Open Text Reading Series:

Jamie Reid

Tuesday, November 20

2:30 - 4:00 pm

LB186

Capilano University

2055 Purcell Way

North Vancouver

Jamie Reid is a veteran Vancouver poet. His first publications were in 1961 as one of the original editors of TISH, the germinal Vancouver poetry newsletter. His poetry titles include The Man Whose Path Was on Fire (Talonbooks, 1969); Prez: Homage to Lester Young (Oolichan Books, 1993); Mad Boys (Coach House, 1998); I. Another. The Space Between: Selected Poems (Talonbooks, 2004); homages (Pooka Press, 2009). He also wrote Diana Krall: The Language of Love (Fox Music Books, 2002) a biography of the Canadian singer and pianist. He currently edits two poetry blogs: Schroedinger’s Cat and Gerry Gilbert.

Open to the public. Free. Everyone welcome.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for this reading.

Stay Tuned for the Spring Series beginning in January 2013
 
For further information on the Open Text Reading Series please contact Kim Minkus, Convenor for Creative Writing at kminkus@capilanou.ca

 

Open Text Reading Series:

Barry McKinnon and Shane Rhodes

Thursday, November 15

11:30 am – 1pm

LB322

Capilano University

2055 Purcell Way

North Vancouver

Barry McKinnon has published nine books of poetry (most recently In the Millennium, New Star, 2009 and The Centre:  Poems 1970-2000, Talonbooks, 2004) and countless chapbooks.  His book, The the was nominated for the Governor General’s Award for poetry in 1980.  Pulp Log won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Award in 1991, and Arrhythmia was the winner of the bp Nichol Chapbook Award for the best chapbook published in Canada in English in 1994. His chapbook Surety Disappears was the runner-up for the bp Nichol Award in 2008.

Shane Rhodes is the author of The Wireless Room, Holding Pattern, The Bindery (all with NeWest Press), and Err (Nightwood Editions in 2011). Shane’s awards include an Alberta Book Award for poetry, two Lampman-Scott Awards, the P. K. Page Founder's Award for Poetry, and the most recent National Magazine Award for poetry. Shane’s poetry has been featured in the anthologies Breathing Fire II, Seminal: Canada’s Gay Male Poets, and Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008 and 2011. Shane is the poetry editor for Arc.

Open to the public. Free. Everyone welcome.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for this reading.

Upcoming Open Text Readings:

Jamie Reid: Tuesday, November 20 from 2:30 - 4 pm L 186

For further information on the Open Text Reading Series please contact Kim Minkus, Convenor for Creative Writing at kminkus@capilanou.ca

 

Barry McKinnon TCR Writer in Residence 

Book your manuscript consultation!

Barry McKinnon will be available for manuscript consultations November 5-16. Contact the TCR office to schedule an appointment: tcr@capilanou.ca or 604-984-1712. Provide up to 10 pages of work at least one full day before your meeting by email (pdf ideal) or by dropping off a hard copy to Fir 456. Consultations will run 30-45 minutes. Schedule soon to get your optimal time slot.

During his residency at Capilano University, Barry will also give a talk on Friday, November 9 at 11:30am in Cedar 148 and a reading, with Shane Rhodes, on Thursday, November 15 at 11:30am in Library 322. Also watch for Barry's blog posts in Fall 2012.

Open Text Reading Series

Garry Gottfriedson

 

 

Thursday, October 25

11:30 am – 1pm

CE148

Capilano University

2055 Purcell Way

North Vancouver

Garry Gottfriedson, from the Secwepemc First Nation (Shuswap), was born, raised and lives in Kamloops, BC. He was awarded the Gerald Red Elk Creative Writing Scholarship by the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, where he studied under Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Marianne Faithful and others. Gottfriedson’s works include In Honor of Our Grandmothers: Imprints of Cultural Survival (Theytus Books 1994), 100 Years of Contact (Secwepemc Cultural Education Society, 1990), Glass Tepee (Thistledown Press 2002), nominated for First People’s Publishing Award 2004, his first children’s story Painted Pony (Partners in Publishing 2005), and Whiskey Bullets (Ronsdale 2006 — Anskohk Aboriginal Award Finalist).



