# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Carolyn B. Flynn & Maggie Paul
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 at 06:45 pm
- **Event Description**: The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium welcomes you to enjoy a free evening of poetry featuring Carolyn Brigit Flynn and Maggie Paul on Saturday, December 13 @ 5:30 PM at the Pacific Grove Public Library (550 Central Avenue, PG, 93950).

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Carolyn Brigit Flynn is a poet, author, and teacher. Her memoir The Light of Ordinary Days, about her journey to reclaim her ancestral Irish homeland, is forthcoming in June 2026.  Her works include the poetry collection Communion: In Praise of the Sacred Earth, and three literary anthologies, most recently Sacred Stone, Sacred Water: Women Writers and Artists Encounter Ireland.  Her poems have appeared nationwide, including in Catamaran, Kosmos, Calyx, Porter Gulch Review, and elsewhere. She also publishes essays and poetry on her Substack newsletter called “Writing to Feed the Soul.” For more than 25 years, Carolyn has taught popular writing groups and intensives in the U.S, and also offers periodic writing retreats and tours in Ireland. She lives in Santa Cruz with her wife, the poet Jean Mahoney. Visit www.carolynbrigitflynn.com and www.carolynbrigitflynn.substack.com/.

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Maggie Paul is the author of Scrimshaw (Hummingbird Press, 2020), Borrowed World (Hummingbird Press, 2011), and the chapbook Stones from the Baskets of Others (Black Dirt Press, 2000). Her poems appear in such journals as Poetry Miscellany, Moonstone, Red Wheelbarrow, SALT, The Jung Journal of Culture, Poetry Miscellany, and others. A co-founder of Poetry Santa Cruz, Maggie taught creative writing, composition and reading at UCSC, CSUMB, Cabrillo College, De Anza College, and Gavilan College. Her poems, interviews, and book reviews can be viewed at https://maggiepaulpoetry.com.

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Our next reading will be held on January 10, featuring former and current Santa Cruz Poet Laureates, Farnaz Fatemi and Nancy Miller Gomez.


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The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium seeks to showcase the finest talents of the diverse Central Coast literary community, from Big Sur to Santa Cruz to the Salinas Valley and beyond. Free readings are held on the second Saturday of each month at the Pacific Grove Public Library. All are welcome. Follow us on Facebook, or contact Kent Leatham (kent.leatham.poet@gmail.com) for more information. This series is graciously co-sponsored by the Whitney Latham Lechich Poetry Trust.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/pacific-grove/the-monterey-bay-poetry-consortium-presents-carolyn-b-flynn-and-maggie-paul/200029235951744
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://maggiepaulpoetry.com.?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=pacific+grove-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Pacific Grove
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Pacific Grove Public Library
- **lat**: 36.62225
- **long**: -121.91628
- **full address**: Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Ave,Pacific Grove, California, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Carolyn B. Flynn & Maggie Paul being held?
  - **A:** The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Carolyn B. Flynn & Maggie Paul takes place on Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 at 06:45 pm at Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Ave,Pacific Grove, California, United States.
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  - **A:** The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Carolyn B. Flynn & Maggie Paul is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Pacific Grove, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Carolyn B. Flynn & Maggie Paul sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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