Welcome to the 2026 Schedule
The Meetinghouse Readings, Canaan, NH’s grassroots literary series, presents its 38th season of outstanding and emerging voices in fiction, poetry and nonfiction beginning Thursday July 9, 2026.
This year’s series features poets and writers whose work ranges from the avant-garde to the bestseller lists.
July 9
Peter Orner The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter
Sara Lippmann Hidden River, Jerks
July 16
Tomás Q. Morín Cat Love, Where Are You From
Adam Giannelli Tremulous Hinge, Frost Place Poet-in-Residence
July 23
Catherine Tudish A Thousand Souls, Tenney’s Landing
Ivy Schweitzer Dividing Rivers
Rena Mosteirin Disaster Tourism
Founding moderator William Craig returns to the podium to welcome writers and audience to another season celebrating the written – and spoken — word. As always, the readings in the beautiful 1793 Meetinghouse on Canaan Street Lake forego lectures and Q&A to focus on stories, narratives and poetry read aloud.
Admission is free; homemade refreshments are memorably worthy of generous donations. Authors’ books will be on sale, courtesy of the Norwich Bookstore.
ALL READINGS BEGIN AT 7:00 P.M.. Please, No Infants, Toddlers or Squirmers!
For more information, visit meetinghouse.us
or call 603 523 9650 Canaan Town Library