Susan Stenson, prize winning poet and Claremont teacher reads. All money collected at the door will be donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
The
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
Alisa Gordaneer,extraordinary poet, fiction writer and Monday Magazine editor reads.
Tim Lillburn, 2003 winner of the Governor General's award for poetry, and UVic creative writing teacher reads.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
The
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
Elizabeth
Simpson,
author
of
One
Man
at
a
Time
and
The
Perfection
of
Hope,
reads
from
new
work.
David
Kosub,
singer
and
lover
of
poetry,
performs.
Saskachewan
poet,
Elizabeth
Brewster,
author
of
many
books
of
poetry,
reads
from
her
new
work.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
The
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
Kuldip Gill, winner of the B.C. Book Prize for poetry , reads her new work.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
The
Writers'
Union
of
Canada
and
The
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
Glen
Sorestad,
former
Poet
Laureate
of
Saskatchewan,
and
author
of
many
books
of
poetry,
reads
from
his
latest
work.
Richard
Harrison,
Canada's
foremost
hockey
poet,
reads
from
his
latest
book,
Fathers
Never
Leave
You.
Tom
Wayman,
author
of
13
books
of
poetry,
and
poet
of
the
workplace
reads
from
The
Colours
of
the
Forest.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
The
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
John Gould is a writer of very short fiction. His second collection of stories, Kilter, was shortlisted for the 2003 Giller Prize.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
The
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
Montreal
born
poet,
David
Cavanagh,
now
lives
in
Vermont,
and
will
read
from
his
first
collection
of
poems,
The
Middleman,
from
Salmon
Publishing
of
Ireland.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
the
League
of
Canadian
Poets
and
the
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
Join 5 yet unannounced local poets who will compete for the chance to compete with poets across Canada in CBC's national poetry face off.
Tanya
Kern,
former
host
of
Mocambopo,
reads
from
her
second
book
of
poetry,
published
by
Ekstasis
Editons,
Ave.
Vancouver
poet,
Jen
Currin,
reads
from
her
collection,
Sleep
of
Four
Cities,
from
Anvil
Press.
Ontario poet and film maker, Liz Zetlin reads from her latest collection, The Thing With Feathers, from Buschek Books.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
the
League
of
Canadian
Poets
and
the
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
Arlene
Pare
reads
from
her
latest
work,
which
will
be
published
in
the
fall.
Windsor award winning poet, Marty Gervais who is publisher of Black Moss Press, and superb photographer reads from his latest book of poetry, Taking my blood.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
the
League
of
Canadian
Poets
and
the
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
CBC
morning
host,
Paul
Vasey,
reads
from
his
latest
novel
from
Black
Moss
Press,
Last
Labour
of
the
Heart.
Victoria poet, Grace Cockburn, launches her chapbook, Winter Egg.
Ottawa
poet;
Colin
Morton,
reads
from
his
latest
work,
Dance,
Misery.
Victoria poet, Catherine Greenwood, reads from her first collection from Brick Books, The Pearl Kind & Other Poems.
Gabriola
poet,
Naomi
Beth
Wakan,
author
of
30
books,
reads
from
her
latest
book,
Segues,
from
Wolsak
and
Wynn.
Luminary
writers
from
The
Victoria
School
of
Writing
give
a
preview
of
the
summer
program.
This Calgary performance poet has 6 books of poetry and an international reputation. On May 6, she will giving a workshop. Call 480-1081
Former
Victoria
poet,
Tanis
MacDonald,
comes
home
from
Winnipeg
to
read
new
poems.
Elizabeth
Bachinsky,
writer
in
residence
in
Maple
Ridge
and
Pitt
Meadows,
reads
from
her
latest
book,
Home
of
Sudden
Service,
from
Nightwood.
This GG winning poet and UVic Creative Writing Chair reads from new work.
We
gratefully
acknowledge
the
support
of
The
Writers'
Union
of
Canada
and
The
Canada
Council
for
the
Arts.
Montreal poet, Oana Avasillchioaei, born in Romania, reads from her first book of poems, Abandon, from Wolsak and Wynn.
Governor General Prize winner, Pam Porter, reads from her new book of poetry, Stones Call Out, from Coteau Books.
Brad
Buie,
poet
and
fiction
writer,
reads
from
new
works.
Martin
Gray,
poet,
reads
from
his
lastes
book,
Jackson
Pollock:
Memories
Arrested
in
Space.
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(250) 384-4468
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Mocambo Nights is launched! Edited by Patrick Lane and published by Ekstasis Editions.
Lane, Patrick (Ed.)
Mocambo Nights: Poetry from the Mocambo Reading Series. Ekstasis Editions.
ISBN 1-896860-90-7
Award-winning poet Patrick Lane is editor of this remarkable new anthology of
poetry featuring Canada's most revered writers alongside emerging poets and
brand new voices - all readers at the Mocambopo reading series in Victoria,
BC. At the Pacific edge of the country, at the southern tip of Vancouver Island,
Victoria, BC is home to one of Canada's most vibrant literary communities. Every
Friday evening for the past six years the Mocambo Cafe in downtown Victoria
has hosted 'open mike' poetry followed by a featured reader. In a crowded small
room, an eclectic assortment of poetry enthusiasts from all walks of life, drop
their weekday identities and release the poet within. Distinguished featured
poets and writers of all description mingle in an atmosphere of intense concentration
on and delight in the dancing word. Mocambo Nights serves Canadian poetry
at its freshest and finest, a collection readers will want to sample again and
again.
