Registration: Registration is required at http://earthwalks11poets.eventbrite.com/.
What: We're doing a Poet Earthwalk; Earthwalks are hosted by False Creek Watershed Society.
Date: September 29, 2012
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Where: We're doing a nature hike through a portion of Stanley Park, with poets reading while we walk. See the registration link above for our meeting place.
To those who are reading: The theme this year will inspire the community by connecting water and poetry. Poems should be related to water or forest ecosystems and our cultural or natural habitat in Vancouver and surrounding areas. Poems should be family-oriented as there may be children at the event.
Beware of possible rain. Bring rain gear and water bottles. Snacks will be provided.
Readers:
Tyee Bridge writes about ecological issues, religion, and myth. Born in the Canadian Gulf Islands, he grew up in nearby Washington state and moved back to BC in 2001. A recent essay on mythic stories, “The Things Ink May Do,” has been chosen for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Canadian Essays. He is currently at work on a non-fiction book about the end of the world. Tyee is also Communications Director at Fraser Riverkeeper.
Elaine Woo is the author of the chapbook, Dawn in the Moment, forthcoming in early 2013. She facilitates creative writing classes for Megaphone Magazine. She was a co-organizer with Mary Sands Woodbury of 100 Thousand Poets for Change’s 2012 participation in Stanley Park’s Poetic Walk through Nature—among Forests and Shorelines.
Jordan Abel is a First Nations writer whose work has been published in Grain, CV2 and Canadian Literature. He is a contributing editor for Geist and a former editor for PRISM international. His first book collection of poetry is forthcoming from Talonbooks. Visit him at jordanabel.ca.
Alex Leslie’s collection of stories People Who Disappear was published this year by Freehand. Her chapbook of microfictions 20 Objects for the New World was published in 2011 by Nomados. She edited the queer issue of Poetry Is Dead and has published in many journals.
Stephen Collis is the author of four books of poetry, the most recent of which, On the Material (Talon Books 2010), was the recipient of the 2011 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Recently published is a collection of essays on the Occupy movement, Dispatches from the Occupation (Talon Books 2012). Also look forward to the next installment of “The Barricades Project,” his poetic exploration of social revolution: To the Barricades (Talon Books 2013). Stephen teaches poetry and poetics at Simon Fraser University.
Elena Johnson has been a finalist for the CBC Literary Awards and the Alfred G. Bailey Prize for poetry. Her work can be found in literary journals across Canada. She has worked as field ecologist and park naturalist and was once writer in residence at a remote Yukon research station. She moved to Vancouver from New Brunswick five years ago and is still getting to know the names of west coast plants and birds. Elena was not able to make it to the reading, but her poems are included in the chapbook.
A poet, freelance editor and workshop leader, Bernice Lever enjoys Bowen Island life. Her 10th poetry book is “Imagining Lives”, Black Moss Press, 2012. She edited WAVES magazine, 1972-1987. Bernice’s travels led her to read poems on 5 continents. Her grammar & composition CD is “The Colour of Words”. Active in many writing organizations, she is delighted to hear and help other writers. Bernice gets “high” on words. www.colourofwords.com.
Jeremie Marion also read. He is a newly emerging poet with a passion for the natural environment.
Also, click here for the video of the event in 2011! We had a great time. More info on our cleanup from last year is here.
100,000 Poets for Change in Vancouver - 2011
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