St@nza ‐ September 2013 Volume 10, Number 9

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NEWS FROM THE LCP

Submit Your Titles for the Raymond Souster, Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards The deadline for submission to these awards is November 1st, 2013. For books that are published after this date, but still within the calendar year, please e‐mail me by November 1st, 2013 to arrange to have the deadline extended to Dec 15th. Please note: Titles will not be accepted past the deadline unless these arrangements have been made prior to November 1, 2013. If you are a League member, please contact your publisher to see if your title has been submitted before sending it in yourself to avoid duplication. For more information on these awards, and to download a submission form, please go to: http://poets.ca/wordpress/contests‐awards

The Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth There are two age categories, junior (grades 7‐9) and senior (grades 10‐12). First place poems in each category will receive a cash prize of $350, second place winners will receive $300 and third place winners will receive $250. All winning poems will be published in the League of Canadian Poets’ e‐zine, Re:verse at www.youngpoets.ca. All winners will receive Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Youth certificates and student memberships in the League of Canadian Poets for one year. For guidelines: http://poets.ca/wordpress/contests‐awards. Deadline: January 15.

News from the Feminist Caucus By Anne Burke, Chair. This month reviews of and the Labour of Literary Celebrity, by Lorraine York; Dark Water Songs, by Mary Loy Souter‐Hynes, Archive of the Undressed, by Jeannette Lynes, Einstein's Cat by Zoe Landale, and The Boreal Dragon: Encounters with a Northern Land, by Kate Bitney; Previews of Escape Velocity, by Carmelita McGrath and This House is Still Standing, by Adrienne Barrett. The Women's Centre is moving at the end of September and needs volunteers! For full report: http://poets.ca/wordpress/programs‐2/feminist‐caucus

POETRY AND LITERARY NEWS

CBC Poetry Prize: The Longlist CBC's Canada Writes, along with our partners the Canada Council for the Arts, Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and The Banff Centre, are pleased to announce the 37 works on the longlist for the 2013 CBC Poetry Prize. The following texts were selected from over 2,000 submissions received from across the country. • Portraits by Joshua Bouchard (Elliot Lake, ON) • Migration (1851‐1882) by Lauren Carter (The Pas, MB) • Writers' Bedrooms by Kate Cayley (Toronto, ON) • Cracked by Meira Cook (Winnipeg, MB) • Little children, little children! by Meira Cook (Winnipeg, MB) • Song and Temporary by Kayla Czaga (, BC) • Waiting for spring, or something by Ruth Daniell (Vancouver, BC) • Collection of Poems by Carolyn Doornekamp (Toronto, ON) 1 • Laurentian Suite by Susan Glickman (Toronto, ON) • Homage by Jenny Haysom (Ottawa, ON) • Cueva de Pileta by Maureen Hynes (Toronto, ON) • Morning in the burned house by Veronika Izabela (Toronto, ON) • Guestbook Entries by Gordon Johnston (Otonabee‐South Monaghan, ON) • The River by Andrew Julnes (Vancouver, BC) • Seizures by Garth Martens (Victoria, BC) • Rote Welter by Garth Martens (Victoria, BC) • Waiting for Wind by Claire Matthews (Surrey, BC) • On Naming and the Origin of Pity by Cassidy McFadzean (Regina, SK) • SON‐LINE by Christopher Penny (High River, AB) • The Jargon Of Satyrs by Christopher Penny (High River, AB) • Borealis by Pamela Porter (North Saanich, BC) • Marie by Michael Prior (Richmond, BC) • We Are Approximate Beings Made Proximate By Love; Bone Houses by Bruce Rice (Regina, SK) • A Hedgehog in the Kitchen Keeps the Cockroaches at Bay by Robin Richardson (Mississauga, ON) • Sit How You want, Dear; No One's Looking by Robin Richardson (Mississauga, ON) • Einstein's Beach by Linda Rogers (Victoria, BC) • Two Girls by Laisha Rosnau (Coldstream, BC) • Placebo by Elizabeth Ross (Toronto, ON) • The Trailer by James Scoles (Winnipeg, MB) • I Blame MASH For My Addiction To MLS by Bren Simmers (Vancouver, BC) • Bluegrass Meteorology by Alison Smith (New Germany, NS) • Body Temperature by Kilby Smith‐McGregor (Toronto, ON) • Strolling into Loveliness by Susan Stenson (Victoria, BC) • In Baghdad it is Night by Kim Trainor (Vancouver, BC) • Maslow's Frozen Basement by Janet Trull (Ancaster, ON) • One Day in the City of Longing by Mark Wagenaar (Dentont, TX, USA) • Portage by Phoebe Wang (Toronto, ON)

