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TORONTO
Thursday, June 13th, 8pm: Tranzac Club, Tiki Room, 292 Brunswick Avenue.
w/ special guests: Jack Marks, Robert Priest, Tanis Rideout
ELORA
Saturday, June 15th, 2pm: Beaver House, 7324 Wellington County Rd. 21(1 km past Elora Gorge Park on right-hand side)
w/ special guests: The Good Hearted Women Singers
Refreshments & Snacks!
WEST MONTROSE
Sunday, June 16th, 7pm: West Montrose Kissing Bridge, 1245 Rivers Edge Drive
w/ special guests: Paul Hoy, Shane Neilson, Jessica Moore (playing banjo!!!), & Conestogo Public School Poetry Contest Winners!
KITCHENER-WATERLOO
Monday, June 17th, 7pm: Words Worth Books, 96 King St. South
w/ special guest: TBA
CAMBRIDGE
Wednesday, June 19th, 7pm: Wired Up Pugs Cafe-Bistro, 93 Grand South
w/ special guests: rare Charitable Research Reserve, Cambridge Public Library Poetry Contest Winner Rebecca Sibley & others! Door Prizes!
Tickets $10 in advance or at the door! Includes a coffee or tea. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Canadian Humane Society.
PARIS
Thursday, June 20th, 7pm: Cedar House, 12 Broadway Street West
w/ special guest: Br(eye)an David Johnston & Dani Nicole
13% off all food items!
BRANTFORD
Friday, June 21st, 7pm: Station Coffee House & Gallery, 5 Wadsworth Street
w/ special guests: Ellora Jones, Michael Hurley, Barb Day
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER TERRITORY
Sunday, June 23rd, 7pm: Chiefswood National Historic Site, blue tag #1037 Highway 54, situated between Onondaga and Middleport.
w/ special guests: Shelley Clark, Adam Dickinson, and others!
Talk by curator Karen Dearlove on The Legacy of the Grand River!
JOIN OUR EVENT ON FACEBOOK!
https://www.facebook.com/events/431285653633505/
PARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHIES:
Originally from Vancouver, Gillian Savigny has studied and worked in cities across Canada. She holds a B.A. honours degree in English Literature from Queen’s University and an M.A. degree in Creative Writing from Concordia University. Her first collection of poems Notebook M (Insomniac, 2012) has been shortlisted for the 2013 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. She lives in Toronto.
David Seymour's Inter Alia was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award. His poems have been included in three Best Canadian Poetry anthologies, shortlisted for the CBC Literary Award and used as song lyrics for The Warped 45's. David lives in Toronto, where he works in the film industry.
Andy McGuire is the author of the chapbook Sputniks (Baseline Press, 2011). His poems have appeared in Arc and CV2. As a singer-songwriter, Andy has released the albums Moult (2010) and Body of Work (2011). This spring he recorded a new full-length album at his farm in Southwestern Ontario, which is forthcoming in fall 2013.
Linda Besner is originally from Wakefield, Quebec. Her poetry and reviews have appeared in The Walrus, Maisonneuve, and The Malahat Review among other journals. Her radio work has aired on CBC’s Definitely Not the Opera, Outfront, and The Next Chapter. Her first collection of poetry, The Id Kid, was published in 2011 by Véhicule Press, and was named as one of The National Post’s Best Poetry Books of the Year. She lives in Toronto.
Leigh Kotsilidis grew up in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Her poems have appeared in several literary journals and Canadian anthologies. In 2009 and 2010 she was selected as a ?nalist for the CBC Literary Awards. She is also co-founder of little?shcartpress. Hypotheticals, her first full length poetry collection, was published by Coach House books in the Fall of 2011. She currently lives in Montreal where she works as a freelance graphic designer.
Consider the tales of Spencer Burton, who feels, writes, and sings under the moniker of Grey Kingdom. Born in Hamilton, ON, raised miles away in Kelowna, BC with a hankering for travel, eating pie, and hunting for edible mushrooms, Burton’s upbringings are as sincere as his demeanor. Teenage years of strumming in the Welland, ON music scene would blossom his twenty-somethings into constant road mileage playing in the critically lauded Attack In Black. Cities upon cities, always moving, writing, performing, Burton’s experiences were absorbed along the way. Sometimes shrewd, often reflective, his occurrences had callused into their own mass. Grey Kingdom is the release of it all. Unabridged and heartfelt as ever, Burton found himself using this project as a medium for storytelling – a guiding light to his innermost sincerities.
