MOCAMBOPO'S JOYOUS JUNE CALENDAR
JUNE 6, 2003: CARLTON WILSON AND GRACE COBURN
Carlton Wilson is the publisher and editor of Junction
Books as well as the poetry editor for Nightwood Editions.
He lives in Toronto.
Grace Coburn is a Victoria poet, who writes lovely
poetry and bakes shortbread from her grandmother's recipe.
JUNE 13, 2003: FRAN BOURASSA AND ROBERT
GORE
Fran Bourassa's poems have appeared in numerous anthologies,
including Breaking the Surface. She has attended
the BC Festival of the Arts twice. She lives in Vancouver.
Robert Gore's poetry has been widely published in
journals and anthologies, including Mocambo Nights.
He has a recent chapbook from Frog Hollow Press, The
Code Between Us. He also lives in Vancouver.
JUNE 20, 2003: JIM BERTOLINO
This Bellingham poet teaches at the University of Western
Washington, and has published many books, the latest of
which is Pocket Animals from Egress Studio Books.
MOCAMBOPO'S JUMPIN' JULY CALENDAR
JULY 4, 2003: WENDY MORTON
WestJet Airlines' "Poet of the Skies" and
Mocambopo host launches her 2nd book of poetry, Undercover,
from Ekstasis Editions. Cake, stories, poems.
JULY 11, 2003: RICHARD ARNOLD, HEATHER
SPEARS & JANNIE EDWARDS
RICHARD ARNOLD teaches at Malaspina,
loves to mountain bike and write poetry. His chapbook,
Fuse, was published by Leaf Press.
Heather Spears was the courtroom artist
during the Reena Virk trial. She reads from, Required
Reading, a book of her poems and drawings of the trial.
JANNIE EDWARDS teaches at Grant McEwan
College in Edmonton. She is the Alberta rep for the League
of Canadian Poets. Her latest book is The possibilities
of thirst.
JULY 18, 2003: ANDREA MCKENZIE
ANDREA MCKENZIE loves to write poems on trains, in
the mountains of Estonia, and in her dreams. She has been
a featured reader every year for the past 5 years.
JULY 25, 2003: DINNER PARTY BOOK LAUNCH
Pam Porter, Cynthia Kirkham, Barbara Pelman, Grace
Coburn, Patrick Lane and others celebrate the launch of
the latest chapbook from Leaf Press, Dinner Party.
A poetry feast.
MOCAMBOPO'S AMAZING AUGUST CALENDAR
AUGUST 1, 2003: DEVORA LEVIN
DEVORA LEVIN lived for years in Israel;
her poetry often reflects her experience there. She finds
that poetry is what helps her make sense out of the world.
AUGUST 8, 2003:YVONNE BLOMER & HEIDI
GREGO
YVONNE BLOOMER is the T/C bike columnist
and Mocambopo's co-host. She is also the rep for the BC
Federation of Writers, a teacher of ESL, a poet.
HEIDI GREGO'S Rattlesmake Plantain
was published by Anvil Press. She teaches creative writing
in Surrey.
AUGUST 15, 2003; bill bissett and STEVE
ROXBOROUGH
bill bissett, the rainbow, lightning poet and winner
of the BC Book Prize will bring out his marimbas and shake
poems into the air.
STEVE ROXBOROUGH , a Washington poet, has ridden his
10 speed bike from Cape Spear to Victoria, washed dishes
with aliens in Las Vegas, written poems for strangers.
AUGUST 22, 2003: RICHARD OLAFSON
RICHARD OLAFSON celebrates 20 years as the magician
behind Ekstasis Editions with the publication of a lyric
bouquet of his poems,There Are Some So Unlucky They
Don't Even Have Bodies.
AUGUST 29, 20003: PAM PORTER & LEANNE
CORCORAN
PAM PORTER'S chapbook, Poems for the Luminous World,
has been published by Frog Hollow Press. She will read
her luminous poems.
LEANNE CORCORAN brings her New York City poems to
Mocambopo, where this Canadian poet lives.
MOCAMBOPO'S SPLENDID SEPTEMBER
CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER 5, 2003: KEVIN PAUL
Kevin Paul is a UVic Creative writing
grad, who will be teaching there this fall. He is a memeber
of the Saanich band, a singer, a poet. His first book
of poetry, Taking the Names Down From the Hill,
has just been published by Nightwood Editions.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003: LeANNE BROWN
LeAnne Brown is a UVic Creative writing
grad, who has been an assembly line worker, an apprentice
playwright and a teacher of ESL..
