East End Ink

East End Ink on WPKN Radio - 89.5 FM Bridgeport and wpkn.org 

East End Ink is a monthly literary review based on Long Island’s east end. 

The program is recorded at Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor and other venues on eastern Long Island. 

It airs on WPKN 89.5FM Bridgeport and wpkn.org on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 8:00 PM (New time) and also at 6:30 am!

Programs from January 2008 are at http://EastEndInk.blogspot.com 

Programs from April 2021 are at http:/MoreEastEndInk.blogspot.com 

Podcasts of earlier programs are at: http://soundcloud.com/wpkn895/sets/east-end--on-wpkn

 

Canios Poetry Celebration

 
Celebrating Poetry at Canios

Canios Books in Sag Harbor celebrated its history as a home for poetry
as the store prepared to move this fall from its home on Main Street.

Poets Philip Schulz, Grace Schulman, and Jill Bilosky read their work at a July gathering.

The poets were introduced by Canios' Maryann Calendrille.   
  

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Simon van Booy reads Sipsworth

Simon Van Booy reads from Sipsworth.

He was recorded at Canios Books in Sag Harbor.

The novel was published in 2024 by David R Godine.

Van Booy is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories, including The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter, which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. 

He is the editor of three philosophy books and has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, and the BBC

 

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Earth Day at Canios Books

Area writers and readers celebrated Earth Day 2024 at Canios Books in Sag Harbor

The readers were:

 

Actress Kate Mueth reading the work of her son August Gladstone

Sag Harbor bee keeper Mary Woltz reading the work of Wendell Berry and Charles Eisenstein Heidi Rain reading the work of Joy Harjo 

and Scott Chaskey reading from his latest work Soil and Spirit.

 

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John Steinbeck Read-In

Today we present a community reading of the work of John Steinbeck.

The Nobel prize winning author spent his last years in Sag Harbor.

The event was presented at Canios Books in Sag Harbor in March of 2024.                     

The readers included John Avlon, Susan Merrell, Alex Rachel, Lori Raimondo, Chelsea Mitchell, Zak Martellucci and Tom Clavin. 

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2024 Afro-American Writers Read-In

Readers gathered at Canios Books this month for the annual read-in of Afro-American writers.

The annual read-in is co-sponsored by Sag Harbor's John Jermain library.

Here is an edited version.  

Here is the complete reading 

 

Poetry for Peace

East End Community members read poetry for peace 

Inspired by the current war in the middle east - east enders gathered at Canios Books in Sag Harbor to read poetry on Saturday February 3. 

The readers were Maryann Calendrille, Reverend Kimberly Quinn Johnson, Evan Harris, Kathy Engel, Sigrid Meinel, Bart Malio, Ella Engel-Snow, Monica Enders, Ian Wilder reading his work and Kimberly Wilder's and Kathryn Szoka.

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