READINGS & OTHER NEWS
I'll be launching my new poetry book, Openwork and Limestone at two events this fall, one in person and one virtual:
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On Tuesday, November 15, I along with fellow Frontenac House author Anvesh Jain, will be reading from our new books at Ottawa's Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street. Doors at 7 pm, readings at 7:30
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On Tuesday, November 22 the entire Fall 2022 Frontenac House Quartet will launch online at 6pm MST / 8pm EST. Reading by me, Kim Fahner, Ben Gallagher and Anvesh Jain. Details here
On Sunday afternoon, November 20, I will be reading along with Katherine Lawrence at the Burnaby BC series Spoken INK. Details here
Stay tuned for announcements about upcoming readings from Openwork and Limestone !
Photo credit (for this and main menu photo):
Pearl Pirie
Recent Events
Two BC readings in fall 2022: at Victoira's Planet Earth Poetry series (with Katherine Lawrence) and at Vancouver's Peoples Coop Bookstore (with Steffi Tad-y and Ellen McGinn.
2020 and 2021 online highlights included readings at the Ottawa International Writers Festival, the House Party reading series, Vancouver's SFU Lunch Poems series, my first US reading (for Pennsylvania's Harbor Review ) and my first Irish reading which was also my first in Europe (for the Dublin-based magazine, Madrigal).
Pre-pandemic, I read from both Tower and This White Nest as a featured reader throughout New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Sarna and Hamilton, along with home-town launches at Ottawa's Manx Pub.
Recorded readings and interviews
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Peter F. Yacht Club virtual regatta reading, December 27, 2021 (two poems): Watch here
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Junction Reads, December 12, 2021 (reading & interview): Watch here
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Best Canadian Poetry 2020 National Poetry Month reading, April 25, 2021 (one poem). Watch here
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Dreich Magazine reading (three poems) March 9, 2021. Watch here
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Small Machine Talks, Dec 20, 2020 (reading & interview) Listen here
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Ottawa International Writers Festival, "Art of the Short Story" podcast, Oct 2, 2020 (reading & interview). Listen here
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CKCU Radio "Asking for a Friend" show, Sept 15, 2020 (reading & interview). Listen here
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Vancouver Poets Corner series, May 20, 2020 (full set ). Watch here
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Burnaby Spoken Ink series, May 19, 2020 (full set). Watch here
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Vallum Poetry issue launch, April 24, 2020 ("We Knew" from issue 17.1). Watch here
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Dead Poets' Reading Series, March 30, 2020 (reading poems by Jane Kenyon). Watch here.
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Ottawa's Tree Reading Series, August 9, 2011 . Watch here .
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Ottawa's Tree Reading Series, March 22, 2012 . Watch here .
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Ottawa's Tree Reading Series, August 28, 2012 (presentation on Anne Szumigalski). Watch here .
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Ottawa's Tree Reading Series, November 27, 2012 (open mic - "Migrations"). Watch here .
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Ottawa's Tree Reading Series, June 2014. . Watch here