Planet Earth Poetry: Feature Poet Yvonne Bloomer and Poetic Opener Laurence Hutchman
Schedule
Fri Dec 02 2022 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Russell Books | Victoria, BC
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Yvonne Blomer is an award-winning poet and author of the critically acclaimed travel memoir Sugar Ride: Cycling from Hanoi to Kuala Lumpur. Her most recent books of poetry are The Last Show on Earth, As if a Raven and the anthologies Refugium: Poems for the Pacific and Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds, published by Caitlin Press. Yvonne served as the city of Victoria’s poet laureate from 2015 to 2018. She lives, works, and raises her family on the traditional territories of the WSÁNEĆ (Saanich), Lkwungen (Songhees), Wyomilth (Esquimalt) peoples of the Coast Salish NationIn Book of Places, Yvonne invites us along for a journey spanning across decades and countries. From a solitary traffic controller on a lonely Nevada highway, to the quizzical regulars of a dodgy pub in the UK, we follow Blomer’s meandering path through poetic snapshots of the figures and sights that populate it. This updated 10th anniversary edition also features an expanded collection of poems, integrating suites of meditations on childhood, and more recent poems reflecting on the ever-developing journey of life. The Book of Places invites us along for a grand adventure, but always leads us home. (from Palimpsest Web Site)
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Laurence Hutchman was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up in Toronto. He received a PhD from the Université de Montreal and has taught at several universities. For twenty-three years he was a professor of English literature at the Université de Moncton at the Edmundston Campus. Hutchman has published 12 books of poetry, co-edited the anthology Coastlines: the Poetry of Atlantic Canada and edited two volumes of In the Writers’ Words.
His poetry has received many grants and awards, including the Alden Nowlan Award for Excellence and has been translated into numerous languages. In 2017 he was named poet laureate of Emery, north Toronto. He lives with his wife, the artist and poet Eva Kolacz in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Notes on Attendance:
Doors at Russell Books open at 7:00 PM.
Participants who wish to read during the Open Mic segment of the event may register between 7:00 - 7:20 PM. Kindly be prepared to adhere to a maximum of three minutes/one poem for your reading.
Masks are encouraged.
If you wish to tune in via Zoom for the featured reader segment of the evening (approximately 8:15-9:00pm Pacific time), please use the following credentials:
Meeting ID: 494 660 4447
Passcode: 2129
You may also access this segment of the event via landline for audio only. Dial +1 778 907 2071.
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All are welcome. Thank you for cooperation and for your continued support of poetry!
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Where is it happening?
Russell Books, 747 Fort Street www.russellbooks.com,Victoria,BC,CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
