Debbie Tosun Kilday
The National Beat Poetry Festival CT Executive Director/Co-Host
Debbie Tosun Kilday – Co-Owner, Founder, & Executive Director of National Beat Poetry Foundation with Colin Haskins – (10-2015-Present)
Debbie is an award winning published author, writer, poet, nature photographer, artist & illustrator, and an expert high-roller slot player.
She is a member of Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association, (CAPA)(2005-Present) – Works as Special Events Director of the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association, (CAPA), and organizes and acts as manager of the CAPA Bookstore at the Big E in the Connecticut Building for the last 10 + years.
She is the Past President of The Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association, (CAPA) (2014-2016). She is also a member of the National Beat Poetry Festival (NBPF), International Beat Poetry Festival, Free Poets Collective, University of Connecticut’s (OLLI) Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Hydropolis Poetry Workshop Group and The New York Turtle and Tortoise Society.