Please join us for another special Worcester Wednesday double feature edition of our monthly open mic and featured poetry reading series The Poetorium (formerly held at the Starlite in Southbridge) at TidePool Bookshop on June 25th from 5 pm to 7 pm hosted by Ron Whittle and Paul Szlosek. It will be a full two hours of poetry and spoken word starting with a brief interview on stage with our two featured poets Ron McGilvray (Author of Empty Chairs) and Linda Warren (Author of They Say) followed by poetry readings by our two features, a 10-minute dead poet tribute, a short intermission, and then an open mic (with 5-minute slots for each reader). Books by both featured poets will be available for purchase in the store that evening. For more information, please get in touch with us at
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Ronald C. McGilvray, is a Kathleen Downey Short Fiction First Place Award winner and has been writing poetry and short stories for much of his adult life. His poetry has appeared in online poetry collections and media publications including The Worcester Magazine. He has also self-published twelve volumes of poetry available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. McGilvray has assumed many roles and responsibilities in his life from withstanding the heat of a local foundry to eventually landing in the Editor’s chair at the Auburn News. He now fancies himself a poet. Born and raised in Boston, Ron has traveled world-wide and lived all over New England and now resides in Spencer, MA with his wife Sandra.
Linda Warren‘s poems have appeared in such journals as Worcester Review, Diner, Whiskey Island Magazine, Writing the Land, and others. She is a past winner of the Frank O’Hara Prize for Poetry, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has taught writing workshops for adults and young adults, is a past editor of The Worcester Review, and serves on the board of the Worcester County Poetry Association. She has worked as a teacher, Romance novelist, and software analyst. Linda fishes the trout and salmon rivers of New England and New Brunswick as often as she can. Her collection of poetry They Say, which has been described as “a dialogue with the world of untamed rivers, their creatures, and their power of redemption” was published by Finishing Line Press, and just released at the end of March, 2025.
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