Poetry

With guest poet Susan Braley Susan Braley lives in Victoria, BC, on the traditional territory of the Coast and Straits Salish Peoples, in particular the Lekwungen-speaking People, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.Her poetry collection, ‘Tilling the Darkness’,was published in 2023. Her poetry is included in Best Canadian Poetry 2023, and was nominated […]

With guest poet RC Weslowski RC Weslowski is a poet, broadcaster, podcaster, clown, workshop leader and bon vivant. He has performed his poetry across Turtle Island and parts of Europe since 1998. His first collection of poetry “My Soft Response to the Wars” is now available. Sign-up for the open mic starts at 6:45. One […]

Angelo Rosso is a local poet, theatre artist and educator. He self-published his first collection of poetry in 2012 titled 'Pieces of the Road'. He recently self-published his second collection as an ebook in 2022, a series of love poems titled 'To Be With You'. He is hard at work on his first work of […]

Celia Meade is an MFA graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. She holds an MFA in painting from the University of Calgary, and has shown internationally. She was runner-up for the Raven Chapbook Award 2022, and has appeared in dozens of literary magazines. Celia lives on Salt Spring Island and in Bronxville, NY. For more information, […]

A celebration and book launch with the 2024 Chapbook Winner Andrea Scott, reading from In the Warm Shallows of What Remains. Joining in are Raven Chapbooks 2023 Winner Ian Thomas, author of Green Islands, and Karl Meade, author of Doom Eager.

Arleen Paré began to write poetry mid-life as she was about to retire from working two decades in social services in Vancouver. She received an MFA in poetry from UVic. In 2014, she won the Governor Generals Award for Poetry for her third collection, “Lake of Two Mountains”. She has written over ten books of […]

Featuring Mona Fertig Mona Fertig is a poet, publisher, and editor. She is the founder of The Literary Storefront, Canada’s first literary centre, and Mother Tongue Publishing. Her books and many chapbooks, include 'Mouth for Music', 'Sex', 'Death & Travel', and 'The Unsettled'. She was a founding member of the Feminist Caucus of the League […]

Featuring Lorna Crozier An Officer of the Order of Canada, Lorna Crozier has been acknowledged for her contributions to Canadian literature, her teaching and her mentoring with five honourary doctorates, most recently from McGill and Simon Fraser Universities. Her books have received numerous national awards, including the Governor-General’s Award for Poetry. Her book, What the […]