Poets in Conversation
May 23 2026, 4 to 6pm
Chaparral Books, Portland, OR
Hear Linda Knowlton Appel and Peg Edera read from their book Moon-Marked and other work. Moon-Marked’s poems touch on family, nature, art, spirituality, and connections across generations. We’ll hear wise reflections and an invitation to reflect deeply on our own connections to family and the wider world.
ONGOING EVENTS
Generative Writing Workshop
On Demand
2 hr container minimum
Peg offers generative writing workshops for small groups on a monthly, seasonal, or one-day basis. The workshops are often themed, working with various poems and prompts, to inspire new explorations and ways of expressing. Reach out to craft your own writing workshop.
Interested in creative collaboration?
Milwaukee Poetry Series
February 11 2026
Portland, OR
Linda Knowlton Appel and Peg Edera read from their book Moon-Marked and other work. The reading will be at the Ledding Library in the Community Room on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 6 PM. It will also be livestreamed on the Ledding Library YouTube channel.
Reading with Melody Wilson
August 2025
Annie Blooms Bookstore
Peg and Melody united for an evening to share from their recent and upcoming books at Annie Bloom’s Bookstore.
Book Launch
July 27th 2025
Maplewood Coffee, Portland OR
Debuting her newest book of poetry, Reclaiming the Nectar and the Hum at Maplewood Coffee.
Milwaukee Poetry Series
July 11th 2025
Portland, OR
Peg and her cousin, Linda Appel read from their collaborative collection, Moon-Marked.
Chatter PDX
July 6 2025
Portland, OR
Chatter PDX is a performing art series blending music, spoken word, and community. Peg read a selection of poems, featuring her book, Reclaiming the Nectar and the Hum.
Reading with Linda Appel
May 15th 2025
Portland, OR
Reading at Annie Blooms Bookstore for Moon-Marked.
PAST EVENTS
Sheila is speaking with Portland, Oregon poet and spiritual director Peg Edera about her work with others and her poetry collection Love Is Deeper Than Distance: Poems of Love, Death, a Little Sex, Als, Dementia and the Widow’s Life Thereafter about the years of her marriage, caring for her husband until his death from ALS and her life as a widow.
Elliot Bay Bookstore Reading
2019
Seattle, WA
Reading at Elliot Bay Bookstore from her first book, Love Is Deeper Than Distance: Poems of Love, Death, a Little Sex, Als, Dementia and the Widow’s Life Thereafter.
Westhills Meeting House Reading
2018
Portland, OR
Reading at Westhills Meeting House from Love Is Deeper Than Distance: Poems of Love, Death, a Little Sex, Als, Dementia and the Widow’s Life Thereafter.