John Perrault is a lawyer, teacher, poet, and balladeer. Over the years he has performed his songs and poems in numerous venues throughout New England, including The New England Folk Festival, The Maine Festival, The Prescott Park Arts Festival, Chautauqua, Writers' Day for the New Hampshire Writers' Project, The Maine Writers Conference, The Seacoast Writers Conference, Passim, The Stone Church, and countless libraries, schools and coffee houses. He is the author of two poetry collections: The Ballad of Louis Wagner and other New England Stories in Verse, and Here Comes the Old Man Now. He was poet laureate of Portsmouth, NH, 2003 - 2005. 

Book John for readings, concerts, and writing/ballad/poetry workshops

John presents various ballad, historical and poetry programs for libraries, historical societies, schools and other non-profit organizations through the New Hampshire Humanities Council.  For grant information, please go to http://www.nhhc.org/ --type in "John Perrault" and follow the links.

He is also on the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Touring Roster. For grant information go to http://www.nh.gov/nharts --click on "arts & artists" and follow the links. 

Sponsors outside New England may be eligible for grants for programs by John through the New England Foundation for the Arts. Go to www.matchbook.org click on "Find an Artist," and type in "John Perrault" for information.

John may be contacted for direct bookings at 603-964-8358 or e-mail him at: rockweed@comcast.net

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Poetry Publication Credits

Magazines/Periodicals:

Accent on Home and Garden, The Advocate, Amoskeag, Anemone, Bitterroot, Black Buzzard Review, Black River Review, Blue Unicorn, Borderlands (Texas Poetry Review), Braquemard (UK), Café Review, Candelabrum (UK), The Christian Science Monitor, Commonweal, Compass Rose, The Comstock Review, Foster's Showcase Magazine, Gryphon, Hard Row to Hoe, Home Planet News, Hudson Valley Echoes, Key West Review, The Legal Studies Forum, Lip Service, The Lyric, Mediphors, Mockingbird, Nahant Bay, Nedge, NH Bar News, NH Magazine, NH Gazette, NH Seacoast Sunday, New Stone Circle, No Exit, Northern New England Review, Oberon Magazine, Poet Lore, PoetPourri, Poet's Touchstone, The Portsmouth Herald, Potato Eyes, Puckerbrush Review, Red River Review, Riverrun, Roanoke Review, San Fernando Poetry Journal, Snake River Reflections, Snowy Egret, Soundings East, Spinning Jenny, Wallpaper, The Wild Bunch (Italy), Wings.

See also John’s featured poem on the NH Poet Laureate’s Poet showcase: 

http://www.nh.gov/nharts/artsandartists/poetlaureate.html (click on "arts and artists" page left, then on "poet laureate")

Books:

The Ballad of Louis Wagner and other New England Stories in Verse (Peter Randall Publisher, 2003)
Here Comes the Old Man Now (Oyster River Press, 2005)

Anthologies:

Legal Studies Forum
McArthur Library Poetry Anthology
The Other Side of Sorrow
Portsmouth Unabridged

The 2008 Poets' Guide to New Hampshire

Recording Credits

Thief in the Night
New Hampshire
Tenants in Common
Country Matters
Before You Go
Rough Cuts
The Ballad of Louis Wagner

Compilations:

The Best of The Mixed Bag Show (WUNH)
Seacoast Guitar Society's Songwriters Series, Vol. II
Crossroads Music Awards CD Sampler

JazzMouth II, Wire Radio

Film Appearances

The Ballad of Louis Wagner, University of NH Media Services (Gary Sampson/Dorothy Ahlgren) 1984

Mondays at Skimmilk:  30 Years of Writers at Work, (Ken Brown Productions) 2007

Selection of Library/Non Profit Venues That Have Presented Programs by John

York County Community College, Wells, Maine; Exeter Public Library, Exeter, NH;

Smyth Public Library, Candia, NH; Hampstead Public Library, Hampstead, NH;

Haley Farm Gallery, Kittery, Maine; Kittery Point Art Assoc., Kittery Point, Maine;

Southern Maine Library District Showcase, Brunswick , Maine; Elderhostel, U. of New England, Biddeford, Maine;
MASA Showcase, Sebasco Estates, Maine; Maine Festival, Brunswick , Maine;
Rumford Public Library, Rumford , Maine; Rice Public Library, Kittery , Maine;
R.W. Traip Academy, Kittery , Maine; Kennebunk Public Library, Kennebunk , Maine;
York Middle School , York , Maine; Prescott Park Arts Festival, Portsmouth , NH;
Chautauqua, Keene , NH; Chautauqua, Portsmouth , NH; Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth , NH;
Dover Historical Society, Dover , NH; Amherst Town Library, Amherst , NH;
Ashland Historical Society, Ashland , NH; New Castle Public Library, New Castle , NH;
NH Poetry Society, Manchester, NH; Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program, Portsmouth, NH;
Greenfield Woman's Club, Greenfield, NH; Jaffrey Library, Jaffrey, NH; Keene Public Library, Keene NH;
Goodwin Library, Farmington, NH; NH Writer's Project, Manchester, NH; Nashua Public Library, Nashua, NH; Weeks Library, Greenland, NH;   Durham Public Library, Durham, NH; Moultonboro Public Library, Moultonboro, NH; Isles of Shoals Historical & Research Association, Manchester, New Hampshire; Dublin Public Library, Dublin, NH; The Howe Library, Hanover, New Hampshire; Gilman Library, Alton, New Hampshire;  Old Berwick Historical Society, So. Berwick, ME; Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society, Lincoln, New Hampshire; Sandwich Public Library, Sandwich, MA;  Winchester Historical Society/Sheridan House Museum, Winchester, NH; Elderhostel, Portsmouth, NH; Campton Historical Society, Campton, NH; JazzMouth, Portsmouth, NH; Effingham Public Libray, Effingham, NH; Mary E. Bartlett Libray, Brentwood, NH;

Barrington Public Library, Barrington, NH; Center of Optimum Learning, Raymond, NH; Great Bay eLearning  Charter School, Greenland, NH.