Open to the public. Free. Everyone welcome.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for this reading.

Upcoming Open Text Readings:

Barry McKinnon and Shane Rhodes: Thursday, November 15 from 11:30 - 1 pm LB322

Jamie Reid: Tuesday, November 20 from 2:30 - 4 pm L 186

For further information on the Open Text Reading Series please contact Kim Minkus, Convenor for Creative Writing at kminkus@capilanou.ca

Open Text Reading Series

Clint Burnham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 16

2:30 – 4:00 pm

LB186

Capilano University

2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver


Clint Burnham hails from Vancouver Island, and writes prolifically in a variety of forms – poetry, fiction, and criticism. He teaches in the English Department of Simon Fraser University. Recent books include The Benjamin Sonnets (BookThug, 2009) and Smoke Show (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005). His new book, The Only Poetry that Matters: A Reading of the Kootenay School of Writing, came out last fall from Arsenal Pulp (2011).

Open to the public. Free. Everyone welcome.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for this reading.

Upcoming Open Text Readings:

Garry Gottfriedson: Thursday, October 25 from 11:30 - 1pm CE148

Barry McKinnon and Shane Rhodes: Thursday, November 15 from 11:30 - 1 pm LB322

Jamie Reid: Tuesday, November 20 from 2:30 - 4 pm L 186

For further information on the Open Text Reading Series please contact Kim Minkus, Convenor for Creative Writing at kminkus@capilanou.ca

Lynda Barry, September 28 7:30 pm

Lynda Barry - Artist Talk

NSCU Centre

September 28, 2012 @ 7:30 PM

FREE

One of the most successful alternative American cartoonists, Lynda Barry has blazed many trails over her 30 year career. Best known for her Ernie Pook's Comeek about family life from the perspective of pre-teen girls; Freddie, Arna and Marlys, the syndicated strip ran for two decades in non-mainstream weeklies. Barry is also a painter, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator and teacher.

Open Text Reading Series

Meredith Quartermain
Thursday September 27
11:30-1:00 pm
Room: LIBRARY 322

Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver

Meredith Quartermain is known across Canada as a writer of urban spaces and an innovator of poetic and narrative form. Vancouver Walking (NeWest Press, 2005) won the 2006 BC Book Award  for Poetry; Nightmarker (NeWest, 2008) was a finalist for the 2009 Vancouver Book Award; and Recipes from the Red Planet (BookThug, 2010) was a finalist for the 2011 BC Book Award for fiction. Her work appears regularly in magazines such as The Walrus, Canadian Literature, Matrix, and Prism International, and was recently included in Best Canadian Poetry. Critics have called her a "spellbinding phrasemaker" and "fearlessly droll" remarking that her work is "prescient" and "daring" yet informed by "a centuries-wise arsenal of research" that engages the layers of public space on an epic scale. She is cofounder of Nomados Literary Publishers, which has published more than 35 books of contemporary writing. She is also Writer in Residence for the Vancouver Public Library for 2012.

Open to the public. Free. Everyone welcome.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for this reading.

Upcoming Open Text Readings:

Clint Burnham: Tuesday, October 16 from 2:30 - 4 pm LB186
Garry Gottfriedson: Thursday, October 25 from 11:30 - 1pm CE148
Barry McKinnon and Shane Rhodes:  Thursday, November 15 from 11:30 - 1 pm LB322
Jamie Reid:  Tuesday, November 20 from 2:30 - 4 pm L 186

For further information on the Open Text Reading Series please contact Kim Minkus, Convenor for Creative Writing at kminkus@capilanou.ca

First Meeting of The Liar Collective 

The first meeting of The Liar Collective will take place:

Date: Thursday, September 20th
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Where: FR424 (in the Humanities office)

If you are unable to attend this meeting, but would still like to join the collective, please email theliarcollective@gmail.com.

