
River Weather:
Stories
"Resonant, spare, intense, and perfectly voiced..."
-Jeanne Larsen
"...raw and vital..."
-Booklife Review:
Editor's Pick
"...primal...elemental.
Close always."
-Cleveland Review of Books

The Beginning of His
Excellent and Eventful Career
Available in
bookstores,
on Amazon & at
MadHat Press


The Novel
"...original, poignant, brutal and beautiful..."
-Kirkus Reviews


The Author
Cameron MacKenzie's work has appeared in Salmagundi, Plume, and The Michigan Quarterly Review, among other places. His novel The Beginning of His Excellent and Eventful Career, and monograph Badiou and American Modernist Poetics, both appeared in 2018. His collection of stories, River Weather, was published in 2021. He lives in Roanoke, VA with his two children. Follow him on Facebook.

Upcoming Events:
12/8/21, 7pm
E-Verse Radio Equinox
With Eduardo C. Corral and Spencer Short
Fergie's Pub, Philadelphia, PA
12/18/21, 12pm
Booksigning
Book No Further
Roanoke, VA
1/7/21 7pm
Taubman Museum of Art
Roanoke, VA
3/10/22, 7pm
Readings On the Pike
Arlington, VA
Past Appearances:
10/16/21
Eat and Read Local
Loudoun County Library, Cascades, VA
2/18/20
With Clifford Gargstang
Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC
1/16/20
Hoot and Holler
Grandin Theater, Roanoke, VA
9/10/19
Writers and Words
Charmington’s, Baltimore, MD
7/16/19
Readings On the Pike,
Arlington, VA
4/18/19
Inner Loop Reading Series
Washington DC
11/11/19
Painted Bride Quarterly
Black Sheep Pub, Philadelphia, PA
Deschutes Lit:
A monthly gathering of the best writers in the Roanoke Valley at Deschutes Tasting Room in Roanoke, VA
Follow the series on Facebook @authorcameronmackenzie
2/20/20:
Jeanne Larsen, Adriana Rewald, Evan Massey
11/22/19:
Cathryn Hankla, Sydney Tammerlane, Bryan Hancock
10/17/19:
Evan Lavender-Smith, Keith Ferrell, Betsy Singleton Kalderhouse
9/19/19:
Clifford Garstang, Laura Garrison, Johnny Camacho
5/2/19:
Matthew Vollmer, Cynthia Atkins
4/4/19:
Ed Falco, Grant Kittrell, Bailey Mann
2/26/19:
Mary Crockett Hill, Angie Smibert, Dan Kennedy, Leslie Jernegan