Megaphone Magazine, a local street paper sold by low-income and homeless people in Vancouver, is launching it's very own literary issue on May 3rd, 2011
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During the Berlin launch of issue three there will be a reading via Skype by Daniel Zomparelli, the Editor-In-Chief, reading from his forthcoming book and an audience led reading from the new issue.
Afterwards we present Out There, a 30 minute poetry based video work by Neal Rockwell, a writer, photographer and activist living and working in Montreal, QC.
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Poetry Is Dead‘s third issue launch will feature readings and talks with contributors from the “Temporary Structures” issue as part of the Vancouver International Poetry Festival.
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What happens when you give poets five minutes in front of a microphone to do whatever they want? We don’t know. But we’re willing to find out. On October 1st we launch our second issue, and challenge the contributing poets to do anything besides read poetry.
There will be talks and readings by some of the contributors of the “TV, Beer and Video Games” issue including Billeh Nickerson, Donato Mancini, Nikki Reimer, Dina Del Bucchia, Karlene Harvey, Jordan Abel and more.
Join us for a night of poets, a keg of beer and uncertainty.
Friday October 1st, 2010
Doors open at 7:00pm
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Join the Kootenay School of Writing for readings by,
Donato Mancini
Nikki Reimer
Heather McDonald
Jonathon Wilcke
Tony Power
Tomasz Michalak
Emily Fedoruk
Kim Duff
Cris Costa
Edward Byrne
Michael Barnholden
Sonnet L'Abbé
Friday March 12, 2010
W2 Perel Gallery
112 West Hastings
doors 8:00 pm
readings start at 9:00 pm
admission - 5$ includes a print copy of W2010
free admission without magazine
(no one will be turned away )
tags Tony Power Tomasz Michalak Sonnet L'Abbé Nikki Reimer Michael Barnholden Kim Duff Jonathon Wilcke Heather McDonald Emily Fedoruk Edward Byrne Donato Mancini Cris Costa
Negotiating the Social Bond of Poetics:
A Reading and Critical Workshop Series
Rachel Zolf (reading)
Friday March 19, 2010
W2 Perel Building, 4th floor
112 West Hastings
8:00 pm
Admission - 3 to 5$ sliding scale
Rachel Zolf (critical workshop)
Saturday March 20, 2010
W2 Perel Building, 4th floor
112 West Hastings
12:00 pm
***note early start time***
Admission - 10-15$ sliding scale
(no one will be turned away)
to register for the workshop (limited to 18) send an email to : info@kswnet.org
For more information head over to www.kswnet.org.
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Celebrate the Ridiculous and Provocative!
Party in the Security Zone before it’s too late - help celebrate the launch of our premier issue. Hobnob with the Van-literati and keep the Super Bowl party going.
Hear from fantastic local poets, alphabetically they are:
Elee Gardiner
Leni Goggins
Chris Gilpin
Natalie Gray
Sean Horlor
Ryan Longoz
Jill Mandrake
Leah Rae
Rachel Rose
Daniel Zomparelli
Where: Grace Gallery - 1898 Main St (at East 3rd Ave)
When: Sunday, February 7
Time: 7 – 9pm Readings, with drinking and socializing to follow
tags Sean Horlor Ryan Longoz Rachel Rose Natalie Grey Leah Rae launch Jill Mandrake issue 1 Elee Gardiner Death/Rebirth Daniel Zomparelli Chris Gilpin
Writing has therapeutic values. There is no doubting that. But writing can be more meaningful for those who are struggling in life. In Vancouver there are programs that are bringing the art of writing to a variety of people from the homeless, to low-income people, to sex trade workers.
One such initiative is the Wish literacy program, which has workshops set up for sex trade workers in the Downtown Eastside. The program teaches confidence and communication that is essential for development.
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What the jackpine sonnet is: A sonnet-like poem.
Where it comes from: Milton Acorn (1923 – 1986), a poet from Prince Edward Island, created the genre and named it after the jack pine, a tree that seeds itself in fire.
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