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Join us for Friday night poetry! Please note, in addition to the evening reading Hollay Ghadery will also be facilitating our May online Writing Practice, on Saturday May 11 from 11am-12pm. See the PEP website (www.planetearthpoetry.com) for more details.Featured Poets:
Hollay Ghadery is a multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/ Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023. Widow Fantasies, her collection of short fiction, is forthcoming with Gordon Hill in fall 2024. Hollay is the host of the 105.5 HITS FM Bookclub, as well as HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. She is also the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township.
Rhea Tregebov is the author of eight collections of poetry, two novels and five children’s picture books. She has edited numerous anthologies as well. Tregebov lives and writes in Vancouver, where she is Associate Professor Emerita at the School of Creative Writing at UBC. Her latest collection is Talking to Strangers (Vehicule).
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How to Attend:
Doors open at 7:00pm, event starts at 7:30 and sign up for the open mic is between 7:00–7:20.
Our open mic rules are:
1. Poetry only
2. Maximum of one poem
3. Maximum of 3 minutes on the mic
If you wish to tune in via Zoom for the featured reader segment of the evening (approximately 8:00-9:00pm Pacific time), please use the following credentials:
Meeting ID: 494 660 4447
Passcode: 2129
You may also access this segment of the event via landline for audio only. Dial +1 778 907 2071.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Russell Books, 734 Fort St, Victoria, BC V8W 1H2, Canada,Victoria, British Columbia