TORONTO
Thursday, June 13th, 8pm: Tranzac Club, Tiki Room, 292 Brunswick Avenue.
w/ special guests: Jack Marks, Robert Priest, Tanis Rideout
ELORA
Saturday, June 15th, 2pm: Beaver House, 7324 Wellington County Rd. 21(1 km past Elora Gorge Park on right-hand side)
w/ special guests: The Good Hearted Women Singers
Refreshments & Snacks!
WEST MONTROSE
Sunday, June 16th, 7pm: West Montrose Kissing Bridge, 1245 Rivers Edge Drive
w/ special guests: Paul Hoy, Shane Neilson, Jessica Moore (playing banjo!!!), & Conestogo Public School Poetry Contest Winners!
KITCHENER-WATERLOO
Monday, June 17th, 7pm: Words Worth Books, 96 King St. South
w/ special guest: TBA
CAMBRIDGE
Wednesday, June 19th, 7pm: Wired Up Pugs Cafe-Bistro, 93 Grand South
w/ special guests: rare Charitable Research Reserve, Cambridge Public Library Poetry Contest Winner Rebecca Sibley & others! Door Prizes!
Tickets $10 in advance or at the door! Includes a coffee or tea. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Canadian Humane Society.
PARIS
Thursday, June 20th, 7pm: Cedar House, 12 Broadway Street West
w/ special guest: Br(eye)an David Johnston & Dani Nicole
13% off all food items!
BRANTFORD
Friday, June 21st, 7pm: Station Coffee House & Gallery, 5 Wadsworth Street
w/ special guests: Ellora Jones, Michael Hurley, Barb Day
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER TERRITORY
Sunday, June 23rd, 7pm: Chiefswood National Historic Site, blue tag #1037 Highway 54, situated between Onondaga and Middleport.
w/ special guests: Shelley Clark, Adam Dickinson, and others!
Talk by curator Karen Dearlove on The Legacy of the Grand River!
JOIN OUR EVENT ON FACEBOOK!
https://www.facebook.com/events/431285653633505/
PARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHIES:
Originally from Vancouver, Gillian Savigny has studied and worked in cities across Canada. She holds a B.A. honours degree in English Literature from Queen’s University and an M.A. degree in Creative Writing from Concordia University. Her first collection of poems Notebook M (Insomniac, 2012) has been shortlisted for the 2013 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. She lives in Toronto.
David Seymour's Inter Alia was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award. His poems have been included in three Best Canadian Poetry anthologies, shortlisted for the CBC Literary Award and used as song lyrics for The Warped 45's. David lives in Toronto, where he works in the film industry.
Andy McGuire is the author of the chapbook Sputniks (Baseline Press, 2011). His poems have appeared in Arc and CV2. As a singer-songwriter, Andy has released the albums Moult (2010) and Body of Work (2011). This spring he recorded a new full-length album at his farm in Southwestern Ontario, which is forthcoming in fall 2013.
Linda Besner is originally from Wakefield, Quebec. Her poetry and reviews have appeared in The Walrus, Maisonneuve, and The Malahat Review among other journals. Her radio work has aired on CBC’s Definitely Not the Opera, Outfront, and The Next Chapter. Her first collection of poetry, The Id Kid, was published in 2011 by Véhicule Press, and was named as one of The National Post’s Best Poetry Books of the Year. She lives in Toronto.
Leigh Kotsilidis grew up in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Her poems have appeared in several literary journals and Canadian anthologies. In 2009 and 2010 she was selected as a ?nalist for the CBC Literary Awards. She is also co-founder of little?shcartpress. Hypotheticals, her first full length poetry collection, was published by Coach House books in the Fall of 2011. She currently lives in Montreal where she works as a freelance graphic designer.
Consider the tales of Spencer Burton, who feels, writes, and sings under the moniker of Grey Kingdom. Born in Hamilton, ON, raised miles away in Kelowna, BC with a hankering for travel, eating pie, and hunting for edible mushrooms, Burton’s upbringings are as sincere as his demeanor. Teenage years of strumming in the Welland, ON music scene would blossom his twenty-somethings into constant road mileage playing in the critically lauded Attack In Black. Cities upon cities, always moving, writing, performing, Burton’s experiences were absorbed along the way. Sometimes shrewd, often reflective, his occurrences had callused into their own mass. Grey Kingdom is the release of it all. Unabridged and heartfelt as ever, Burton found himself using this project as a medium for storytelling – a guiding light to his innermost sincerities.
