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Boobs reading showcased moving work at Trees Coffee on Granville

20 Monday Jun 2016

Posted by Ruth Daniell in Boobs, Events & Appearances, Reading

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Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts, Christina Myers, Jane Eaton Hamilton, Lynn Easton, Sierra Skye Gemma, Swoon, Trees Coffee, Vancouver event, Vancouver literary event, Zuri Scrivens

Thanks to everyone who came out to Trees on Saturday night to join us in a celebration of Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts. And my sincerest things to Zuri Scrivens, Lynn Easton, Christina Myers, and Jane Eaton Hamilton for sharing their work with us. The cafe was vibrant with sincere emotion, and I was—as I think everyone was—very moved.

Thanks to Trees for hosting! Trees is the usual home of  Swoon: A Reading Series on Love & Desire. Keep in touch, because co-host Sierra Skye Gemma and I have some wonderful things planned for the fall 2016 event.

Here are a handful of photos of the Boobs reading. What an amazing group of writers! In the final group shot (from left to right): Lynn Easton, Christina Myers, Ruth Daniell, Jane Eaton Hamilton, Zuri Scrivens. I’m so grateful for these voices.

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Boobs reading in Vancouver June 18th at Trees

07 Tuesday Jun 2016

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Join us for another celebration of Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts in Vancouver on Saturday, June 18 at Trees Coffee downtown on Granville St. RSVP to the event on Facebook. Details below!

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Boobs launch packed the Heartwood Cafe

02 Monday May 2016

Posted by Ruth Daniell in Boobs, Events & Appearances, Publications, Reading

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Authors for Indies, Authors for Indies 2016, Bonnie Nish, Boobs, Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts, Book Warehouse, Book Warehouse Broadway, Caitlin Press, Canlit, Christina Myers, Emily Davidson, Emily Wight, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Heartwood Café, Heartwood Community Cafe, Jónína Kirton, Kate Braid, Laura Ritland, Lynn Easton, Maggie Wojtarowicz, Matthew Walsh, Michael Despotovic, Plenitude Magazine, Pulp Fiction, ROOM Magazine, Sara Graefe, Sierra Skye Gemma, Taryn Hubbard, Terri Braudmueller, Vancouver, Vici Johnstone, Zuri Scrivens

Thanks so much to everyone who made it out to Heartwood Community Cafe on Friday night and joined me and many of the contributors for a fantastic Vancouver launch of Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts. (If you missed it, or just want more Boobs events in your future, don’t worry: more events are coming soon.) It was an unforgettable night, with an incredibly warm and supportive audience. I enjoyed chatting to everyone who came up to me to ask about the book or tell me what it means to them. I feel so privileged to be a part of bringing these stories and poems to a wider audience.

We had a terrific line-up of authors who read from their work in the book: Kate Braid, Maggie Wojtarowicz, Sara Graefe, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Sierra Skye Gemma, Emily Davidson, Emily Wight, Taryn Hubbard, and Laura Ritland.

Thanks to Heartwood for hosting the launch of Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts. I was so excited to see our packed house!
Thanks to Heartwood for hosting the launch of Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts. I was so excited to see our packed house!
Kate Braid read her two poems from the book: "Always Keep Your Tools Sharp" and "Breasts."
Kate Braid read her two poems from the book: “Always Keep Your Tools Sharp” and “Breasts.”
Maggie Wojtarowicz wowed the audience with her moving performance of "Reclaiming my Thorns"
Maggie Wojtarowicz wowed the audience with her moving performance of “Reclaiming my Thorns”
Sara Graefe read from her shining, intelligent story, "Variety Pack"
Sara Graefe read from her shining, intelligent story, “Variety Pack”
Fiona Tinwei Lam made us all giggle with her thoughts on nipples
Fiona Tinwei Lam made us all giggle with her thoughts on nipples
Sierra Skye Gemma read from her powerful story, "So Big Men Can't Help Themselves"
Sierra Skye Gemma read from her powerful story, “So Big Men Can’t Help Themselves”
Yours truly addressing the amazing crowd at Heartwood Cafe. Photo by Caitlin Press.
Yours truly addressing the amazing crowd at Heartwood Cafe. Photo by Caitlin Press.
Emily Wight had us all in stitches with her hilarious story "Celebrate Your Curves with Free Shipping"
Emily Wight had us all in stitches with her hilarious story “Celebrate Your Curves with Free Shipping”
Emily Davidson read from her story of female friendship, "The Exhibitionist"
Emily Davidson read from her story of female friendship, “The Exhibitionist”
Taryn Hubbard entertained us with an excerpt from "Pinches," her story about confidence, bras, and adolescent media
Taryn Hubbard entertained us with an excerpt from “Pinches,” her story about confidence, bras, and adolescent media
Laura Ritland closed off the evening with her gorgeous poem, "Your Body is Growing"
Laura Ritland closed off the evening with her gorgeous poem, “Your Body is Growing”

