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Saturday, September 20th, a literary event: DYNO POETS LIVE!Join us for a live poetry extravaganza on a last summer evening! With dynamo poets; David Bateman, Justin Million and PJ Thomas! To be held at The John, Sadleir House Community Centre 751 George St. N. Peterborough, ON K9H 3T2 at 7pm on Saturday, September 20th, 2025.
This licensed, all-ages event promises to be a night of wonder, splendour, and perhaps tears of sadness and hilarity! These poets are known for their wry insights with social commentary on love, (or the lack thereof), culture, and finding the magnificent in the infinitesimal.
Tix are $15 advance on ticketscene.ca/events/52915/ or PWYC at the door.
PJ Thomas has just completed her new manuscript, Afterwaves, about the effects of Covid-19 on the Peterborough/Nogojiwanong arts community. She received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to write and edit this work - a full collection of poems, and the start of a new series for Thomas. The grant also covers two live events, one of which was held last April, and now, this upcoming celebration; Dyno Poets Live! PJ promises this night will be a scream, as she is joined by poetry and performance greats, Justin Million and David Bateman. This live event will also serve as the wrap party for the Afterwaves project and all the local arts workers who participated. Everybody welcome! Although these stories are regional in place and contemporary culture, one can find in them the scope of the human condition, and what unites us. Refreshments will be served.
*For information contact: PJ Thomas: [email protected]
Bios:
David Bateman is a spoken word poet and performance artist who has presented his work internationally over the past thirty years. He has four collections of poetry published by Frontenac House Press, Calgary. Invisible Foreground, Bateman’s first Frontenac collection, was nominated for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award (2006). He has taught creative writing at various post-secondary institutions across the country.
Justin Million is a print and digital media poet, performance artist, the founder of the Show and Tell Poetry Series, co-founder and poetry editor at bird, buried press, and is the author of EJECTA: The Uncollected KEYBOARDS! Poems (Apt. 9 Press, 2020). Million writes in his hometown of Peterborough, Ontario.
Canadian poet, PJ Thomas writes and publishes poetry in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario. She has launched three full collections in The Water Trilogy; Undertow (2020), Waves (2022), and, Drifting (2024). Thomas writes about the local geography, the cosmos, community, and how they shape emotion. Ms. Thomas makes her home with her cat by the Otonabee River.
Come one, come all to a night of delights: Dyno Poets Live!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sadleir House 751 George St. N. Peterborough, ON K9H 3T2, 751 George St N, Peterborough, ON K9H 3T2, Canada
