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Cherie Geauvreau
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaCherie Geauvreau – Peace, Power, Poetry! Local poet Cherie reads from her recent poetic works. Poetry, prose, story-telling, art and music intertwine in Cherie’s life. So does hope, anticipation, joy and laughter, pain and disaster. Cherie arrived on Salt Spring island in 1986 and immediately fell in live with the coast and the island. Here […]
Poetry Open Mic
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaCelia 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, […]
Andrea Scott, Ian Thomas and Karl Meade
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaA 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.
Poetry Open Mic
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaArleen 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 […]
Poetry Open Mic
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaFeaturing 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 […]
Poetry Open Mic
Community Program Room 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaFeaturing 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, […]
Poetry Open Mic
Poetry Open Mic featuring Jude Neale Jude Neale is a Canadian poet, vocalist, spoken word performer and mentor. She was shortlisted, highly commended and finalist for many international competitions. ‘Water […]