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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.

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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.

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)

A selection of 10 minute scripts will be given a public reading by professional actors at the Performing Arts Studio Theatre (PAL) on June 6, 2012.
 
Scripts should be submitted in standard play format; scripts must not exceed
 
10 pages; no more than 3 characters; optional theme, ”Rent a…”; playwright’s name and contact details should be on cover only;
mail to Yvonne Adalian, 327-581 Cardero St, V6G 3L3.
Deadline for submission April 30, 2012
 
For further information: www.palvancouver.org or
 
Camilla Ross, producer      camillaross@shaw.ca
 
Yvonne Adalian, director    yadda@telus.net

The selected emerging or established playwright will be offered dramaturgy for 6 – 8 weeks and a staged reading workshop in July 2012.
VACT’s Theatre Lab wishes to develop Asian Canadian playwrights and create more Asian Canadian plays to a professional level where the plays may be produced by VACT or with other theatres in the Greater Vancouver area.
 
Deadline is March 31, 2012. More info: www.vact.ca

For the final event of this year’s series, this March Play Chthonics presents the Griffin nominated writers and translators Robert Majzels and Erín Mouré. An evening of reading, poetics, and dialogue in the warmth of Green College’s beautiful Graham House. All are welcome, but please arrive on time as seating is limited.

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Time: 5-6:30 p.m.
Location: Graham House at Green College UBC, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Cost: Free

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UBC Creative Writing Program & Theatre Department present the 26thBrave New Play Rites Festival. Twelve new plays under twenty minutes.

The Dorothy Summerset Theatre (UBC Point Grey Campus)
March 28-April 1, 2012
Opening Night Wed, March 28 – Sun, April 1 7:30pm

Matinee at 2:00 Sun Apr 1
Staged Reading Sat March 31 2:00pm (by donation)

Tickets: $10/$15
Full details: www.bravenew.ca

This University of Memphis Creative Writing program held from June 3 to June 26 provides an exciting opportunity for students to study and practice creative writing in the culturally fascinating and historically important Mediterranean coastal city of Alicante, during the season of their fiesta of San Juan.

Program Cost: $1,845* The program fee includes the $350 study abroad application fee, accommodations, meals, inland transport, and student ID card. Fellowship available. DEADLINE: March 1, 2012.

For more information: https://memphis.studioabroad.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10310

http://mfainmemphis.submishmash.com/submit

Play Chthonics Reading Series 2011-2012 presents the Métis writers and filmmakers Warren Cariou and Marie Clements. An evening of conversation in the warmth of Green College’s beautiful Graham House. All are welcome, but please arrive on time as seating is limited.

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012
Time: 5-6:30 p.m.
Location: Graham House at Green College UBC, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Cost: Free

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Steve Burgess

This spring, the Robson Reading Series presents another season of the best new books from authors across Canada held in the heart of downtown at the UBC Bookstore/Library at Robson Square.

February 16:
Readings by Steve Burgess (Who Killed Mom?, nonfiction) and Daniel Griffin (Stopping for Strangers, short fiction). Thursday, February 16 at 7:00pm, free. UBC Bookstore/Library at Robson Square, 800 Robson Street. More info at www.robsonreadingseries.ubc.ca.

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