Congratulations to everyone who made the longlist! And thank you to everyone who participated. This year’s readers were Elizabeth Bachinsky, Katherine Bitney, Alex Boyd, Amatoritsero Ede, Andrew Faulkner, Barbara Klar, Grant Loveys, Carmelita McGrath, Philip Kevin Paul and Sarah Tsiang. We will be running Q&As with them over the next two weeks to find out how they tackled the challenge of reading all of this year’s entries. Be sure to check back on September 17th when we will announce the shortlist for the prize.

Nobel Prize‐Winning Irish Poet Seamus Heaney Dies at 74 Seamus Heaney, one of the world’s best‐known poets and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature, has died aged 74 after a short illness, his family said on Friday.

Northern Ireland‐born Heaney, one of the world’s foremost poets writing in English whose works include his 1966 debut “Death of a Naturalist”, “The Spirit Level” and “District and Circle”, died in a Dublin hospital on Friday morning.

“The poet and Nobel Laureate died in hospital in Dublin this morning after a short illness,” said a statement on behalf of the Heaney family released by his publishers Faber and Faber. For full Globe and Mail article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/nobel‐prize‐winning‐irish‐poet‐seamus‐ heaney‐dies‐at‐74/article14036308/

2 Poetry in Abundance at The Word On The Street Toronto The Word On The Street Toronto is thrilled to celebrate more poetry than ever before at this year’s festival! From veteran writers and Robert Priest to Halifax Poet Laureate Shauntay Grant and the Toronto Poetry Slam Team, there is something for everyone.

Featured on (and on the way to) its popular stages around Queen’s Park Circle, The Word On The Street is pleased to present Poetry’s many facets when the annual festival returns on Sunday, September 22, 2013.

Festival‐goers won’t want to miss these highlights: Join Adam Dickinson and Gillian Savigny as they use poetry to transgress boundaries between art and science at noon at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent. Scotiabank Giller Prize‐winning fiction author Austin Clarke will debut his first‐ever poetry collection Where the Sun Shines Best at the Bestsellers Stage at 2:15. Over at the Great Books Marquee at 3:00, new poet Sara Peters joins long‐time fan favourite Robert Priest for Out of the Darkness. Peters and Priest will read from their just‐published collections on emerging from darkness, and follow with a discussion about what inspired their transformative works. Also at 3:00, poets Andrew Faulkner and Jacob Scheier are onstage at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent to explore concepts of identity in their modern context.

Around Queen’s Park Circle, Poetry hits the street when the 2013 Toronto Poetry Slam Team performs “guerilla spoken word” from 2:30 – 4:30. Co‐presented by The League of Canadian Poets and Toronto Poetry Project, the team will later compete in a slam against each other! Guests will be treated to some high‐energy, thoughtful and compelling spoken word from some of Toronto’s most talented poets and be invited to jump in as well! Sign up on‐site or in advance to battle the team at 5:00, back at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent. Participants are asked to prepare two poems, limit their time to three minutes and 10 seconds, and focus on their voice (no props, costumes, or covers!). Get the full scoop at [email protected].

And that’s not all… Children’s poet Shauntay Grant will present Apples and Butterflies, a gentle, lyrical poem about a family’s autumn vacation in the bright blue and orange light of fall. In this interactive performance, Grant, who was Halifax’s third Poet Laureate, will weave spoken word, music and rhythm into an event that is sure to wow audiences of all ages. Two of Canada’s favourite poets—Anne Michaels, whose new book‐length poem, Correspondences, hits bookstores in November, and Robert Priest—are contributors to The Word On The Street’s Journal Reflections initiative, an auction of Moleskine® journals customized by great Canadian writers.

About The Word On The Street: Each September, in the cities of Toronto, Halifax, Lethbridge, Saskatoon, and Kitchener, The Word On The Street unites the country in a national celebration of literacy and the written word. Annually attracting more than 200,000 visitors to its Queen’s Park Circle location, The Word On The Street Toronto is the largest book and magazine festival in Canada. For more information: www.thewordonthestreet.ca/toronto |@TorontoWOTS | Facebook

Finalists Announced for 2013 Toronto Book Awards The shortlist for the 2013 Toronto Book Awards has been announced, and it includes some familiar names from the city’s vibrant literary scene.

