Sponsored by The Canada Council for the Arts
& the Creative Writing Program at Capilano University
The Spring 2009 OPEN TEXT series at Capilano University concludes on Thursday, April 2nd with a reading by Shirley Bear:
Library 321 @ 11:30
Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver
The author of a book of poems entitled Virgin Bones (McGilligan Press, 2007), SHIRLEY BEAR is a multi-media artist, writer, activist, and native traditional herbalist. Born on the Tobique First Nation, she is an original member of the Wabnaki language group of New Brunswick, Canada. Shirley Bear was the 2002 recipient of the Excellence in the Arts Award from the New Brunswick Arts Board.
For Info:
Reg Johanson
Creative Writing Convener
604.986.1911 (2428)
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
OPEN TEXT READING SERIES: PHINDER DULAI
Sponsored by The Canada Council for the Arts
& the Creative Writing Program at Capilano University
The Spring 2009 OPEN TEXT series at Capilano University continues on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 with a reading by Vancouver poet Phinder Dulai:
Library 321 @ 11:30
Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver
PHINDER DULAI is the author of two books of poetry: Ragas from the Periphery (Arsenal Pulp Press 1995); and Basmati Brown (Nightwood Editions 2000). His work has been published in various journals, including: West Coast Line, The Capilano Review, Memewar Magazine, Rungh, Ankur and Matrix, and can also be found in the anthologies Making a Difference – Canadian Multicultural Literature (OUP 2006) and Companions and Horizons – Anthology of SFU Poetry (Line Books, 2005). As a South Asian Canadian writer interested in post colonial Diaspora perspectives, Dulai works in diffusing and exploring these roots through contemporary poetics.
For info:
Reg Johanson
rjohanso@capilanou.ca
604.986.1911 (2428)
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& the Creative Writing Program at Capilano University
The Spring 2009 OPEN TEXT series at Capilano University continues on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 with a reading by Vancouver poet Phinder Dulai:
Library 321 @ 11:30
Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver
PHINDER DULAI is the author of two books of poetry: Ragas from the Periphery (Arsenal Pulp Press 1995); and Basmati Brown (Nightwood Editions 2000). His work has been published in various journals, including: West Coast Line, The Capilano Review, Memewar Magazine, Rungh, Ankur and Matrix, and can also be found in the anthologies Making a Difference – Canadian Multicultural Literature (OUP 2006) and Companions and Horizons – Anthology of SFU Poetry (Line Books, 2005). As a South Asian Canadian writer interested in post colonial Diaspora perspectives, Dulai works in diffusing and exploring these roots through contemporary poetics.
For info:
Reg Johanson
rjohanso@capilanou.ca
604.986.1911 (2428)
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
P3: PoetryPianoPoetry
Please join LINEbooks for a reading by Kim Minkus and Glen Lowry.
Hank Bull will play piano between sets.
Friday March 20th, 7:30 pm
1067 Granville Street. (Alley Entrance)
BYOB
Hank Bull has been an important member of the legendary Western Front Society since 1973. He is the also the founder and executive director of Centre A (Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) since 1999. His works have been collected by National Gallery of Canada, Netherlands Media Art Institute and many private collectors. He has a long history of playing piano in many settings.
Glen Lowry is a Vancouver-based writer, photographer, scholar, and editor. He co-edits West Coast Line and his work appears in the anthology, Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry (The Mercury Press, 2005). Pacific Avenue is forthcoming from LINEbooks. He lives in Vancouver and works at ECUAD.
Kim Minkus is a poet, researcher and writing instructor. She is a PhD candidate in Simon Fraser University's English Department where her research interests are contemporary poetics, avant-garde book history, and archival experiment and risk. She has had articles published on poets Susan Howe and Stephen Cain. LINEbooks published her first book of poetry 9 Freight in the fall of 2007 and her second book Thresh is forthcoming. She has had reviews and poetry published in FRONT Magazine, Interim, West Coast Line, The Poetic Front, LOCUSPOINT, ottawater, Memewar and Jacket. She currently teaches at Capilano University.
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Hank Bull will play piano between sets.
Friday March 20th, 7:30 pm
1067 Granville Street. (Alley Entrance)
BYOB
Hank Bull has been an important member of the legendary Western Front Society since 1973. He is the also the founder and executive director of Centre A (Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) since 1999. His works have been collected by National Gallery of Canada, Netherlands Media Art Institute and many private collectors. He has a long history of playing piano in many settings.
Glen Lowry is a Vancouver-based writer, photographer, scholar, and editor. He co-edits West Coast Line and his work appears in the anthology, Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry (The Mercury Press, 2005). Pacific Avenue is forthcoming from LINEbooks. He lives in Vancouver and works at ECUAD.
Kim Minkus is a poet, researcher and writing instructor. She is a PhD candidate in Simon Fraser University's English Department where her research interests are contemporary poetics, avant-garde book history, and archival experiment and risk. She has had articles published on poets Susan Howe and Stephen Cain. LINEbooks published her first book of poetry 9 Freight in the fall of 2007 and her second book Thresh is forthcoming. She has had reviews and poetry published in FRONT Magazine, Interim, West Coast Line, The Poetic Front, LOCUSPOINT, ottawater, Memewar and Jacket. She currently teaches at Capilano University.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
OPEN TEXT READING SERIES: ROGER FARR
Sponsored by The Canada Council for the Arts
& the Creative Writing Program at Capilano University
The Spring 2009 OPEN TEXT series at Capilano College continues on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 with a reading by Vancouver writer, editor and teacher Roger Farr:
Arbutus 314 @ 11:30
Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver
Roger Farr is the author of SURPLUS (Line Books, 2006), a co-author (with Reg Johanson and Aaron Vidaver) of the collaborative research project N 49 19. 47 - W 123 8.11 (Recomposition, 2008), and the editor of PARSER: New Poetry and Poetics. Other work appears or is forthcoming in The Canadian Journal of Communication, Fifth Estate, The International Encyclopedia of Protest and Revolution, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, Rad Dad, and XCP: Cross Cultural Poetics. He works at Capilano University.
For info:
Reg Johanson, Creative Writing Convener
rjohanso@capilanou.ca
604.986.1911 (2428)
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& the Creative Writing Program at Capilano University
The Spring 2009 OPEN TEXT series at Capilano College continues on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 with a reading by Vancouver writer, editor and teacher Roger Farr:
Arbutus 314 @ 11:30
Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver
Roger Farr is the author of SURPLUS (Line Books, 2006), a co-author (with Reg Johanson and Aaron Vidaver) of the collaborative research project N 49 19. 47 - W 123 8.11 (Recomposition, 2008), and the editor of PARSER: New Poetry and Poetics. Other work appears or is forthcoming in The Canadian Journal of Communication, Fifth Estate, The International Encyclopedia of Protest and Revolution, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, Rad Dad, and XCP: Cross Cultural Poetics. He works at Capilano University.
For info:
Reg Johanson, Creative Writing Convener
rjohanso@capilanou.ca
604.986.1911 (2428)
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