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Upcoming Swoon Reading on November 14

03 Tuesday Nov 2015

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Elise Marcella Godfrey, fiction, Francine Cunningham, Josh Massey, Laura Ritland, Maureen Medved, poetry, prose, Sierra Skye Gemma, Swoon, Swoon Fall 2015

The next literary evening of love, sex, and chocolate is less than two weeks away! Check out the amazing author line-up that Sierra Skye Gemma and I are excited to share with you! These are some really lovely people, and they’re going to treat us to some really amazing work! Click the poster below to RSVP to the event on Facebook, and read on for a sneak peek at what to expect from this swoontastic line-up.

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Francine Cunningham is a long-time Swoon supporter and an excellent writer who will be sharing some nonfiction with us. Winner of SubTerrain‘s Lush Award for Poetry 2015, Elise Marcella Godfrey spent the last five years in Saskatoon; she’s originally from Vancouver Island and excited to be back on the West Coast to share some of her gorgeous poetry with us.  Josh Massey is a poet and fiction writer who also currently lives in Terrace, BC, where he works as a reporter for the Terrace Standard; he’ll be treating us with an excerpt from his new novel, The Plotline Bomber of Innisfree. Acclaimed fiction writer and screenwriter Maureen Medved will be reading new work from her working novel manuscript. Laura Ritland, 2014 winner of The Malahat Review’s Far Horizon Award for Poetry, will be sharing new poems for us.

I hope you’ll join us to hear from these amazing writers. It’s going to be a lovely time!

A Poetry Reading in Dreamland

25 Wednesday Mar 2015

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Andrew Burton, Another Poem Featuring a 1994 Toyota Tacoma, Arc, Arc Poetry Magazine, Arc's 2015 Poem of the Year Contest, Canadian Northwest, Canlit, Jeremy Stewart, Josh Massey, Lavinia, magazine launch, Page Boy Books, Poem Featuring a 1994 Toyota Tacoma, poetry reading, Prince Goerge, Reader's Choice Award

Photo credit: Josh Massey

Photo credit: Josh Massey

I recently had the opportunity to read as part of the issue five launch of Dreamland, a start-up magazine edited by Jeremy Stewart and published out of my hometown, Prince George. I was delighted to be able to participate!

Jeremy started us off by reading from his forthcoming work and a selection from his new chapbook, Normal Poems. I read my two poems from Dreamland, “Poem Featuring a 1994 Toyota Tacoma” and “Another Poem Featuring a 1994 Toyota Tacoma,” and then a few other poems, including “Lavinia.” “Lavinia” is still up on the Arc Poetry website as one of 24 poems on the 2015 Poem of the Year shortlist , and you have until March 30 to vote for the Readers’ Choice Award! Don’t forget to vote!

My performance was followed by the impressive and captivating Andrew Burton, and then followed by the wonderfully sincere and intelligent Josh Massey. Josh read, among other work, his love poem from the issue. The poem includes mushroom-picking in it, and is simply lovely. (Josh has his own post about the issue launch, with even more photos! You can you can go read it over here.)

I had a great time at the Dreamland launch and felt incredibly lucky to feel so included in the northwest literary community. I am excited to live in Vancouver and its thriving arts world, but I remain proud of my Prince George roots and very grateful to have had the support of my family and my community. I am so happy I had the opportunity to perform in my hometown! Thanks for coming out to hear me read my poems, Prince George!

Although it was only me, Jeremy Stewart, Andrew Burton, and Josh Massey who were present at Page Boy Books for the launch, the issue itself also has work by Chris Barna, John Crouse, Craig Dodman, Dusty Exner, Solomon Goudsward, Norma Kerby, Donato Mancini, Pearl Pirie, Angela Y. Rancourt, Nick Skrowaczewski, Femke Van Delft and Stanley Jason Zappa. Previous issues have featured writers like Kimmy Beech and Kevin Spenst. Click here to buy copies of Dreamland or subscribe!

And if you haven’t already done so, please click here to read the shortlist and vote for the Arc Poetry 2015 Readers’ Choice Award!

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