The finalists are: • Kamal Al‐Solaylee, for his memoir, Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes,published by Harper Collins Publishing Ltd. Intolerable tells the story of Al‐Solaylee’s journey from the Middle East to Canada, and his “experiences being gay and leaving his Arab family and culture behind to pursue a life free from religious and social stigmas.” 3 • Patrick Cummins and Shawn Micallef for their annotated book of Toronto photography, Full Frontal T.O., published by Coach House Books. Using Cummins’ photos and Micallef’s text, Full Frontal is a celebration of Toronto’s streets and neighbourhoods, reminding readers that Toronto is a “that Toronto is an evolving intertwining of varied lives and experiences.” • Kevin Irie, for Viewing Tom Thomson, A Minority Report, a collection of poetry published by Frontenac House Poetry. The poems explore the work of landscape artist Tom Thomson within the context of a modern‐day Toronto. They also take a look at what it means to be “Canadian” in the 21st century. • Aga Maksimowska, for her novel, Giant, published by Pedlar Press. Giant is the story of Gosia, an 11‐year‐old Polish girl whose “already‐difficult coming of age is intensified by an incomprehensible and sudden move to Canada.” • Katrina Onstad, for her novel, Everybody has Everything, published by McLelland & Stewart. Following a horrific car crash, a young childless couple become the guardians of a two‐and‐a‐ half‐year‐old boy. The novel explores the range of emotions that the parents are faced with when they suddenly become parents to the young child.

The Toronto Book Awards are an annual prize given to books that are “evocative of Toronto.” Previous winners include Margaret Atwood, Helen Humphreys, , and . The 2013 award will be handed out at a ceremony on October 9 at the Toronto Reference Library. For more information, visit the City of Toronto’s website: http://www.toronto.ca/book_awards/index.htm

Canada Council for the Arts Seeking New Program Officer, Writing and Publishing Section Canada Council for the Arts is presently recruiting for the position of Program Officer, Writing and Publishing Section. Please forward this to candidates that may be interested in this position. Follow this link to view the posting: http://canadacouncil.ca/en/council/careers/current‐opportunities/program‐ officer‐writing‐and‐publishing‐section‐3

Shane Koyczan To Write Anti‐Bullying Opera Libretto Vancouver Opera has commissioned internationally‐recognized Canadian spoken word poet and performer Shane Koyczan to create the libretto for a new opera whose theme – bullying – is a central issue in our community, in communities across the country and around the world.

Aimed at audiences of all ages, and drawing upon Mr. Koyczan's own experiences with bullying, both as a victim and as a perpetrator, the 80‐minute opera will be based on Stickboy, Mr. Koyczan's acclaimed 2008 novel in verse.

Stickboy (working title) will have its world premiere in October 2014 at the Vancouver Playhouse. It will be an option for subscribers to Vancouver Opera's 2014‐2015 season; tickets will also be available to the general public. After its premiere an adapted version will be developed for touring to schools and community venues in Metro Vancouver and beyond as part of the Vancouver Opera In Schools program. http://www.allianceforarts.com/blog/shane‐koyczan‐write‐anti‐bullying‐opera‐libretto

Owen Sound Little Theatre Announces Poet Laureate Competition The call is out! Local poets can now apply for the position of Owen Sound Poet Laureate. The selection committee will be looking for someone from Owen Sound, Grey‐Bruce who has a substantial body of work and a history of advocacy for poetry.

“We want someone who’s a good writer but we’re also looking for a kind of ambassador,” said Liz Zetlin, chair of the selection committee. She was Owen Sound’s first Poet Laureate “The person we select should be passionate and able to promote poetry and the literary arts in the community,” she said.

The Poet Laureate Program was started under the auspices of the Owen Sound & North Grey Union 4 Public Library and ran from 2007 to 2012, also honouring poets Kristan Anderson and Kateri Akiwenzie‐ Damm. It is now hosted and sponsored by the Owen Sound Little Theatre. Long time supporter of the arts Frank Dabbs, the author from Annan, is a major sponsor.

"Owen Sound Little Theatre is delighted to add Poet Laureate to its repertoire." said OSLT President, Bill Murphy. "Offering a home at the Roxy Theatre to the Owen Sound Poet Laureate and his or her poetry performances is a perfect fit for OSLT, assisting the continued growth of the vibrant arts community of Grey‐Bruce."