I wish I’d thought to get photos of the many other wonderful people who were there, including Matthew Walsh from Plentitude; Terri Brandmueller, Bonnie Nish, and Jónína Kirton from Room Magazine; and Anita who came from Pulp Fiction to sell copies of the book! Thank you so much for coming out and supporting the launch! And of course a huge thank you to Heartwood Cafe for hosting us. Thank you to Vici Johnstone, publisher of Caitlin Press, for believing in the project right from the beginning, and to Michael Despotovic who helped plan this party!

Boobs copies at launch

Photo by Matthew Walsh @croonjuice

I was also completely warmed to see Zuri Scrivens, Christina Myers, and Lynn Easton at the launch, who also have work in the anthology. Please keep watching the Caitlin Press website for info on future Boobs events and come out to hear them read from their own stories. Every single piece in the book is incredibly important. I can’t stress enough how proud I am that I get to be a part of a project that helps these important stories and poems get heard.

For more about the book, check out the information on the Caitlin Press catalogue for Boobs. And for more information about future events, check out the Boobs, the Anthology: Canada Tour listings.

Thanks also to everyone who dropped by Book Warehouse Broadway on Saturday between noon and 1pm to buy books and chat with me! I had a lot of fun participating in Authors for Indies. Thanks to Caitlin and everyone at Book Warehouse Broadway for having me!

Ruth Daniell: Honourary Bookseller
Ruth Daniell: Honourary Bookseller
Authors for Indies 2016 at Book Warehouse Broadway
Authors for Indies 2016 at Book Warehouse Broadway

Interview with Boobs contributors up on All Lit Up for International Women’s Day

08 Tuesday Mar 2016

Posted by Ruth Daniell in Announcements & News, Boobs, Interviews, Non-fiction/Memoir, Publications

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All Lit Up, anthology, Boobs, Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts, breasts, Caitlin Press, Christina Myers, Devin Casey, editor, Emily Davidson, gender, gender identity, International Women's Day, Jules’ Tools for Social Change, Julia Horel, Lynn Easton, social change, The Friend with Boobs, women's stories, work as editor, writing about the body, Zuri Scrivens

BoobsHappy International Women’s Day! I’m delighted that a feature about Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts—due to be published later this month by Caitlin Press—is up on the All Lit Up website today as the newest edition of Jules’ Tools for Social Change. Julia Horel interviews me about how the Boobs project came into existence, the curation process, and my own non-fiction piece, “The Friend with Boobs.”

She also interviews several of the fine authors who contributed their work to the anthology—so you get a peek of some of the shining intelligence, empathy, and downright awesomeness of the writers that make this book what it is.All Lit Up You will find wonderful discussions about breasts and gender identity and the importance of storytelling by contributors Devin Casey, Emily Davidson, Lynn Easton, Christina Myers, and Zuri Scrivens.

I am so proud to be a part of this important book. Please have a read and share widely!

Jules' Tools

The Brightest Thing (Poems)

Boobs (anthology)

Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts

Four Portraits (chapbook)

Archives

Swoon Reading Series

Ruth Rhymes

Bolton Academy of Spoken Arts

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