Spring 2014’s Swoon is here! Come on out, Vancouver, for a really lovely time tonight. My co-host Jeffrey Ricker and I have been working hard to put together a fantastic literary evening of love, sex, and chocolate. All our readers have tantalizing, sexy, sweet, lovely performances for you, and our fantastically-supportive venue, Cocoa Nymph, is ready toContinue reading “Co-hosting Spring 2014 Swoon Reading Series April 4th”
Author Archives: Ruth Daniell
Audience appreciation
Happy National Poetry Month! What kinds of poems are you reading? If you’re in Vancouver and looking for more great poetry experiences, may I humbly suggest that you check out Swoon this Friday? This Friday’s event is going to have great readings of both poetry and prose by some absolutely fantastic writers. I’m really lookingContinue reading “Audience appreciation”
UBC Bookstore Reading Saturday, March 29
If you’re free on Saturday, March 29, come out to the UBC bookstore at the Vancouver campus to hear me read. It’s part of the bookstore’s grand reopening after a big renovation. I’ll be reading from my manuscript, The Brightest Thing, and new work. I’m reading from 1:20-1:40pm, but the day’s events start at 9:30am and go later,Continue reading “UBC Bookstore Reading Saturday, March 29”
Swoon: A Reading Series on Love & Desire
EDIT: We’ve now announced the author line-up for the April 4th Swoon. Check it out here. I am so excited to announce that I’m hosting this spring’s edition of Swoon with my dear friend and fantastic writer Jeffrey Ricker! We have an amazing line-up of writers who are going to read from their work. IfContinue reading “Swoon: A Reading Series on Love & Desire”
AWP Conference Seattle 2014
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to the AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Conference in Seattle, February 27 to March 1. When I first heard the conference was going to be as close as Seattle this year, I knew I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to go. Especially because soContinue reading “AWP Conference Seattle 2014”
10 Ways to Annoy a Poet (and other writers of “less marketable” literature)
I wrote a short humour piece that is up on the PRISM international‘s blog today, in which I share with Sierra Skye Gemma my top 10 tips for annoying poets and writers of “less marketable” literature. Please feel free to share the link widely, especially if you can relate to any of the annoying thingsContinue reading “10 Ways to Annoy a Poet (and other writers of “less marketable” literature)”
24th National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
In honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, The Tyee has a post up called “Verse for Hurt Women, Known and Still Hidden.” In the article, Fiona Tinwei Lam reminds us of the targeted killing of 14 women engineering students at Montreal’s École Polytechnique in 1989, and further reminds usContinue reading “24th National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women”
2013 Young Buck Poetry Prize
I’m pleased to report that I’m a runner up in Contemporary Verse 2‘s Young Buck Poetry Prize! My sonnet crown “Rapunzel” is forthcoming in their summer 2014 issue. To see the announcement and full list of winners, please click here. In other news, on Wednesday (November 27), I had the opportunity to read from my thesis/manuscript atContinue reading “2013 Young Buck Poetry Prize”
The Romantic Era Salon Concert
Last Friday (October 18) I performed at the Romantic Era Salon Concert, as part of the Cowichan Valley Music Teacher Association’s History of Music Weekend Series. (My first post on this event can be found here.) I felt very humbled to be performing at the same concert with such talented and accomplished musicians: Susan YoungContinue reading “The Romantic Era Salon Concert”
Writing Prompt
Zach Matteson and Jeffrey Ricker of PRISM international have a great online series of writing prompts; they post a new writing prompt once a week, every Tuesday. This week they’ve featured a writing prompt based on American poet Robert Hass‘s poem “Faint Music.” It’s a writing prompt that I generated awhile back and shared with the wonderful folkContinue reading “Writing Prompt”
Ruth Daniell 