Upcoming readings redux
REDUX: Here in Vangroovy, winter’s set in, which means rain. The current issue of the McGill News has a great review of Delible.
Rita Wong and Robert Majzels have thoughtful responses up on rob mclennan’s ‘12 or 20.’ (I’m sure I should get why they’re called ’12 or 20,’ but don’t.) Can’t wait to read Rita’s new book, Forage.
Tonight, Wayde Compton (my sweetheart) performs at the Western Front.
Wayde Compton and Jason De Couto: The Reinventing Wheel, A Turntable Project.
Sat., Jan. 12, 7:30 pm, The Western Front, 303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver. Reception to follow. Free admission. Presented by the SFU Writer-in-Residence Program
And, in a week or two, David Chariandy and I read out at UBC. Here’s the announcement from the Play Chthonics Reading Series website:
Play Chthonics Reading Series
will host writers Anne Stone and David Chariandy.
Wednesday January 23, 2007 at 7:30 PM. Cash bar.
Cecil Green Park Coach House
Green College
6201 Cecil Green Park Road, UBC
MAP: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=421
DAVID CHARIANDY is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Simon Fraser University. He is the author of a novel entitled Soucouyant (Arsenal Pulp Press 2007), which was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award in fiction, as well as several essays on Black Canadian, Anglo Caribbean, and diasporic literatures and cultures. He has co-edited two special issues of scholarly journals (The Canadian Association of American Studies, and Essays on Canadian Writing), and he is a co-founder of Commodore Books, the first and only black literary press in western Canada.
More information about his work can be found online at CBC Words at Large (http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/blog/2007/11/david_chariandy.html) and the Tyee (http://thetyee.ca/Books/2007/10/17/Soucoyant/) .
PLAY CHTHONICS reading series showcases innovative poetry, narrative, and cross-genre writing. We encourage creative, interdisciplinary conversations between writers, students, faculty, theorists, and community members in Vancouver. The series is based in the English Department at UBC, and is in the midst of a six-reading 2007-8 season.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Institute for Canadian Studies at UBC, Green College, the UBC Department of English, and the Canada Council for the Arts.