The successful poet who is hired for the part‐time job (a minimum of 12 hours a month) will serve a two‐ year term from October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2015. The Poet Laureate will write poetry about the area, do public performances and work with local poets and writers. One of the first gigs for the Poet Laureate will be to perform at the Roxy Theatre’s 100th anniversary party on October 19. The Poet Laureate's mandate also includes the creation of a legacy project that will be unique to the individual.

“My experience as Poet Laureate was very energizing,” said Zetlin. “It was like having a license to share poetry – in restaurants, living rooms and even street corners.” While Zetlin was Poet Laureate, she wrote a Poet of the Month column in the Owen Sound Sun Times and created the Poets Laureate Map of Canada, which is unique to Canada and the world. “I’m excited that the new Poet Laureate will keep Owen Sound and area on this literary map,” she said. “When I was Poet Laureate I saw how people of all ages are still moved by this ancient art. I realized that poetry truly is the shortest distance between two hearts.” Applications for the position must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Friday September 20. For all of the details about how to apply, go to the Roxy Theatre Website: www.roxytheatre.ca

Culture Days is almost here! Register your Culture Days activity today There is still plenty of time to register your Culture Days activity. There is no fee to register. If you have a free participatory or interactive arts or cultural activity to offer to the public during the Culture Days weekend, click (http://www.culturedays.ca/en/my‐culture‐days/account/login) to register it today. If you’re not sure about what’s involved in registering, download the Participation Guide and be sure to contact your regional representative with any questions you may have.

This year’s Culture Days weekend will take place on September 27, 28 and 29, 2013. Once again, the event will feature free, hands‐on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate “behind the scenes”—and to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, curators, and designers at work in their community. For more information on presenting an activity or to find activities in your area please visit (http://on.culturedays.ca/). The Culture Days website has a wealth of free tips and tools, including downloadable marketing resources including the Culture Days logo, customizable posters, postcards, web banners, video bumpers, e‐flyer, and more. For more information about Culture Days visit www.culturedays.ca.

EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, COURSES, FESTIVALS & READINGS

School Night! Spoken Word Masterclass, Toronto, ON Join us for the launch at Go Lounge on Sept 3rd to get schooled by the incomparable Lillian Allen. For more info, click here: https://www.facebook.com/events/359713347495597/

School Night! Toronto’s first monthly Spoken Word Master Class series. Every first Tuesday of the month, we’ll be featuring a Spoken Word superstar, who will share their work, as well as tips and tricks of the trade.

But wait! There’s more! At the end of their set, they’ll offer the audience a writing prompt… then it’s your turn! Cook up your response during the break, and then share your work on our participants’ only

5 open‐stage.

Wanna give your writing an inspiration injection? Come hear a master share their secrets at Go! Every first Tuesday of the month (and don’t forget your notebook).

Language Matters Book Launch, Montreal, QC This will not be an ordinary book launch. Pas du tout! This will not be a staid, polite, cheap wine‐and‐ cheese launch because this is not a staid and polite book. C’est vrai. This launch is a vernissage and performance, showcasing the creative process of some of ’s – Canada’s – best and most innovative English‐language poets, rising stars and award‐winning authors.

The book is Language Matters. In it, the interviewed poets, twenty‐two in all, reveal the diversity of the English‐language poetry scene. They hail from all over the place (aside from a couple of “pure‐laines,” Quebec‐born and bred). They came to Quebec (mainly Montreal) because of its vibrancy, to follow their hearts, to escape tyranny, because they knew that Leonard Cohen lived here and the rents were cheap. They brought with them their desire to be a part of and contribute to the cultural excitement. It is this vibrancy and diversity that we wish to celebrate in a creative way tonight.

So join…. Mark Abley, Maxianne Berger, Stephanie Bolster, Jason Camlot, Brian Campbell, Moe Clark, Mary di Michele, Endre Farkas, Gabe Foreman, Susan Gillis, Charlotte Hussey, kaie kellough, Catherine Kidd, Angela Leuck, Steve Luxton, David McGimpsey, Erín Moure, Robyn Sarah, Mahamud Siad Togane, Carolyn Marie Souaid, and Gillian Sze.

See their creative process on display. Experience live performances & Live Music. And see the World Premiere of the videopoem, “Language Cops.” Invite your friends.

