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Join us for Friday night poetry! Poetic Opener:
Sandy O’Reilly lives and writes in Victoria BC on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen speaking peoples known as the Esquimalt and Songhees nations. She has been regularly speaking her poetry at the Friday evening Planet Earth Poetry reading series for the last ten years. She has two poems published in The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! –a collection of Pandemic Poems edited by Sheila Martindale.
Featured Poet:
Catherine Owen was born and raised in Vancouver and now lives in a 1905 home in Edmonton. She is the author of sixteen collections of poetry and prose, including The Wrecks of Eden (Wolsak & Wynn 2002), Frenzy (Anvil Press 2009), Designated Mourner (ECW 2014) and her new book, Moving to Delilah (Freehand Books 2024). Her work has won awards, been translated, toured across Canada 12 times and served as dance, music and theatre-based collaborations. She also runs the performance series 94th Street Trobairitz, the blog Marrow Reviews and the podcast Ms Lyric's Poetry Outlaws.
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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