Saturday Literary Salon
The Saturday Literary Salon is an international online reading series produced by Eye Publish We in collaboration with Time to Arrive Open Mic, featuring writers from the US and the UK reading from their recent books, followed by an open mic.
Featuring:
Nazelah Jamison
Ian J McKenzie
Hollie Hardy
Hosted by: Dane Ince
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Saturday, July 5, 2025
12pm Central Time
Zoom
Free
Author Bios
Nazelah Jamison is a Bay Area-based poet, comedian, vocalist, and emcee known for her dynamic performances and fearless voice. Author of Evolutionary Heart (Nomadic Press), her work appears in numerous journals and anthologies, including The Town: An Anthology of Oakland Poets. She hosts Thee Virtual Open Mic and Berkeley Poetry Slam, and is active in curating inclusive, community-centered events. Also a horror screenwriter and performer, Nazelah brings heart, humor, and heat to every stage she touches—plus, she gives the best hugs in the Bay.
Ian J McKenzie is a poet from Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, NW England. He has had his poetry published in several anthologies to date, including, ‘Dissent: an anthology to end war and capitalism’, edited by Mark Lipman for Vagabond Books and in ‘Ain’t No Dead Beats Around Here’, edited by Fin Hall, published by Like A Blot From The Blue. He has also recently been nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Poetry for his poem, ‘A Piet Mondrian View of Beach Life’, included in, ‘Ain’t No Dead Beats Around Here.’ His debut collection, ‘Going To Montana In My Mind – Poems From A Coffee Shop’, came out in June 2025; copies are available online at lulu.com
Hollie Hardy is the author of two books of poetry, Lions Like Us (Red Light Lit Press) and How to Take a Bullet: And Other Survival Poems (Punk Hostage Press), winner of the Annual Poetry Center Book Award at San Francisco State University. She holds an MFA in Poetry from SFSU and teaches private writing workshops online. She is the founder of Praxis Poetry: Weekly Prompts for Poets, and host of the long-running reading series Saturday Night Special: A Virtual Open Mic. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published in numerous anthologies and literary journals such as Alchemy, Colossus, The Common, Eleven Eleven, Fourteen Hills, Mixed Bag of Tricks, Passionfruit Review, sPARKLE & bLINK, Synkroniciti, Transfer, and elsewhere. She lives in Austin, TX. Follow her on IG @hollie.hardy Learn more at: holliehardy.com