Language Matters! (The Show) curated and hosted by Carolyn Marie Souaid and Endre Farkas on Tuesday, September, 10, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Bain St‐Michel (home of Infinitheatre) at 5300 St‐Dominique (corner Maguire), Montreal, QC. Information: (514) 488‐3185.

Spoken Word @ OCAD, Toronto, ON Yep, we're doing another 5 week workshop session. For Spoken Word Newbies and Rock Stars alike! Come develop your craft, expand your repertoire, experiment with new forms. The next session starts on Sept 11th. For more info and to register, click (https://continuingstudies.ocad.ca/class_details.jsp?offeringId=75&show_past=false)

Fisher Small Press Fair, Toronto, ON To celebrate the small and fine press publishers whose work is represented in the current exhibition A Death Greatly Exaggerated, the Fisher Library is holding its first‐ever small press fair. We're extending the exhibition for an extra week into September and holding the fair on the first Saturday of the month. Featuring many of the publishers represented in the exhibition, the fair will provide visitors the opportunity to meet these talented and dedicated bookmakers, chat with them about their work, and to purchase their books and items. It will be a special event that you won't want to miss!

Confirmed presses include: Coach House Press, Porcupine's Quill, The Aliquando Press, BookThug, George A. Walker, Shanty Bay Press, Alan Stein/Church Street Press, above/ground, Greyweather's Press, Thee Hellbox Press, John Grande's Go If Press, Imago Press, Thomas Dannenberg, Pas de Chance, and Lindsay Zier‐Vogel's Puddle Press. Watch this space for more publishers as we confirm their participation.

The details: Saturday September 7, 2013, from 10 am‐5 pm, at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 120 St. George St. (corner of St. George and Harbord), Toronto, ON 6

NEW MEMBERS

Catina Noble Catina Noble was born in Kingston, Ontario in 1978. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a B.A. from Carleton University. She has over a hundred publications to date including her poetry, articles, short stories and photography. Her poems have appeared in Jam Jar, Verse Afire, The Riverview Park Review and The Prairie Journal.

Ben Nuttall‐Smith – President of the Federation of BC Writers Publications include an historical novel – Blood, Feathers & Holy Men, Libros Libertad, 2011, an autobiographical novel, Secrets Kept / Secrets Told, Libros Libertad, 2012 and two illustrated children’s books. Ben’s poems and short stories have appeared in numerous national and international anthologies and online publications. Two books of poetry, A Moment in Eternity, (100 pages) and Postcards (109 pages), Silver Bow Publishing of New Westminster, B.C. 2013.

Awards for Service to the Writing Community include the Surrey Board of Trade Special Achievement Award 2011 and Honourary Life Membership, Federation of BC Writers 2013.

MEMBERS NEWS

Jill Battson I hope you can come and hear me read some new poems – and some old gems – at the fabulous reading series WordSpell on Wednesday, September 4th, 7.30pm, at my old (Poets Refuge) stomping grounds, the Free Times Café, 320 College Street, Toronto.

You can also hear me interviewed on HOWL by the energetic Nik Beat the evening before on CIUT at 10 pm. For more info: WordSpell: https://www.facebook.com/events/293292160814099/ Howl: https://www.facebook.com/events/595851597104483/?notif_t=plan_edited

Joe Blades Joe Blades received an Arts by Invitation grant from artsnb to perform in Wordplay, Shetland's annual book festival, in Scotland, and in related activities, including to lead a workshop. Wordplay 2013 runs from late‐August through the first week of September. Blades is also celebrating the release of a new poetry chapbook, CAUTION: paper (BS Poetry Society).

Fern G. Z. Carr Fern G. Z. Carr was delighted to recently have had some of her poetry published in China. Her work appears in MaLa, a journal published by the Chengdu Bookworm Literary Society.

Carr was also thrilled to learn that her haiku will be included on a DVD which will accompany NASA’s MAVEN mission to Mars. Although her entry didn’t place in the top five of approximately 12,530 Going to Mars contest entries submitted world‐wide, NASA decided they would include submissions possessing a requisite number of votes from the public. All in all, Mars is quite the astronomical publication credit. Many thanks to the League members who placed their votes for her.

Carr’s haiku received an honourable mention in the Shintai Haiku Category for World Haiku Review this past August.