SEPTEMBER 19, 2003: MARLENE GRAND-MAITRE
AND MARGO BUTTON
Marlene Grand-Maitre works at the Victoria Library,
has recently been part of the Banff wired poetry program.
Margo Button's third book of poetry The Elder's
Place, was published by Oolichan Books. She was the
winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry award for her first
book of poetry The Unhinging of Wings. This is
a Canada Council reading.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada
Council for the Arts.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2003: ANDREA THOMPSON
Andrea Thompson is a Toronto performance poet . She
has studied with Sheri D Wilson, and her first book of
poetry, Eating the Seed, was published by Ekstasis
Editions. This is a League of Canadian Poets reading.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada
Council for the Arts and the League of Canadian Poets.
MOCAMBOPO'S OCTOBER CALENDAR
OCTOBER 3, 2003: JOE DENHAM &
JODY LESIUK
Joe Denham, former UVic Creative writing
student, fisherman and mushroom hunter launches his first
book of poetry , Flux, from Nightwood Editions.
Jody Lesiuk is currently studying Creative
Writing at UVic and loves poetry.
OCTOBER 10, 2003: MATTHEW MANERA &
SUSAN McCASLIN
Matthew Manera teaches English at UVic
and is the editor of Peregrinatio. He reads from
his chapbook, The perfect fingertips of rain.
Susan McCaslin, who teaches English at
Douglas College, will read from her 9th book of poetry,
At the Mercy Seat, from Ronsdale Press.
OCTOBER 17, 2003: SHERI D. WILSON
Canada's queen of performance poetry,
and the US spoken word champ, reads from her latest book
of poetry, Between Lovers, from Arsenal Pulp Press.
We gratefully acknowledge the support
of the League of Canadian Poets.
OCTOBER 24, 2003: DOUGLAS BURNET SMITH
AND CARLA FUNK
Douglas Burnet Smith teaches at St. Francis
Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, lives half
the year in Paris and will be reading from his 11th book
, Helsinki Drift, travel poems from Beach Holme.
We gratefully acknowledge the support
of the League of Canadian Poets.
Carla Funk, who teaches in the Creative
Writing Department of UVic, reads from her second book
of poetry,Head Full of Sun.
OCTOBER 31,
2003: LORNA CROZIER
Lorna Crozier,
Governor General Award winning poet
,launches her new book of ghazals,
Bones in Their Wings. published
by Hagios.
MOCAMBOPO'S NIFTY NOVEMBER CALENDAR
NOVEMBER 7, 2003: TANIS MACDONALD AND
BARBARA PELMAN
TANIS MACDONALD, UVic doctoral candidate,
launches her second book of poetry, Forward, published
by Turnstone Press.
BARBARA PELMAN, first prize winning poet
of the B.C. Federation of Writer's contest, and Reynolds
English teacher reads her latest poems.
NOVEMBER 14, 2003: SUSAN MUSGRAVE AND
JEANETTE LYNES
SUSAN MUSGRAVE, poet, novel writer, children's
writer and a woman of many words and books, reads tonight.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council
for the Arts.
JEANETTE LYNES, this Nova Scotia poet
launches her latest book of poetry, Left fields,
published by Wolsak and Wynn.
NOVEMBER 21, 2003: WENDY MORTON AND LIZ
ZETLIN
WENDY MORTON, Westjet's poet of the skies,
and Chrysler's poet of the road, and Mocambopo host, gives
her annual birthday reading.
LIZ ZETLIN, this Owen Sound poet reads
from Taking Root, published by Seraphim and from
her new chapbook, The Thing with Feathers. We gratefully
acknowledge the support of the League of Canadian Poets.
NOVEMBER 28, 2003: LORI MALEEA ACKER
AND MIRANDA PEARSON
LORI MALEEA ACKER divides her time between
Victoria and a Northern Alberta fire tower. She will be
reading from her latest chapbooks, Notikewin and Cinco
noches en la Habana.
MIRANDA PEARSON, SFU creative writing
teacher and poet reads poems from The Miles, to
be published next year by Beach Holme. We gratefully acknowledge
the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
DECEMBER'S DELIGHTFUL MOCAMBOPO
CALENDAR
DECEMBER 5, 2003: JOELENE HEATHCOTE
JOELENE HEATHCOTE , this prize winning
poet reads from her book of poetry, What's between us
can't be heard, from Ekstasis Editions. This reading is
funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. We gratefully
acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the
Arts.
DECEMBER 12, 2003: B.C. FEDERATION
OF WRITERS BOOK LAUNCH
Join Fed members as they launch their
new anthology: live music, food.
Mocambopo resumes on January 16, 2004
