The Grapevine - UBC Creative Writing News

Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! It’s the last Locution of the year on April 15th, and one of your hosts may have gone a bit overboard (har!) because she is INSISTING that it have a salty pirate flavour. You know this means terrible punning and doorprizery. Come one, come all to the ship of books on Main at 7 p.m. Strap on an eye patch and hobble over to a chair whilst Adam Teeling keelhauls you with his wit, Anna Maxymiw splits your skull with the beauty of her words, Gabrielle Pope makes you walk the plank of her awesomeness, and Bill Radford dances a fiendish literary jig on your very SOUL.
Our featured readers will be your hosts, the buccaneers Michelle Wright and Margret Bollerup. They’re howling into the wind about how you could wear an eye patch but no one will judge you if you don’t.
 
Event Details:
April 15 @ 7PM
Pulpfiction Books, 2422 Main Street, Vancouver
 
Hope to see you there!

Locution is on March 11th! Same time (7 o’clock), same place (Pulpfiction Books, 2422 Main Street), same great times! This month, Emily Davidson will read sweet somethings into our ears. She’ll be joined by Mette Bach, Trevor Corkum, and Irina Kovalyova, all bright lights in the optional-residency program!!! Our featured reader will be Deborah Willis, the author of Vanishing and Other Stories, published by Penguin in 2009. 
“The emotional range and depth of these stories, the clarity and deftness is astonishing.”
-Alice Munro
Take a look at her website for more info:  http://www.deborahwillis.ca/home.php
Bring all your spare change. Stuff will be for sale! Can’t wait to see you there!

Happy Valentines Day from Locution! Come this Thursday the 11th, at Pulpfiction Books, and savour the literary delights of first years Indrapramit Das, Emily Urness, and Chris Urquhart. Second year Dan Schwartz will also sizzle beguilingly. Dina Del Bucchia, a lovely alumni of the UBC Creative Writing Department, is our fabulous featured reader. Come and show everyone the love!

Event Details:

Feb 11 at 7PM at Pulpfiction Books, 2422 Main Street, Vancouver

Happy New Year! The very first Locution of 2010 is happening on January 7th, 7:00PM, at Pulpfiction books, 2422 Main Street, Vancouver.
 
Start the year off right with fabulous readings by Shannon Duncan, Nadia Pestrak, Kimberley Fu, and Kaitlin Fontana. Come also to hear our featured reader, David Zieroth, winner of the 2009 Governor General’s Award for poetry! See www.davidzieroth.com for his full bio.
 
Hope to see everyone there!

Have you been waiting for more Locution? Well, this week you can get your fix!  They’ll be back at Pulp Fiction Books this Thursday.

First year MFAs: Margret Bollerup

Second year MFAs: Crystal Sikma, Sonia Zagwyn, Krista Eide

And don’t forget about our fabulous featured reader Jen Currin!

Event details:

Thursday, December 11 (7 pm)
Pulp Fiction Books
2422 Main St, Vancouver

End of the Year Locution (but not the last) Thursday, April 3rdIt’s the end of the year as we know it, and we feel fine. But we’ll feel much better after this month’s Locution! So don’t get teary-eyed just yet, because there are still brilliant readers to be heard, and bottles to be emptied!

Shay Wilson, Carmen Pintea and Sonia Zagwyn will be entertaining us with fiction and lyric.

Poets Jamella Hagen and Brianna Brash-Nyberg will read new work.

Our Featured Reader: Tim Carlson
Co-Founder / Artistic Producer of Theatre Conspiracy, Internationally renowned playwright: Omniscience (nominated for 6 Jessie Richardson Awards, currently playing in Chicago) & Diplomacy

This Thursday April 3rd, 7:00 SHARP!! (Get there early)
Cafe Monmartre, 4362 Main Street (at 28th)

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Last Chance for a Slow Dance

We will be having our final Locution Bonanza May 15th at the lovely Rhizome to finish off our year. Dave and Sheryda will be turning the show over to the new, hot hosts. If you haven’t read at Locution yet and are interested, please email Dave or Sheryda at locutionreadings@gmail.com.

This Valentine’s Day, get romantic Locution-style. Bring your friends along to share the love.

Dina Del Bucchia, Liz Mason and Roger Pylypa start us off with a medley of words and a little accordion. Kellee Ngan reads to us from just one of her many works of fiction, and Bruce Spangler fires up his guitar.

We’re also very lucky to feature special guest Anosh Irani, 2007 Governor General’s Award nominee for The Bombay Plays.

Reading starts at 7pm, but come early and eat some food. This month’s venue is the lovely Rhizome Cafe, www.rhizomecafe.ca, 317 East Broadway (corner of Broadway/Kingsway). They have a delicious meals and great beers.

Start your romantic night off right. Come Locute with us.

Don’t go home for the holidays yet!

The MFA student reading series LOCUTION is on!

Thursday December 6th
Cafe Montmartre (4362 Main Street at 28th)
7 pm

Celebrate the end of the semester and listen to another excellent line-up of writers: Elena Johnson, John Mavin, Sandra Pettman Ria Voros and Claire Tacon.

Featured reader this month is Children’s Lit writer Rachelle Delaney.

See you there.

Remember: Cafe Montmartre is CASH ONLY so hit the bank before you come.

Just a reminder that the first round of Locution happens tonight at 7PM at Cafe Montmartre!  More information here.

Less than a week ’til Locution!

Mark it on your calendar.
The annual UBC Creative Wriring MFA student reading series LOCUTION is
back.
7 pm November 8th, 2007 at Cafe Montmartre
(4362 Main Street at 28th)

Our excellent multi-genre lineup of writers includes:
Erin Vandenberg, Michelle Miller, Kristjanna Grimmelt, Michael John Wheeler and Mike Christie.

Featured reader this month is poet Zoya Harris.

See you there.

Remember: Cafe Montmartre is CASH ONLY so hit the ATM
before you come. There’s a food menu also available.

Please email us at locutionreadings@gmail.com if you
have any questions.