Emerge 2008: the Sneak Preview Wednesday Sept. 17th
Discover why The Writer’s Studio at SFU consistently produces some of Canada’s most promising new writers when you hear the diverse voices from the Class of 2008 perform original works from the soon-to-be-launched Emerge, an anthology of new writing by participants from The Writer’s Studio.
Special Guest Reader: Anne Stone, Fiction Mentor for 2009.
When: Wednesday Sept. 17, 2008.
Time: Doors open 7:00 p.m. Reading starts at 7:30 p.m.
Where : Chivana Restaurant Bar Lounge 2340 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver (at West 4th Avenue and Vine St, 2nd floor, above the New Apple produce store)
www.chivana.com
Come early so you can have a drink, mingle and chill.
January 2008:
Play Chthonics at UBC with David Chariandy.
October 2007:
Launches of West Coast Line in Vancouver & Edmonton.
June 2007:
Toronto signing at Book Expo.
May 2007:
Vancouver launch of Delible at Spartacus Books.
April 2007:
Blue Metropolis. Montreal launch of Delible.
March 2007:
Open Text Reading Series. At Capilano College. Reading from Delible followed by Q&A.
May 2006:
Urban Citizenship: Literary Incursions. With Oana Avasilichioaei, Wayde Compton, Meredith Quartermain; hosted by David Chariandy, Jeff Derksen. This reading explored the question of citizenship in urban spaces. Institute for the Humanities at SFU.
April 2006:
On Representations of the Missing. In this talk and reading accompanied by computer-projected images, I discussed the ways in which age simulations on missing posters, crime scene photographs, and the weather-worn photos of impromptu memorials, offered up possibilities for narrative form in my latest work. Chroma Reading Series. Chroma Books
March 2005:
On Narrative. With Bill Bissett and James Marshall. On this panel, I discussed “Objective Hazard,” an essay concerned with age simulations and representations of class. Raw Exchange Reading Series. Vancouver Public Library.
January 2005:
On Experimental Narrative. With Jeff Derksen, Daphne Marlatt, Gail Scott; moderated by Clint Burnham. This panel discussion, held at Capilano College, launched Biting the Error. The panel was followed by a reading at the Railway club with music by Dark Blue World.