2012
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FEATURED POETS:
Kevin McPherson Eckhoff Moez Surani Linda Besner Leigh Kotsilidis FEATURED MUSICIAN: Jack Marks GUEST READERS: David Seymour Asa Boxer Chris Banks Donna McCaw Peter Nancy Wendy Visser Ibrahim Tahir Nelson Ball Kemeny Babineau Mary Cushnie-Mansour Daniel Kincade Renton Shelley Clark GUEST MUSICIANS: Abigail Lapell The Good Hearted Women Singers The Rosie Burgess Trio Tom Howell Dawn and Marra GUEST SPEAKERS: rare Charitable Research Reserve Grand River Conservation Authority POSTER DESIGN AND ARTWORK BY ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE: Ian Turner |
ITINERARY:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9: TORONTO LAUNCH: 8pm @Tranzac, Tiki Room, w/ musician Abigail Lapell and poet David Seymour SATURDAY, AUGUST 11: ELORA: 12pm @Elora Farmer’s Market, Bissel Park w/ poet Asa Boxer SUNDAY, AUGUST 12: WEST MONTROSE: 7pm @West Montrose's Kissing Bridge w/ poets Chris Banks, Donna McCaw and Peter Nancy MONDAY, AUGUST 13: BRIDGEPORT: 7pm @Gallery on the Grand w/ The Good-Hearted Women Singers WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15: CAMBRIDGE: 7pm @ 'The Wired Up Pugs' Cafe-Bistro w/ rare Charitable Research Reserve, and poets Wendy Visser and Ibrahim Tahir THURSDAY, AUGUST 16: PARIS: 7pm @Brown Dog Café w/ poets Nelson Ball and Kemeny Babineau FRIDAY, AUGUST 17: BRANTFORD: 7pm @Station Coffee House and Gallery w/ poet Mary Cushnie-Mansour, and The Rosie Burgess Trio SATURDAY, AUGUST 18: CAMPFIRE POETRY NIGHT!: 7pm @Brant Conservation Area w/ musicians and authors Abigail Lapell, Daniel Kincade Renton and Tom Howell SUNDAY, AUGUST 19: PADDLE WITH THE POETS DAY! w/ Grand River Conservation Authority SUNDAY, AUGUST 19: CHIEFSWOOD: 7pm @Chiefswood Museum w/ poet Shelley Clark, and musicians Dawn and Marra |
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2011
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FEATURED POETS:
Asa Boxer Gabe Foreman Helen Guri Daniel Kincade Renton Nick Thran Linda Besner Leigh Kotsilidis FEATURED MUSICIAN: Abigail Lapell GUEST READERS: Antonio Michael Downing John B. Lee Roy Lewis Linda Hutsell-Manning GUEST MUSICIANS: The Good Hearted Women Singers |
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4: TORONTO LAUNCH: 7pm @The Boat FRIDAY, AUGUST 5: ELORA: 7pm @Bissell Park Pavillion SATURDAY, AUGUST 6: WEST MONTROSE: 7pm @West Montrose’s Kissing Bridge SUNDAY, AUGUST 7: WATERLOO: 7pm @Waterloo Region Museum w/ The Good Hearted Women Singers, and author Roy Lewis TUESDAY, AUGUST 9: CAMBRIDGE: 7pm @O'Keefe Cottage Café w/ author Antonio Michael Downing WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10: PARIS: 7pm @Brown Dog Café THURSDAY, AUGUST 11: BRANTFORD: 7pm @Brantford Arts Block w/ John B. Lee, Poet Laureate of Brantford and Norfolk County FRIDAY, AUGUST 12: CAMPFIRE READING: 7pm @Brant Conservation Area SATURDAY, AUGUST 13: CHIEFSWOOD: 7pm @Chiefswood National Historic Site of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory |
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2010
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FEATURED POETS:
Asa Boxer Daniel Kincade Renton Joshua Trotter Leigh Kotsilidis GUEST READERS: Rae Crossman April Bulmer Bruce Johnstone Erin Noteboom GUEST MUSICIANS: The Good Hearted Women Singers |
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11: WEST MONTROSE: 7 @West Montrose’s Kissing Bridge *Organized in collaboration with BridgeKeepers Association w/ MC extraordinaire Bruce Johnstone, and authors Rae Crossman and Erin Noteboom THURSDAY, AUGUST 12: BRIDGEPORT: 7pm @Gallery on the Grand *Organized in collaboration with The New Quarterly w/ The Good Hearted Women Singers, MC extraordinaire Bruce Johnstone, and authors Rae Crossman and Erin Noteboom SATURDAY, AUGUST 14: CAMBRIDGE: 7pm @O'Keefe Cottage Café w/ author April Bulmer MONDAY, AUGUST 16: PARIS: 7pm @Brown Dog Café TUESDAY, AUGUST 17: BRANTFORD: 7pm @Brantford Arts Block |
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