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PAST YEARS


2014
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2013
JUNE 13 -23, 2013

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This year Fish Quill Poetry Boat has also put together an indiegogo crowdfunding campaign! You can check out our campaign here: 

www.indiegogo.com/projects/fish-quill-poetry-boat--2

We’re hoping to raise enough money to pay for the basic operational costs of running a tour of this nature. As a reward for any contributions made, among other items, donors can receive an anthology of past and present Fish Quill Poetry Boat participants. So far, that’s fifty poets and musicians!
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  A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PRIMARY    
  SPONSOR:

ITINERARY:

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
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

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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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READ ABOUT US ON OPEN BOOK: ONTARIO 
openbookontario.com/landmarks/fish_quill_poetry_boat_tour
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2011

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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ITINERARY:

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


READ OUR DIARY ENTRIES ON OPEN BOOK: ONTARIO 
openbookontario.com/news/fish_quill_poetry_boat_diaries

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2010

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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ITINERARY:

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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