Instagram story viewer> @bring_a_blanket> Posts

Bring A Blanket Reading Series

@bring_a_blanket

2.8K

followers

819

following

Author of THE LIGHT TO NEVER BE SNUFFED & DUALITY LIES BENEATH | 10+ years as EIC @thirtywestph

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Getting closer to The Night of the Living Poets 🧟

Bring a Blanket will be outside under the lights in the garden at @theperch_musicandarts_workshop from 6:30-8:30. A massive 5 feature + open mic set. @keslentz & @eggsploratory return once again, Rebecca Kokitus’s first feature at BaB, and cohosts @alexandranaughton & @jdalewrites plus YOU!

Celebrate Alexandra’s bday while you’re here, and hang out with the other great reading circuits in Philly. One night only! 4-midnight.

Signups at the beginning and mid-point of the set. See the QR or visit @housepoetphilly for registration and the nightly events. Costumes encouraged 🎃 taken in The Perch Music & Arts Community by @bring_a_blanket

62

4

9 days ago

RAGE in its 3rd printing.
Black and white cover.
8 stories of suburban angst, crimes, kids having wild moments, and more
$1 per unit matched and donated to cat rescues.
Read it by going to @thirtywestph by @bring_a_blanket

3

0

5 months ago

Meet your third feature and long-time cohost of BaB!

Josh Dale lives in the state of Pennsylvania as an undead metalhead and recommends playing music to your cat. He’s the editor-in-chief of Thirty West @thirtywestph , cohost of the reading series, Bring a Blanket, and the author of a chapbook, RAGE: Stories and the book, Duality Lies Beneath. Drop a line at www.joshdale.co or on most social media @jdalewrites taken in The Perch Music & Arts Community by @bring_a_blanket

30

1

18 hours ago

BIG NEWS! I’ll be reading at my favorite bookstore of all time with some of my favorite writers!

I bought my first @thirtywestph book from @anovelideaphilly back in 2023 so it’s a full circle moment to celebrate the release of CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE alongside @jdalewrites, @avitusbcarle, and @christinarossoschneider

Hope to see you there on Thursday, November 5 at 6pm!! by @bring_a_blanket

112

14

6 days ago

THIS Thursday! We are so excited for our Fall Event! Please come and see these great authors and speakers on 10/15 at 6:30PM! FREE community event with books📚 and complementary hoagies 🥪, pretzels 🥨, delicious donuts 🍩 with ☕️ coffee!!

Thank you @kimbertonwholefoods for sponsoring our event! taken in (UUFP) Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown by @bring_a_blanket

86

2

6 days ago

Meet the wonderful author-speakers for our October 15th event! Only one week away!!

Special thanks to @kimbertonwholefoods for their support! taken in (UUFP) Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown by @bring_a_blanket

27

0

8 days ago

Collingswood! Escape the mundane with Thirty West books from 10-4 today. We’re literally right across from the lovely Sabrina’s Cafe so get your book fix before you eat. @collsbookfest is one of the best in NJ taken in Collingswood, New Jersey by @bring_a_blanket

28

5

13 days ago

we’re stoked to be a part of night of the living poets party presented by @housepoetphilly at @theperch_musicandarts_workshop later this month! or feasted readers include @eggsploratory @keslentz Rebecca Kokitus @alexandranaughton @jdalewrites & an open mic!
come celebrate alexandra’s birthday with us and bring a poem to read (extra points if you come prepared with a special sonnet or triolet written for the birthday girl!) by @bring_a_blanket

86

3

15 days ago

It would’ve been my mom Deb’s 65th birthday.

Today, I wrapped up my genre-bending, apocalyptic novel, MEAT DEPOT, and gave it a colophon. It took me just under 3 years to get here from literally nothing.

I celebrated with a big burrito. Pictures do it justice. Steak and chipotle sauce. Guacamole and chips to garnish.

Two celebrations of life in one day. Thank you, Mom, for always taking me to the library and encouraging my silly writing and doodles. Even that one battleship I ripped up in anger while stomping the hallway, you assured me I’d get it back in one way or another.

That was true.

Read my once-published story, ZOO KEEPER, about the day she fled the mortal coil. It’s the truest writing I ever penned.

Zookeeper Day

Everyone noticed when the modulars came. It happened over a weekend, and when we laid eyes on them, we were astonished. It was from the future: smooth edges, silver façade, yet it wasn’t a spaceship; there were wheels. Later that week, we had a zookeeper visit us. It was the first time ever I saw zoo animals. Koalas, lemurs, a toucan, and even a python! We all sat there, diverted, until the secretary came for me, usurping my innocence. My mother died that day; M.’s father did the previous year. My last memory of her alive was reclining on our living room recliner, snoozing. I didn’t know what dialysis was, but I hated it. We both were admitted to those modules in time, consoled by a faceless psychiatrist in the crisp, sterile air. I never questioned why; I thought God had all the answers. It became a cooler box for our demons, masquerading in sunshine stickers. I never got to hold the lemur. I really wanted to hold that fucking lemur. by @bring_a_blanket

3

10

22 days ago

4 years ago, I brought Antcore to the extreme. Be a good ant and rate/review my novella, THE LIGHT TO NEVER BE SNUFFED. by @bring_a_blanket

3

2

a month ago

The @upliftingvoicesproject is excited to announce our next FREE community event!

Our speaker series continues into year two with a conversation dedicated to:

TECHNOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: FROM DATA CENTERS TO DISASTER CULTURE

We’ll feature three local(ish) authors exploring our community’s relationship to green space—and how emerging technologies like AI and the rapid growth of data centers are complicating and threatening that relationship.

Join us for a thoughtful conversation about technology, the environment, and what these changes mean for the places we call home.

@pfinian is an environmental attorney who published an award winning sci-fi novel #Ice'sEnd which projects a hundred years into the future where water scarcity and capitalism collide.

@jdalewrites is a local author and editor-in-chief of @thirtywestph, who will speak to AI and ethical/enviornmental publishing.

Lastly, our headliner @robertficociello, is an author and prof of English. His academic work #AmericanDisasterCulture examines our cultural relationship with natural disasters, and his new children's book #LuciaAndMarcusGoToSpace features female scientists at the forefront.

Join our speakers for a Q&A and refreshments! by @bring_a_blanket

57

7

a month ago

Just about 2 weeks out until the official launch party for A SWITCH FLIPPED IN ME by @somethrills

Come by Saturday 9/19 at 7 for drink specials, books for sale, and many Philly legends reading under one roof, @neonclowndreamlounge Hosted by Thirty West founder @jdalewrites & NO COVER

Thank you Cody for making the ad ⚡️ by @bring_a_blanket

43

1

a month ago