

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Derek Sheffield - Washington State Poet Laurette Reading/Signing
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us in welcoming Derek Sheffield for a special evening of poetry and sharing on Tuesday Feb 3rd at 6:30 pm.

Derek Sheffield is the 8th poet laureate of Washington State. His books include Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, winner of a 2024 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, 'Not for Luck', selected by Mark Doty for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, 'Through the Second Skin', runner-up for the Emily Dickinson First Book Award, and 'Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy'. A two-time finalist for the Washington State Book Award, his other awards include the Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year in Nature Writing and the James Hearst Poetry Prize judged by Li-Young Lee.  He teaches at Wenatchee Valley College and Western Colorado University, edits poetry for Terrain.org, and can often be found in the woods along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range near Leavenworth, Washington.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kirkland/derek-sheffield-washington-state-poet-laurette-reading-signing/200029501764406
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Kirkland
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 609 Market Street, Kirkland, WA, United States, Washington 98033
- **lat**: 47.67993
- **long**: -122.20985
- **full address**: 609 Market Street, Kirkland, WA, United States, Washington 98033

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- **organizer**: BookTree (https://allevents.in/org/booktree/26130553)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 609 Market Street, Kirkland, WA, United States, Washington 98033
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** BookTree
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Derek Sheffield - Washington State Poet Laurette Reading/Signing ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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