Creative Writing BC

Interested in literary events around British Columbia? At the last meeting of Creative Writing departments, we hashed together a shared word-press blog -- there you'll be able to check out literary events hosted by Creative Writing departments around the province.

Check it out:

http://creativewritingbc.wordpress.com/

Lee Maracle Reading

Capilano Creative Writing is pleased to present a reading by:

Lee Maracle
Wednesday March 21st
11:30-12:30
Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver
LIBRARY 321


Lee Maracle is the award-winning author of Sojourners and Sundogs, Ravensong, Bobbi Lee, Daughters Are Forever, Will's Garden, Bent Box, I Am Woman. She is also the co-author of Telling It: Women and Language Across Culture. Maracle has served as the Distinguished Visiting Professor at both University of Toronto and Western Washington University. A member of the Stó:lō nation, Lee Maracle currently teaches in the Aboriginal Studies program at the University of Toronto and the Centre of Indigenous Theatre.

Open to the public. Free. Everyone welcome.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for this reading.

Erín Moure Reading

The Capilano Review & Capilano Creative Writing are pleased to present a literary reading by

Erín Moure
Tues March 6th
7:30 p.m.
Cafe for Contemporary Art
140 Esplanade East
North Vancouver
(778) 340-3379

Montreal poet Erín Moure writes in English, multilingually. In O Resplandor (Anansi, 2010), poetry is hybrid, emerging in translation and collaboration. Other recent books include essays, My Beloved Wager (NeWest, 2009) and a reissued Pillage Laud (BookThug, 2011). Her works have received the Governor General's Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and two A.M. Klein Prizes. Her latest, The Unmemntioable, is a poetic investigation into subjectivity, immigration and the western borderlands of Ukraine.

Open to the public. Free. Everyone welcome.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for this reading.

UPCOMING READINGS:

Lee Maracle: March 21st, 11:30 a.m.
(Capilano University, Library 321, 2055 Purcell Way, North Van).

Kyo Maclear Reading

Capilano Creative Writing is pleased to present a literary reading by

Kyo Maclear
Thursday March 1st
11:30-12:30
Capilano University
2055 Purcell Way
North Vancouver
LIBRARY 321



Kyo Maclear is a novelist based in Toronto. Her debut novel, The Letter Opener (HarperCollins), was a finalist for the 2008 Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award and the 2007 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. In 2009, she was awarded the K.M. Hunter Award in Literature. Her latest book, Virginia Wolf -- called "ambitious and complex" by Publisher's Weekly -- is a powerful follow-up to her first collaborative children's book Spork (both illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault). Her latest novel, Stray Love, appears later this month.

Open to the public. Free. Everyone welcome.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for this reading.

UPCOMING READINGS:

Erín Moure: March 6th, 7:30 p.m.

(Cafe for Contemporary Art, 140 Esplanade East, North Van).

Lee Maracle: March 21st, 11:30 a.m.

(Capilano University, Library 321, 2055 Purcell Way, North Van).

Liar editorial meeting

The student publication (The Liar) is meeting this Thursday --

Thurs Jan 26th, 11:30-1 p.m.
Cedar 134.

Come on out and pick up your copy of the latest (perfect bound, perfectly lovely) issue. And, while you're here, find out how you can get involved! As an editor, a writer, in production.

See you there!

Free Creative Writing Workshop

Thursday February 2nd, 11:30 am to 12:50 pm
Library Classroom
(with Anne Stone).

In this session, learn how to mine archive materials (newspapers, research texts, old photos) for great stories. The possibilities are endless: adopt 'found' characters or situations, recreate the textures of the past, and/or image what is missing from an official story. Come with a pen and your imagination. We'll supply the rest.