Lynwood Montell is requesting stories from Nurses about their experiences or about other notable nurses or patients for an upcoming book. If you are interested in contributing contact him at 270-796-1907 or LLMontell@insightbb.com 

Tue Feb 21 -- Owensboro -- Third Tuesday Writers Coffeehouse continues its 16th season at Gambrinus Libation Emporium, 116 W. 2nd Street. In addition to performances by a variety of fine writers, there will be live music, a featured visual artist (Louise Halsey), Open Mic for local writers of prose, poetry, comedy, and song, and a fun writing competition. (The prompt is ‘Around the Corner.’) This month’s featured writers are Tom Hunley and friends from WKU and Carrie Jarrell and friends from Murray State U. Music starts at 6:00, and literary performances start at 7:00. Admission is free, and you must be 21 to enter. For information, contact David Bartholomy: 270-686-4203 or david.bartholomy@brescia.edu. Third Tuesday is an outreach of the creative writing program of Brescia University.

Thr Mar 29 -- Louisville -- Tobias Wolff, professor of English at Stanford University, will read from his work at 7:30pm in the Cressman Center for Visual Arts, 100 E. Main St. For more information, contact Brian Leung, director of creative writing, at 502-852-1687 or brian.leung@louisville.edu

From The Inkwell, a new radio show hosted by Sheri L. Wright, is dedicated to all things literary. Hear it Saturdays at 1:00pm EST on CHRadio 1650AM in Louisville, Ky. Check it out live-streaming too at www.crescenthillradio.com. And look for the show to soon be archived. Want to be a guest, have news, event, original material you'd like to read on-air? Contact Sheri via the show's website.

Elizabeth Oakes' poetry collection Mercy in the New World (Wind Publications) is reviewed in the Courier-Journal

Tue Apr 10 -- Kentucky Great Writers Series at Lexington's Carnegie Center.  Featured readers are T. Crunk, Sherry Chandler, and Maurice Manning. 6:30pm Open Mic signups   7:00 Open Mic   7:30 Featured Author Readings

Joe Glaser has recently recast and revised his 2005 Morte D'Arthur condensation for Kindle and Nook readers. The book contains all the episodes in Malory's original, but boiled down to 1/3 the original length. It also features a critical introduction, a bibliography, and an index of the adventures and interactions of every significant character in the book. The price is $4.99 in each format, available from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Accents, a radio show for literature, is hosted and produced by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer. The show airs every Friday 2:00-3:00pm on WRFL 88.1 FM Lexington.  Past shows are archived on the web.

Thr Feb 9 --Bowling Green -- poet, essayist and publisher Sarah Gorham will be the first speaker in the spring 2012 Creative Writing Series at Western Kentucky University. 7:00pm in Cherry Hall room 125. The event is free and open to the public.

Edin Road Radio, an internet radio show produced in Lexington, KY, airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30pm.  Listeners may access the website for the live broadcast or may hear archived broadcasts on-demand at www.edinroad.com.  Authors interviews and discussion with host Jesse Coffey

KENTUCKY LITERARY MAGAZINES Heartland Review, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, http://legacy.elizabethtown.kctcs.edu/pubs/heartland  New Madrid, Murray State University, http://www.newmadridjournal.org  Jelly Bucket, Eastern Kentucky University, http://www.english.eku.edu/mfa/JB.php Limestone, University of Kentucky, http://limestonejournal.com  Louisville Review, Spalding University, http://www.louisvillereview.org  Appalachian Heritage, Berea College, http://community.berea.edu/appalachianheritage/  The Licking River Review, Northern Kentucky University www.nku.edu/~litlang/publications/lickingriver.html  Lumberyard Magazine, www.lumberyardmagazine.com  Pegasus, Kentucky State Poetry Society www.kystatepoetrysociety.org/pegasus.html 

Southern Kentucky Book Fest, April in Bowling Green  sokybookfest.org/

LITERARY LINKS &nbsp; Kentucky Literary Directory &nbsp; Opportunities for Writers -- Kentucky Arts Council.&nbsp; http://artscouncil.ky.gov BookFinder.com&nbsp;&nbsp; Want to purchase an obscure book or any book?&nbsp; This is the place. Kentucky State Poetry Society Academy of American Poets Literary Map&nbsp; Literary events in each state Book Sales in Kentucky&nbsp; booksalefinder.com/KY.html <font fa

Fri Oct 12 -- Louisville -- The opening event for the Writer's Block Festival features Maurice Manning, Crystal Wilkinson, with music by Mike Karman and A Girl Named Earl.&nbsp; At The Bard's Town.&nbsp; Open mic signups begin at 6:30

Sat Oct 13&nbsp; -- Louisville -- Anis Mojgani, Texas-based founding member of the touring Poetry Revival, is a two-time National Poetry Slam champion and an International World Cup Poetry Slam winner. He has performed for audiences from the United Nations to TEDx. Mojgani wrote the poetry collections “Over the Anvil We Stretch” and “The Feather Room.” The Axton series will sponsor his keynote reading for the Louisville Literary Arts’ Writer’s Block Festival; Mojgani will speak at 6 p.m. at UofL’s downtown Cressman Center for Visual Arts, First and Main streets. Mojgani’s talk is free but tickets are required; register for the festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 13 at The Green Building, 732 E. Market St., to receive tickets.

Sun Oct 21 -- Bowling Green -- The 16th Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing at 2:00pm CST in Cherry Hall 125 &nbsp;on the campus of Western Kentucky University.&nbsp; This year’s presenter is Ed McClanahan. &nbsp;His reading will be followed by&nbsp; book signing and reception. Free and open to the public.&nbsp; For additional information, contact Mary Ellen Miller at 270-745-5721 or mary.miller@wku.edu or in the English Department at WKU

For more information about the services they provide, locations and more, visit the Writing Center webpage.