7 Finally, please feel free to tune in to the Ekphrastia Gone Wild Virtual Publication Party on “Poetry Super Highway Live” on Sept. 15 at 2:00 pm (Pacific Time) via this link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/psh/2013/09/15/ekphrastia‐gone‐wild‐virtual‐publication‐party The program will be featuring recordings of Carr’s poetry (as well as others, including a Nobel Prize winner). The Ekphrastia Gone Wild anthology will be marketed for use in high schools across the USA in conjunction with the newly implemented Common Care State Standards Initiative to incorporate ekphrastic poetry into curricula nation‐wide.

Terry Ann Carter Following a writing retreat in July at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Terry Ann joined an open mic reading at the performing Arts Center at Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado. In August, Terry Ann presented a small book making workshop incorporating haiku as text at the Haiku North America conference on board the Queen Mary, dry docked in Long Beach, California. Sept. 22nd, she will be reading haiku and longer poems and giving a haiku prayer flag workshop for the Word On The Street Festival in Lethbridge, . October 10th, she will be presenting a paper “Emily Carr – Wild Flowers – Haiku” at the Seabeck conference for Pacific Rim Haiku, at the Seabeck Conventional Center in Washington.

Marilyn Gear Pilling Marilyn Gear Pilling's fifth book of poetry, A Bee Garden, published by Cormorant Books and edited by Cormorant's Poetry Editor Robyn Sarah, was released this past May, 2013.

Joyce Harries Joyce Harries, a full member, launches her 3rd book, "A Wise Old Girl's Own Almanac", the sequel to "Girdles and Other Harnesses I Have Known", and "Twice in a Blue Moon", Sept. 8, 2:00 and Audrey's Bookstore and Holy Trinity Church Sept 20, 7:00., in Edmonton. Also appearing in Sherwood Park at "Words in the Park", Oct. 19 and at "Litfest" in Edmonton Oct. 26 (see Litfest program for details)

Candice James Shorelines (Silver Bow Publishing) featuring the art of Emily Cuthbertson, Doreen Bruce, Don Portelance, Janet Kvammen, Candice James and Rex Howard book signing on Sept 24 at White Rock Library (15342 Buena Vista White Rock, BC V4B 1Y6).

Penn Kemp The Dream Life of Teresa Harris, a play by Penn Kemp, is presented at Eldon House from September 7‐ 15, 2013. Our creative Dream team features Donna Creighton as Teresa. Original music by Mary Ashton and Panayiotis Giannarapis. Directed by Louise Fagan. Art direction by Daniela Sneppova. Dates and times: Preview ‐ September 7 at 1 pm; September 8, 13, 14 and 15 at 1:00 pm and (now sold out) 3:30 pm.; $25 per person includes a special tea served at 2:15 pm, between performances. For tickets contact Eldon House at 519‐661‐5169 or www.ticketscene.ca/pennkemp (for credit cards).

Because this is promenade theatre, with Eldon House as a feature character, audience size is limited! Order your tickets early to ensure your space. Join us for this extraordinary performance and tea at Eldon House Heritage Museum, 481 Ridout Street North, London. For more information also visit: www.eldonhouse.ca.

About The Dream Life of Teresa Harris: Our main character is Teresa Harris, b.1839, Eldon House, London. d. 1928, England. She tells her amazing life story from her home in Eldon House. How does a young and cossetted Victorian woman become one of the great xplorers of her time? What conditioning does she carry with her about class and culture? Teresa Harris comes home to reflect on a well‐traveled life! Teresa was a Victorian woman raised in London's historic Eldon House yet her adventures in Tibet and beyond made her one of the greatest explorers of her time. Teresa’s story 8 emerges through her own voice and those of her protective mother and her two husbands. Both men offered Teresa escape from the ordinary domestic constraint for a woman of her time and position in colonial London society. Teresa and her second husband St. George Littledale were the greatest English explorers of their period. Beautiful Eldon House brings their era alive. Join Teresa for trophies and tea!

I believe I have a little of the ‘Bedouin Arab’ in me. –Teresa Harris

For more information visit: www.eldonhouse.ca / http://teresaharrisdreamlife.wordpress.com / https://www.facebook.com/events/152190684983472/?fref=ts / http://chrwradio.ca/content/upcoming‐episodes‐gathering‐voices.

