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Results filed under: Literary Arts
text bites & textual vishyuns: a reeding & dialog with bill bissett
Join us for a reading by renowned Canadian poet bill bissett, followed by a discussion of his work by publisher Karl Siegler and author Carl…
There are reasons for looking and feeling and thinking about things that are invisible: a two day event on New Narratives in art writing
Friday, April 4 @ 7pm | Eileen Myles and Jacob Wren Saturday, April 5 @ 2pm | Lynne Tillman and Maria Fusco Doors will open…
Inglish; Writing With an Accent
Readings and talk sessions on writing and ethnicity, gender, racism and subjectivity. Panelists and readings by: Fred Wah, Marie Annhart Baker, Ashok Mathur, Robert Kroetsch,…
Whyla Falls, Black Markets, White Boyfriends
Reading and book launch. Clarke read from his second book of poetry Whyla Falls, published by Polestar. Rashid read from his first book of poetry Black Markets,…
Struggle: Local & Global Issue book launch
Launch of a special double issue, the first to be entirely devoted to women, featuring thirty-seven British Columbia women writers and visual artists, all working…
Carole’s Double Bill
Reading by Carole Chambers, Bill Smith and Billy Little. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this…
Evening of Poetry & Video
An hour-long self-portrait on video and a reading of new work. Video by Kit Lucas and Ralph Maud.
Reading by Bruce Andrews
A reading as part of his two-week residency with Kootenay School of Writing. Andrews is well known as a “Language” poet, a group of North…
Poets for Nicaragua
Group reading. Readers included Jeff Derksen, Alfonso Quijada, John Brasier, Cindy Mellon, Goh Poh Seng, Brett Enemark and Gladys Hindmarch.
Kootenay School of Writing Group Reading
Readers included Larry Bremner, Colin Browne, Susan Clark, Gerald Creede, Peter Culley, Kevin Davies, Jeff Derksen, Dan Farrell, Kathryn MacLeod, Robert Mittenhal, Judy Radul, Lisa…
Boner 9190 book launch
With special guests Alex Varty, Don Chow and Andrew Wilson. (It snowed and everyone had a difficult time arriving; someone even cross-country skied to the…
Pell Mell
Reading from Pell Mell, published by Coach House Press.
Guilty
Readings from his book Guilty, translations of Georges Bataille. Co-sponsored by the Kootenay School of Writing.
Hypnerotomachia
Co-sponsored by the Kootenay School of Writing. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is…
Poeticotomize
Guest-curated by Terry Crane and Ed Varney. Thirteen poets associated with Bite magazine. The Humdrums from Katari Taiko also performed.
Dial-a-Poem Nite
Open reading with one poem under four minutes per artist, recorded and sent to Dial-a-poem in Montreal.
Annual Report
A reading and concert featuring Irène Aebi, Paul Plimley and others. Audio Recording duration: 03:19:04 Digitized audio of this reading and concert is available through…