Planet Earth Poetry: Tim Lilburn & Warren Heiti
Schedule
Fri Oct 11 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Russell Books | Victoria, BC
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Join us for Friday night poetry! Featured Poets:
Tim Lilburn is the author of twelve books of poetry and three essay collections. His work has been translated widely, and garnered awards including the Governor General’s Award, The Canadian Authors’ Association Award and the Homer Prize. His essay collection, Numinous Seditions: Interiority and Climate Change, was published by the University of Alberta Press, 2023 and his most recent poetry collection is Harmonia Mundi, from Xylem Books (Corbel Stone Press).
Warren Heiti is the author of Hydrologos (Pedlar Press, 2011), Attending (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2021), and Diaphora (forthcoming), and co-editor of Chamber Music: The Poetry of Jan Zwicky (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2015). He lives in Nanaimo on the land of the Snuneymuxw Nation, and teaches philosophy and literature at Vancouver Island University. Heiti’s poetry has been anthologized in The Best Canadian Poetry in English (Tightrope, 2010), Lyric Ecology (Cormorant, 2010), Best New Poets (Samovar, 2009), and Breathing Fire 2: Canada’s New Poets (Nightwood, 2004). He has received the Earle Birney Prize for Poetry, and two honourable mentions at the National Magazine Awards. Hydrologos was nominated for the Atlantic Poetry Prize.
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How to Attend:
Doors open at 7:00pm, event starts at 7:30 and sign up for the open mic is between 7:00–7:20.
Our open mic rules are:
1. Poetry only
2. Maximum of one poem
3. Maximum of 3 minutes on the mic
If you wish to tune in via Zoom for the featured reader segment of the evening (approximately 8:00-9:00pm 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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Where is it happening?
Russell Books, 734 Fort St, Victoria, BC V8W 1H2, Canada,Victoria, British ColumbiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
