a life-long poem chronicle
Lunch Poems connects the city with poets – a great place to bring your lunch and your questions about poetry. There’s always a Q & A after the reading.
The light in the Teck Gallery at SFU’s Harbour Centre Campus is beautiful, the vibe is friendly and relaxed.
And we always end on time.
Where: Teck Gallery, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hasting Street, Vancouver
When: June 21 at 12:00pm
Beckoned by the Sea is diverse, powerful, raw—words that describe both the ocean itself and the collective voices of two dozen women whose compelling stories Taylor brings to life in this vivid work. Taylor adeptly purses her prose to let the voices of these accomplished women drive the narrative and enrich our portrait of Cascadia. It’s an important book casts light on the long overlooked role of women in maritime industries and will hopefully inspire the next generation of female seafarers.”
—Eric Enno Tamm, author of Beyond the Outer Shores
I’m delighted to have written the foreword to this rich and beautiful book by Sylvia Taylor. Join us in celebrating the launch of Beckoned by the Sea: Women at Work on the Cascadia Coast at the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
Author Sylvia Taylor will illuminate the myriad ways in which women have contributed to the marine industries that sustain the people and shape the culture of North America’s west coast. Enjoy musical entertainment, marine photography on display, author readings from the book, book sales & signings, and light refreshments.”
– Event details
Date: Thu, 22 June 2017
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Vancouver Maritime Museum – 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3
Admission is free, but seating is limited.
Friday May 12, 2017: evening, up in Room 418, Surrey City Centre public library, writers and friends celebrated the launch of this book: a time-capsule of Surrey, Autumn 2016, through the writings of seniors and youth from the Cloverdale, Strawberry Hill areas of Surrey as well as at Historic Stewart Farm. Co-edited by Meghan Savage and Renee Sarojini Saklikar:
In between running Erasure Poetry workshops at the Surrey Children’s Festival, I had the chance to see an incredible show called Sanja:
Sangja takes the audience on a remarkable journey from Korea to Canada, and all of the imaginative places in-between. We follow a boy as he strives to find his unique place in the world and come to terms with the incredible loss of his birth family, language, and culture, while navigating the tensions that occurs when families (and people) don’t fit within our cultural expectations.
Featuring two renowned theatre companies from South Korea and Canada, this play is a dynamic blend of physical theatre, breathtaking puppetry, an extraordinary musical score, and theatrical elements from East and West! Sangja, the Korean word for “box,” explores identity, race, cultural diversity and conformity, non-traditional families, international adoption, and the boxes we put people in.”
The Surrey Children’s Festival runs from May 25-27 at the Surrey Arts Centre and Bear Creek Park.
Happy to return as mentor for a new cohort of writers enrolled in this year’s SFU Southbank Writer’s Program:
The Southbank Writer’s Program is a part-time, three-month program for writers who are just starting to develop their work. Maybe you’re not showing your work to anyone, but you want to. Perhaps you belong to a creative writing group, but you’re looking for a more structured environment, or you want to develop your style. Whatever the case, if you’re ready to pursue your passion for writing, Southbank is for you.
…Focusing on fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, you’ll learn through creative writing courses, workshops, and an opportunity to read your work in public. You’ll also work closely with an experienced writing mentor, both one-on-one and in a group setting.”
Interested? Deadline for applications have been extended to May 22!
