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City Lights release of Solar Poems
April 12th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Book Launch, Events, Translation, UBC, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »
George McWhirter reads from his translation of Solar Poems
“For many years, I have admired the writing of one of Mexico’s great poets, Homero Aridjis. One evening in San Francisco, after a delightful dinner with him and his wife, Betty, Aridjis spoke briefly about his “poemas solares.” I was enticed by what he said, and asked to see them. After reading this amazing collection, I wanted at once to publish the book in English in order to make these luminous poems available to English-speaking readers. Conjoined in his work are small everyday miracles and the revelatory insight of dream and transcendent vision. Aridjis is a close observer of the world and of the human heart. I hope many readers will share my delight in these wonderful poems, beautifully translated by George McWhirter.”
—Nancy J. Peters
We hope you can join us
Thursday, April 15th, 7:00 pm
Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Robson Reading Series (UBC Robson Square Bookstore)
Sheila James and Larissa Lai: April 13th at the Wired Monk Cafe
April 12th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Book Launch, Events, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »
Please join authors Sheila James (author of In the Wake of Loss, Ronsdale Press) and Larissa Lai (author of Automaton Biographies, Arsenal Pulp Press) for the Vancouver launch of In the Wake of Loss. Itíll be at the Wired Monk (corner of 4th and Trafalgar) on April 13th from 7:30 pm. Entry is free.
Pirate Flavour Locution
April 11th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Locution, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »
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!
Gillian Jerome, Laisha Rosnau and Gregory Scofield at Robson
April 10th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Book Launch, Events, UBC No Comments »
The Robson Reading Series will celebrate this passionate, language-rich way of life for Canada’s 10th Annual National Poetry Month. Join poets Gillian Jerome, 2010 Dorothy Livesay Prize nominee; Laisha Rosnau, 2010 Pat Lowther Award nominee; and past Livesay winner Gregory Scofield on April 22nd at 7pm at the UBC Bookstore/Library at Robson Square for readings and conversation.
Poets Jeff Derkson and Adam Dickinson Read at UBC
April 7th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Events, Poetry, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »
Join us at Green College’s Graham House to hear Canadian poets Jeff Derkson and Adam Dickinson read from their work and discuss their poetics.
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Graham House at Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Cost: Free
Adam Dickinson’s poems, articles, and reviews have appeared in a number of journals in Canada, the UK, and the USA. His work has also been anthologized in Read the rest of this entry »
Celebration CSL/CBR in the Faculty of Arts
March 30th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Events, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »
This year, a section of Ray Hsu’s Introduction to Creative Writing has been devoted to Community Service Learning, a volunteer teaching practicum organized by the UBC Learning Exchange and facilitated by Shannon Duncan. Students have been teaching Creative Writing in grade schools around the Lower Mainland and designed an online Community Service Learning Workbook which offers practical learning teaching tools, lesson plans, some a discussion on the intersections of teaching and writing. The culmination of this work and experience will be presented TONIGHT at an Evening to Celebrate Community Service Learning. The showcase will provide a place for networking, community recognition, and dialogue on Creative Writing’s impact in Vancouver.
The UBC Learning Exchange is delighted to announce that students in a variety of Arts disciplines will showcase and present their learning’s and reflections from the Community Service Learning projects and placements that are currently taking place.
We hope that you will join us, in celebrating the hard work and partnerships of those involved.
When: Tuesday, March 30th
Time: 5:00 – 7:00pm
Location: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Lillooet Rom
Light snacks will be served
In April, Spoken INK is moving
March 25th, 2010 The Editor Posted in UBC No Comments »
In April, Spoken INK is moving (from James Street Cafe on Canada Way)
to LA FONTANA CAFFE
3701 East Hastings @ Boundary (NE corner)
On Tuesday, April 20th, David Zieroth and Rob Taylor will be our inaugural guests at our new location. (More details very soon.)
Douglas & McIntyre Launch of Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow
March 25th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Book Launch, Events, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »
Are you one of Darwin’s Bastards? There’s only one way to find out. Join the stellar cast of contributing writers at this great event we have planned to launch Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow. We’re at the Wise Hall wearing some cosmic costumes, performing some psychedelic shows, and having some futuristic fun. All with the amazing emcee stylings of Zsuzsi Gartner, who edited and compiled the collection.
Event Details:
Friday, April 16
The Wise Hall, 1882 Adanac Street
doors at 8 pm
wear your best costumes from the future!*
Featuring: Laura Trunkey, Jay Brown, Paul Carlucci, Adam Lewis Schroeder, Annabel Lyon, Oliver Kellhammer, Timothy Taylor, Lee Henderson
*for costume inspiration, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlwgqy-EV7Y
more info: http://www.dmpibooks.com/event/206
And here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107988155894493&ref=nf
Creative Writing Anthology Launch Party 2010
March 25th, 2010 The Editor Posted in Book Launch, Events, Students, Faculty, and Alumni, UBC, UBC Creative Writing No Comments »
You are invited to the launch of Thrust, a publishing project of the UBC MFA Creative Writing Program, brought to you by the University of British Columbia Creative Writing Program. This launch marks the debut of new works by seventeen brash young voices in fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. Come celebrate our launch in conjunction with the Robson Reading Series on Friday March 26, 2010 at 7:00 pm.
The event will feature readings by Andrea Bennett, Ben Rawluk, Natalie Thompson, Sigal Samuel, Erika Thorkelson, Kim Fu, Kevin Spenst, and Emily Davidson.
Thrust will be for sale at the event for $10. It will also feature fresh new work from Anna Maxymiw, Evan Duggan, Melissa Sawatsky, Kaitlin Fontana, Jeff Stautz, and Chris Urquhart.
For more information on Thrust’s contributors, check out http://thrustonline.blogspot.com/search/label/About%20Us.
Then come join us afterward at Tafs Café (http://www.tafscafe.ca) at 829 Granville for more readings, drinks and schmoozing.
For more information about the book or the launch, you can contact Erika (ethorkelson@gmail.com) or Natalie (red_rev@hotmail.com).
We look forward to seeing you there!