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Inner Dialogues: Poetry Reading

September 17, 2022, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Free

Creating space for the personal journey through poetry, these three poets bring to life very different experiences on the page – each reflecting on the difficult, the rewarding and those things that sometimes seem impossible to say.

Host: Leanne Boschman

1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET

Readers: Jude Neale, The River Answers (Ekstasis Editions) | Shani Mootoo, Cane | Fire (Book*Hug Press) | Alan Hill, In the Blood (Caitlin Press)

Jude Neale is a Canadian poet, vocalist, spoken word performer and mentor, who publishes frequently in journals, anthologies, and e-zines. She has been shortlisted, highly commended, and a finalist for many national and international competitions, and has written eleven books.

Shani Mootoo is a writer and visual artist. She was born in Ireland, grew up in Trinidad, and moved to Canada in her early twenties. She’s the author of two poetry books, The Predicament of Or, and her latest, Cane | Fire. She’s the author of several novels, including Polar Vortex, finalist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the acclaimed Cereus Blooms at Night, now a Penguin Modern Classic. Mootoo is the recipient of a Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Award and has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Western University. She lives in Southern Ontario.

Alan Hill was born in the UK and immigrated to Canada in 2005. He is the former Poet Laureate of the City of New Westminster, BC (2017-2020), former president of the Royal City Literary Arts Society (RCLAS), and was the editor and curator of A Poetry of Place: Journeys Across New Westminster, published in partnership with New Westminster Arts Services. His writing has been published both in Canada and internationally. His latest book , ‘In The Blood’ , was published by Caitlin Press in 2022.

Details

Date:: September 17, 2022
Time:: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Cost:: Free
Website:: https://www.wordvancouver.ca/sept-1623/2022/7/19/opening-of-word-vancouver-meet-our-curators-l7xhc-f53bk-nwxyz

Venue

Online

Organizer

: Word Vancouver; View Organizer Website