No Winter Maintenance, Hickory Stick
Moderating a poetry panel at the Oxford Grange
Book Club Bookstore authors' tent, S. Windsor Farmers' Market
Reading Hush That Hullabaloo at a summer Scottish festival
Reading Hullabaloo and making sheep masks, Gunn Memorial Library
Poetry afternoon at Byrd's Books
Summer 2018 Event
TEENSY MEENSY MICE with Ed Heck at Books of Wonder, NYC
18th Annual Cat in the Hat Ball, Mitchell College
Independent Bookstore day, Hickory Stick
Poetry reading at Byrd's Books with Faith Vincinanza, Gail Carson Levine, Sydney Eddison, Alan Katz, Donna Marie Merritt, Jack Sheedy
Round Hill Highland Games, Lakeville, CT
Authors Donna Marie Merritt and Leslie Connor at the 2019 CASL Conference
Job Loss, A Journey in Poetry at Tina's Cafe
