MOCAMBOPO'S JOYFUL JANUARY CALENDAR

JANUARY 16, 2004: KULDIP GILL AND TREVOR CAROLAN

KULDIP GILL, winner of the BC Book Prize for Dharma Rasa, published by Nightwood Editions, reads from her latest book from Frog Hollow Press, Ghazals: Rai and Sohni. We gratefully acknowledge the support of The Writers' Union of Canada and The Canada Council for the Arts.

TREVOR CAROLAN: for 23 years Trevor Carolan practiced Tai Chi under the guidance of a master. His book, Twenty Years with a Tai Chi Master, is an account of this time. He is also a poet, Celtic Highway is published by Ekstasis Editions.

JANUARY 23, 2004:

Students from Claremont Secondary School and students from St. Michael's University School, read their latest poems.

JANUARY 30, 2004: MAVIS JONES, MELANIE SIEBERT AND SUE GEE

MAVIS JONES: This prize winning Vancouver poet reads from Her Festival Clothes, from McGill-Queens University Press. We gratefully acknowledge the support of The Canada Council for the Arts.

MELANIE SIEBERT , this summer river guide and singer, and UVic poet, reads her latest poems.

SUE GEE, this UVic poet and friend of the river guide, reads her poems.

Mocambopo and Ekstasis Editions have launched the first Mocambopo Prize of $300 for the best poem.

The deadline for entries is January 31, 2004. Send your poems to the contest judge, Tanis MacDonald.

Contest rules:
1. You must have read at Mocambopo at some point in the past. (Mocambo holds a reading every Friday from 7:30 pm. It is located at 1028 Blanshard St near Fort St).
2. You must not have a published book
3. Entry fee is $3.00
4. Send one poem only to:
Tanis MacDonald
#202 - 3501Savannah Ave
Victoria, B.C.
V8X 1S6
5. Postmarked no later than January 31, 2004
6. Blind judging - do not put your name or contact info on the poem but include a separate sheet with contact info and poem title.

Bio on Tanis MacDonald:
Tanis Macdonald has a BA from the University of Winnipeg and an MA, in English, from the University of Manitoba. She is currently working on her doctoral thesis at University of Victoria. Her latest book is Fortune, by Turnstone Press. This is her fifth book of poetry. She is the winner of the coveted Bliss Carmen award for poetry.

MOCAMBOPO'S FABULOUS FEBRUARY CALENDAR

FEBRUARY 6, 2004: CAROL ANN SOKOLOFF & KAREN SHKLANKA

CAROL ANN SOKOLOFF is a jazz musican, poet and dancer. She is a partner in Ekstasis Editions.

KAREN SHKLANKA is a doctor on Salt Spring Island, a poet, and the queen of the tango.

FEBRUARY 13, 2004 : TANYA KERN & STAN ROGAL

TANYA KERN was the host of Mocambopo. She is launching her second book of poetry from Ekstasis Editions, Ave.

STAN ROGAL has published 11 books of poetry, short stories and two novels. His latest book, sub rosa, is published by Wolsak and Wynn.

FEBRUARY 20, 2004: CATHERINE HUNTER & ARLEY McNENEY

CATHERINE HUNTER is winner of the Manitoba Book Prize for her book of poems, Latent Heat. She is also a mystery novelist, her most recent book is The Most Recent Days of My Death.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the League of Canadian Poets.

ARLEY MCNENEY studies writing at UVic, writes poetry and trains athletes for the para-Olympics.

FEBRUARY 27, 2004: SALT SPRING POETS

DIANA HAYES, MURRAY REISS, JANE GOODALL & CHRIS SMART read their island poems.

MOCAMBOPO'S MERRY MARCH MENU

MARCH 5, 2004: ALISA GORDANEER

Poet, short story writer and editor of Monday Magazine celebrates her birthday with lovely words.

MARCH 12, 2004: GLEN SORESTAD & RHONA McADAM

Rhona McAdam has published 4 books of poetry, and a recent chapbook from Frog Hollow Press, Crosswords.

Glen Sorstad, Saskatchewan's Poet Laureate, is author of 12 collections of poetry and winner of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal. His latest book is Grasses & Gravestones from SmokyPeace Press.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

MARCH 19, 2004: MOCMABOPO PRIZE WINNERS

Grand prize winner of the first Mocambopo prize , Arley McNeney, is joined by runner ups Barbara Pelman, Melanie Siebert and Oiseau.

