December is a busy month, but we hope you will take a break and give yourself the gift of quiet time and a reading in a barn.

The Silo Series Presents -- Three Writers in December -- Chris Locke, Meg Leonard, & Sarah Anderson

All proceeds benefit The Word Barn

$5 suggested donation | Doors at 6:30pm | Reading at 5:00

Chris Locke has published books ranging from travel essays, poetry, speculative short fiction, and memoir. His most recent books are Music for Ghosts (New York Quarterly Books) and Without Saints (Black Lawrence Press). Locke has been honored with over a dozen national awards, grants, and fellowships for his writing, including grants in poetry from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and Massachusetts Cultural Council. He has written for both radio and television and has seen his plays produced in New York City and California, among other locations. Locke released his first studio album of spoken word/post-punk music (Burst & Bloom Records) as LATE LIGHTS. He currently teaches English and creative writing at SUNY Plattsburgh and North Country Community College, both in the Adirondacks. He was born and raised in New Hampshire.

Megan Leonard is the author of book of lullabies (Milk & Cake Press, 2020) and Larkspur Queen (Nightingale & Sparrow Press, 2023). Her digital chapbook, where the body ends, is available online (Platypus Press). Megan's poetry has been featured in Tupelo Quarterly, Mom Egg Review, Transom, Bellevue Literary Review, and Puerto del Sol. Themes in her work include marine life, strange animal facts, chronic illness and mental illness, mermaids, motherhood, and Disney movies. Megan is a mad, sick mother-of-four who lives and works in Portsmouth, NH.

Sarah Anderson is the author of We Hold On To What We Can (Loom Press, 2021). She holds an MFA in poetry from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. When she is not at her full-time job of teaching high school English and serving as the Chair of the English Department at Berwick Academy, she and her husband operate The Word Barn in Exeter, NH, a gathering space for literary and musical events, where she runs a reading series (The Silo Series) as well as various creative writing workshops. Her poems have appeared in various journals, including December Magazine, Raleigh Review, and North American Review.