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Join Ray Hsu, award-winning poet, as he leads a hands-on workshop on the basics on how to write a love letter. Ray will provide samples of successful love letters as well as a list of do’s and don’ts. This work­shop is as fun as it is cute!

Ray Hsu is the edi­tor to Ricepaper as well an award-winning poet. His books include Anthropy and Cold Sleep Permanent Afternoon. Ray lives in Vancouver, where he teaches Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. You can find him shopping for vintage sweaters on Main Street and on the Internet at  www.thewayofray.com.

When: Sunday May 27, 2012
Where: Project Space, 222 East Georgia Street
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Price: $30, includes a one-year subscription to Ricepaper

To register online click here -   http://www.ricepapermagazine.ca/workshop/

Featuring Lee Henderson, Brent Freedman and (MFA student) Kevin Lee.

Thurs. May 3, 2012
7pm
Toast Collective, 648 Kingsway

Come and celebrate the launch of Canadian Fiction Podcast http://www.canadianfictionpodcast.com with a reading by episode 1 guest Lee Henderson, music by Brent Freedman, and comedy by Kevin Lee. Further Event details on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/events/211287802316997/

The Canadian Fiction Podcast is dedicated to bringing the voices of emerging and established writers into the homes of readers across Canada and around the world. Each episode features an exclusive reading by an author followed by an interview with that author. The podcast is brought to you by MFA students Ajay Mehra, Bill Mullan, and Michelle Turner and MFA grad Erika Thorkelson. Toast Collective is a collectively-run space that helps build capacity in the community by hosting and facilitating D.I.Y. based projects & workshops.

Finalists for the 2012 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize read from their nominated works. The evening will be hosted by Evelyn Lau, Vancouver’s Poet Laureate. Readings by Susan McCaslin, John Pass, Garry Thomas Morse, Sharon Thesen.

Friday, May 11, 2012
7:00 pm
Central Library: Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level
350 West Georgia Street

Admission is Free
Seating is limited

REA 1035 : Building Poems: Language, Image, Idea- 
 
This poetry writing course is designed for writers of all levels. Focusing on the tools used in poetry construction, students will experiment with imagery, language, voice, and rhythm.

Through in-class discussions, exercises, and workshop activities, students will develop their skills in crafting engaging poetry in a supportive, creative environment.- start Date: May 15, 2012
seven evening classes- 18:30-21:30
at Langara College – for registration: http://tinyurl.com/7c7xcka 
 
Kevin Spenst’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Fire, Read the rest of this entry »

Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Junction (1138 Davie St)
7:30 pm to 9 pm (Doors at 7PM)
FREE ADMISSION! The Junction is fully licensed

On Thursday, May 10th, Vancouver playwright C. E. Gatchalian will launch his book Falling In Time. The evening launch will be held at The Junction and hosted by Vancouver author and comedian Charles Demers.

The launch will feature readings of excerpts from the play by the author as well as actors Kevin Kraussler and Nelson Wong, followed by a Q & A with the author and Sean Cummings, who directed the world premiere. Copies of the book will be on sale and the author will sign books as requested. Falling In Time is being published by Scirocco Drama, one of Canada’s premiere drama presses.

NOTE: If you’re unable to make it for the evening launch… Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver Is Awesome’s book club welcomes East Van poet Rob Taylor (author of The Other Side of Ourselves) for a free reading, question and answer session, and a multimedia presentation. This event is open to the public and will take place on Sunday, April 29 from 2-4 PM  at The Hideaway at the Waldorf Hotel, 1489 East Hastings St., Vancouver.

More info: Contact viareads@gmail.com or go to www.vancouverbookclub.com

Dave’s new play Out in the Open, commissioned by Green Thumb Theatre is touring high schools throughout the province before heading to Ontario this fall and then a US tour during the 2013-2014 season.

Join Chris Hutchinson in Vancouver for the launch of A Brief History of the Short-Lived. In his third poetry collection, Hutchinson brings the full force of his linguistic dexterity to bear on the elusive subject of literature itself. With his restless intellectual curiosity tempered by a dash of witty self-deprecation, Hutchinson deftly manoeuvres through hallowed halls of academia with humour and grace.

Each month, The Writer’s Studio Community hosts a reading series that allows local writers to share their work with the public. Who reads? Current members and alumni of The Writer’s Studio, local emerging writers and authors, and authors on book tours.

The next TWS Reading Series is on Friday, April 13th at Take 5 Cafe (429 Granville St. at West Hastings) from 7 pm to 9 pm. Do not be dissuaded that it is Friday the 13th – only good things will happen! Best of all, you will be entertained with readers’ travel (and other) tales, and the multi-media presentation of guest artist, Tayu Hayward.

www.thewritersstudio.ca
www.sfu.ca/wp

LIT! is an evening of queer writers giving you their best fiction, poetry, and embarrassing life stories, while drinking in the name of art.

Hosted by Allison Moon. Featuring Leah Horlick, Michael V. Smith, Lydia Kwa, Cathleen With, Daniel Zomparelli, & Cass King.

Friday, April 20^th, Rhizome (317, E Broadway, Vancouver) @ 8PM
Tickets: http://litvancouver.eventbrite.com/
$5 in advance $10 at the door (tickets on sliding scale)

Prizes totaling $1,000 and publication in Sonora Review is given annually for an innovative essay. Lia Purpura will judge. All entries are considered for publication. Submit an essay of up to twenty pages with a $15 entry fee by May 1st.

http://sonorareview.com/contest/

Many years ago, Descant discussed an issue centred on Toronto’s buried waterways. They began with Taddle Creek, and then Garrison Creek, a 12,000-year-old stream that was “buried” beneath the city’s downtown streets nearly a century ago, but which can still be glimpsed, whether trickling beneath a sewer grate or rushing through the city’s imagination. Toronto’s creeks are the progenitors of The Hidden City, an issue dedicated to that which escapes first notice in the world’s myriad urban landscapes.

From buried rivers to underground habitats to the city’s silent/silenced citizens to the city transformed by darkness, they want your best creative work on the creatures, geographies, and societies that elude our surface experience. What do we cover over? What escapes us? What have we forgotten or missed? The Hidden City wants you to show them the unexamined corners of the world’s living cities.

Submission deadline for this issue: June 15, 2012

See descant.ca/submit.html

Project Space will open its first exhibition, Arte Factum, on Friday, March 30 at 8pm with an opening reception that doubles as the launch of Poetry Is Dead issue five.

Arte Factum is an exhibition of poetry chapbooks from across North America
that features twenty contemporary works—including new releases by Jordan Abel
and Dina Del Bucchia, commissioned by Poetry Is Dead—and is accompanied by
curator Daniel Zomparelli’s personal chapbook collection along with additional
donated chapbooks from derek bealieau and Warren Dean Fulton.

Arte Factum Opening Reception & Poetry Is Dead Issue Five Launch
Friday, March 30, 2012 at 8pm
Project Space, 222 E Georgia St (at Main)
Curated by Daniel Zomparelli
Produced in partnership with Poetry Is Dead
No cover
On Facebook | Hashtag #artefactum