Susan McCaslin In the summer of 2013 Susan McCaslin facilitated a writing workshop at The Naramata Centre in Naramata, , Arousing the Spirit Through Writing, Aug. 4‐10. Her work appeared recently in the following anthologies: Alive at the Center (Portland State University, Ooligan Press), Forcefield (ed. Susan Musgrave, Mother Tongue Publishing), Jack Layton: Art in Action (ed. Penn Kemp; Quattro Books), and Poems from Planet Earth (ed. Yvonne Blomer & Cynthia Woodman Kerkham, Leaf Press). She had a poem in the chapbook Fire & Ice: poems for fridges & stoves (complied by Catherine Owen with chapbook design by Warren Dan Fulton, New Westminster, British Columbia). Other poems appeared in Quills, Monkscript Two, Vallum, the League’s blog for National Poetry Month April 2013, Sage‐ing: A Journal of arts and Ageing (online), Steven McCabe’s Wordpress (online http://poemimage.wordpress.com/), Poetry is Dead: In‐Side Out‐Side (ed. Kevin Spenst & Nikki Reimer), The Dalhousie Review, and in the broadside “Trees or Jobs: It Should NOT be a Dichotomy” (London, Ontario: Pigeon Bike Press).

Carmelo Militano Sebastiano’s Vine by Carmelo Militano is both a gritty urban story and a fresh re‐telling of the immigrant experience. e novella moves back and forth in time as Michael Filo seeks to understand himself, revisits his childhood betrayal and guilt, and the curse of an ancient family wine made from a discovered grape in a once forgotten patch of land. e wine, the history of his family, the city of Winnipeg in the 60’s, and the large social forces of history (the Winnipeg General strike of 1919, the Calbarian earthquake of 1783, Second World War) intermingle with the small gestures of family life as Michael seeks to understand his troubled past and lost love for Lucia. Composed like a mosaic, the individual tiles or scenes come together to create a moving mediation on family, friendship and love, and a humorous retelling of history.

Sebastiano’s Vine is a beautifully written story of love and passion played out through generations in Italy, Greece, and Winnipeg. e star‐crossed lovers of the story meet and love and part endlessly. Militano evokes the sunlit glory of Calabria and the daily life of Winnipeg and all its frozen winters with an amazing array of detail. Ancient vendettas act out their consequences in the new world. And over everything hovers a mysterious wine that brings on strange emotions in a magical realist world ruled by the ancient sorceress Morgan Le Fay. This is brilliant and compelling writing. ~ David Arnason, author of King Jerry and The Imagined City: A Literary History of Winnipeg

Militano conveys more in one sentence than some writers do in a whole page. With the brevity and precision of a poet and the astute eye of an observer, he brings to life scenes and personalities that range continents and eras. Sebastiano’s Vine is definitely worth reading. ~ Faith Johnston, author of A Great Restlessness and The Only Man in the World

Contact Ekstasis for details or to arrange appearances, events or media opportunities. For further information: Richard Olafson or Carol Sokoloff (250) 361‐9941 (250) 385‐3378 (Fax) www.ekstasiseditions.com or e‐mail: [email protected] 9

Andrea Thompson Feature at Ottawa's Artistic Showcase On August 30th, I'll be featuring in Ottawa, as a part of the multi‐disciplinary event: Artistic Showcase. Join us for this diverse, evening featuring Britta B, Tito Medina and myself. This month's showcase will bring under one roof the sounds, feelings and virtues of story‐telling, spoken word, theatre, classical violin, and folk music. For more info, click: https://www.facebook.com/events/570998992947100/

Feature at Lizzie Violet's Cabaret Noir ‐ Sept 8th Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir is a monthly event that brings you an evening of indie artistry and cabaret. The mistress of ceremonies, Lizzie Violet will introduce cabaret stylings such as poetry, Spoken Word, music, Burlesque, comedy and a variety of other vaudeville style acts. Inspired by Vaudeville of the early 1900’s, it will be an evening of pure entertainment. For more info, click: https://www.facebook.com/events/285986004872827/

Spoken Word @ OCAD Yep, we're doing another 5 week workshop session. For Spoken Word Newbies and Rock Stars alike! Come develop your craft, expand your repertoire, experiment with new forms. The next session starts on Sept 11th. For more info and to register, click: https://continuingstudies.ocad.ca/class_details.jsp?offeringId=75&show_past=false

School Night! Spoken Word Masterclass I'm Very Excited to let you know about this new Spoken Word Master Class series. Join us for the launch at Go Lounge on Sept 3rd to get schooled by the incomparable Lillian Allen :) For more info, click: https://www.facebook.com/events/359713347495597/

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