MARCH 26, 2004: SEAN HORLOR & MICHELLE WRIGHT

Sean and Michelle, creative writing students at UVic, read their best lyrical poetry.

MOCAMBOPO'S ASTONISHING APRIL CALENDAR

APRIL 2, 2004: BRAD BUIE

This prize winning poet, fiction writer and rock wall builder reads his new work.

APRIL 9, 2004( Good Friday, No Mocambopo)

APRIL 16, 2004: RICHARD HARRISON & JODY LESUIK

RICHARD HARRISON, Calgary poet, reads from the 10th anniversay edition of his book of hockey poems, Hero of the Play.

JODY LESUIK, UVic Creative writing student, reads her new work.

APRIL 23, 2004: Celebrate National Poetry Month

Celebrate National Poetry Month by reading a favorite poem by another poet and get a poetry prize.

APRIL 30, 2004: ELIZABETH SIMPSON & SUE ERICKSON

ELIZABETH SIMPSON, author of Perfection of Hope and One Man at a Time, reads from her new work.

SUE ERICKSON, Bellingham poet and extraordinary artist reads.

MOCAMBOPO'S MARVELLOUS MAY MENU

MAY 7, 2004: PATRICK LANE

Patrick Lane, considered the greatest poet of his generation, launches his new book of poetry from Harbour, Go Leaving Strange.

We wish to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Writer's Union of Canada.

MAY 14, 2004: SUSAN STENSON AND PAM PORTER

Susan Stenson and Pam Porter, 1st and 2nd prize winners of the Rona Murray Prize will be featured readers..

MAY 21, 2004: KAREN SHENFIELD, A.J. LEVIN & BARRY DEMPSTER

Karen Shenfield reads from her first book of poetry, The Law of Return, from Guernica.

A.J. Levin reads from his first book of poetry, Monk's Fruit, from Nightwood,

and Barry Dempster reads from his new collection , his selected poems, The Words Wanting Out, from Nightwood.

MAY 28, 2004: ISA MILMAN

Isa Milman launches her first book of poetry, Between the Doorposts, from Ekstasis Editions.

JUNE'S JUMPIN MOCAMBOPO CALENDAR

JUNE 4, 2004: CLAREMONT REVIEW POETRY WINNERS & JORDAN ZINOVICH

Claremont Review Poetry Contest Winners Leanna Wong, Meredith Lewis and Claire Battershill as well as the runner up winners read their latest work.

Jordan Zinovich, New York poet, writer and drum master reads his latest work.

JUNE 11, 2004: LALA HEINE-KOEHN

Lala Heine-Koehn reads from The Certain Days of Abstinence, in which she takes on the poetic voice of a Japanese courtesan of the 18 century.

JUNE 18, 2004: DAVID KOSUB & SUSAN McCASHLIN

David Kosub, free lance writer, actor and lover of poetry reads his favorite poems.

Susan McCashlin, poet, scholar and creative writing instructor reads from At Mercy's Seat, her 10th book of poetry.

JUNE 25, 2004: GRACE COCKBURN

Grace Cockburn, poet and shortbread queen reads her latest poems.

MOCAMBOPO'S JUBILANT JULY CALENDAR

JULY 2, 2004: YVONNE BLOMER

Yvonne Blomer, the Times Colonist Bike gal, teacher and poet, is riding into the poetic sunset to East Anglia. This is her goodbye reading.

JULY 9, 2004 : HEATHER SPEARS

Heather Spears, poet and artist, delves into her family history in her new non-fiction/novel, The Flourish, Murder in the family, based on the murder of her aunt.

We wish to acknowledge the support of the Writer's Union of Canada.

JULY 16, 2003: LEAF PRESS BOOK LAUNCH

Join Patrick Lane, editor of three chapbooks published by Leaf Press: Masks, Letters We Never Sent and Briefly Perfect, and Isa Milman, Grace Cockburn, Andrea MacKenzie, Barbara Pelman, Brad Buie,Devora Levin and many others read their poems from the Glenairley retreats.

JULY 23, 2004: VANCOUVER POETRY SLAM TEAM

This slam team is representing Canada in the US National SLAM championships. Shane Koyczan, winner of the CBC poetry face off; Baraba Alder one of the winners of the Poetry Slam Nationals; Brendan McLeod, MA in philosophy and novelist; and C.R. Avery, rapper, harmonica player and novelist.

JULY 30, 2004: BETH KOPE

This Victoria poet ends the summer season. Mocambopo will resume again on September 10, 2004.