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Sublime and Twisted Readings coming up!

The Sublime poetry anthology is reactivating this season!  I’ll be among those reading on Friday September 11 at Planet Earth Poetry‘s fundraising 31st season opener – come along to Victoria’s own Russell Books at 7:30pm if you’re in the neighbourhood – the event features a mega sale of gently used poetry books for $5, plus of course shiny new copies of Sublime!

Then at the Britannia Branch Library in Vancouver on Wednesday September 16 I’ll be joining more poets reading from the anthology at the Twisted Poets Literary Salon.

It’s an off-site event of the Word Vancouver festival which I’ll be attending on Saturday September 19, coordinating our Writers Union of Canada exhibitors’ table – do drop by if you’re there, and meet a writer or two!

Sublime launch!

The amazing Yvonne Blomer has completed her massive editing project – a trilogy of poetry anthologies about water – Refugium addressed concerns about our oceans; Sweet Water, the watersheds; and now Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice makes its debut (with snowcones!) on World Poetry Day (March 21) and (March 22), at Open Space. The launch days include joyous mingling, workshops, and  lots of other stuff. Here’s the story so far – hope you can join us!

Saturday March 21 Gallery hours from 12-5
Launch from 5:30-9
12-9 – Exhibit of visual art, videos and knowledge displays
12:30-2 – Ekphrastic poetry and collage workshops
12-5 – CRD Table “A Drop of Water”
5:30 evening event begins: public coming to attend the reading can come early to view the art and videos and interact with the books and collage table
7:00 launch of Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice
Yvonne opens the evening reading and performance. Poets will read dispersed by performance art by Grace Salez, Judie Price, Jane Story
9:00 event ends.
Sunday March 22 Gallery from 12-5
12-5 – Exhibit of visual art, videos and knowledge displays
12:30-2 – Ekphrastic poetry and collage workshops
12-5 – CRD Table “A Drop of Water”
3-4:30 – Second reading with questions from audience
4:30-5 – mingle, chat, vide videos and art Auction of Cover Art posters

 

Poetry at the Goldfinch

Colwood’s new arts centre is called the Goldfinch Arts Centre. Featuring visual arts and a beautiful reading space, it’s perched near the Esquimalt Lagoon, with walking trails and a poetry post nearby. Barbara Pelman and I gave the inaugural poetry reading there in October, accompanied by musicians Doug & Shelley Thorsteinson, and David Grove, one of the municipality’s councilors who helped make this centre a reality.