Events

Mesa Verde Writers Conference at Deer Hill in Mancos.

Faculty for 2026
Monica Barron, Wendy J. Fox, Anette McGivney, Lisa C. Taylor


Lisa is a faculty member offering two generative workshops,
She Did What: Surprise in Fiction
and
Freeze the Moment: Using a Freeze Frame Technique in Poetry and Prose.

All faculty will be available to attendees throughout the conference.


Wednesday - Friday September 2, 3, 4 2026

Deer Hill Expeditions
7850 Road 41
Mancos, Colorado, 81328


Mesa Verde Writers Conference

Mesa Verde Literary Festival in downtown Mancos, Colorado.

Faculty for 2026
Monica Barron, Wendy J. Fox, Anette McGivney, Lisa C. Taylor


Join Lisa and 50 other authors from around the country for panels, discussions, author talks. The festival is free for attendees and all participating authors will have books for sale at the book fair at Mancos Community Center (administered by Hand in Hand Books and Bottles). A keynote speaker will present at Mancos Opera House in the evening.

Saturday, September 5, 2026

All Day


Mancos Opera House
136 West Grand Avenue
Mancos, Colorado, 81328

Mesa Verde Literary Festival

Rare Reunion of East-West Writers in Wellfleet!


Lisa C. Taylor with Pegi Dietz Shea, Margaret Plaganis, Lee Derosiers sharing poetry, prose, and spontaneous entertainment!

Wednesday June 3, 2026

At 7:00 PM


Wellfleet Public Library
55 West Main Street
Wellfleet, Massachusetts 02667
508-349-0310

Wellfleet Public Library

Durango Literary Festival

Poetry Workshop/Reading with Lisa,
"Make This Moment Your Moment".


Join Lisa for an interactive poetry workshop followed by a short reading.

Be prepared to write!

Lisa's six books of poetry and fiction will be for purchase at this event.

Wednesday May 6, 2026

From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Durango Public Library
1900 East Third Street
Durango, Colorado 81301

970-375-3380

Durango Public Library

Four Corners Writers Free Workshops

The third Wednesday of every month

From 6:00 to 7:30

Zu Gallery
48 West Main Street
Cortez, Colorado 81321

Zu Gallery

Author Book Talk
with Lisa C Taylor and Alyse Knorr


Tuesday September 9, 2025

At 5:30 PM

Tattered Cover Aspen Grove
7301 S. Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, Colorado 81321

Tattered Cover Events

The Shape of What Remains Author Showcase

Monday August 16, 2025
1:00 PM

Douglas County Libraries
20105 East Mainstreet
Parker, Colorado 80138


303-791-7323

Douglas County Libraries

The Shape of What Remains
Golden State Media Concepts Podcast
with Sarah Meckler


Saturday July 26, 2025
10:00 AM


Golden State Media Concepts Podcast

Mesa Verde Literary Festival 

This will be the first annual literary festival in Mancos.  It will be a town center festival for writers and readers to meet and talk about books and the written word.    


Saturday July 12, 2025

Mancos Town Center
Main Street and Grand Avenue
Mancos, Colorado, 81328


Mesa Verde Literary Festival

The Shape of What Remains Reading and Book Talk

Friday June 27, 2025
5:00 - 8:00 PM
This event is part of Downtown Monument Art Hop


Covered Treasures Bookstore
105 Second Street
Monument, Colorado 80132


719-481-2665

Covered Treasures Bookstore

Podcast with DC Gomez "Inside the Minds of Authors"

Friday June 21, 2025
1:00 PM

Podcast - Inside the Minds of Authors