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Happy New Year! For the January 2025 edition of The Olive, please help us in welcoming Andy Weaver & Benjamin Hertwig.ANDY WEAVER is a settler poet whose fourth book, The Loom (University of Calgary Press), was published in 2024. He was a finalist for the 2024 Vallum Chapbook Award, and his chapbook “So/I” (above/ground) was longlisted for the 2022 Nelson Ball Prize. He teaches poetry and creative writing at York University.
BENJAMIN HERTWIG was born and raised under big prairie skies and has recently returned to the bright, sad city of Edmonton. As a child, he liked sports publicly and books privately, and since graduating from high school has spent time as a soldier, a student, a bike courier, a tree-planter, a ceramicist, an inner-city housing worker, and an English instructor. His first book of poetry, Slow War, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards and received the poetry prize at the Alberta Literary Awards. His writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, and The New York Times, and he is the recipient of a National Magazine Award in personal journalism. He has taught writing workshops to inmates, veterans, and students across Canada. Juiceboxers is his first novel.
As always, an open mic will follow the featured readers. The Olive Reading Series is proudly sponsored by The Writers’ Guild of Alberta.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Rooster Kitchen, 10732 82 Avenue NW,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
