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POETS' HAVEN
POETS' HAVEN - resumes September 2012
Thank you to our supportive local bookshoppe!
Greenwoods` Bookshoppe, 10309 Whyte Ave.
Thank you to our supportive local cafe!
Upper Crust, 10909 86 Ave.
Many thanks to all Stroll poets and friends who attended the Poets' Haven reading series this year! We appreciated spoken words shared by our community of poets, and we look toward to another wordful year, gathering at our greatly appreciated 'Haven Homes', where we are warmly welcomed and embraced.
Duties of a mic host at the Upper Crust Restaurant or Greenwoods' Bookshoppe.
Duties of a door host at the Upper Crust.
Readers: You can prepare for your reading using the poetry timer and reading the Poet's etiquette.
BLINKS IN THE HEART
Monday April 23, 2012
7:00pm - 9:00pm
The Artery, 9535 Jasper Avenue
Sign up for your 30 second reading.
STROLL OF POETS ANNUAL MEETING
Forty-five people came out to the meeting on Sunday, March 25, 2012. New Board was elected.
President, Naomi McIlwraith
Anne Gerard Marshall, Alice Major, Marcia O'Connor, Diane Robitelle, Allison Akgungor,
Mary Campbell, John Leppard
ANNOUNCEMENT: A great way to develop your work!
Jannie Edwards is the 2011 - 12 Canadian Authors Association Writer in Residence for Northern Alberta. She is available for consultation with writers working in all genres. You can contact Jannie at mailto:ewir@canauthorsalberta.ca .
She is also at Audreys Books on Wednesdays from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. if you prefer to drop off your work there. Jannie is a long-time member of the Stroll of Poets. She taught at MacEwan University for many years and is delighted to meet with writers to talk about their work in progress.
EDMONTON'S POET LAUREATE
Anna Marie Sewell is Edmonton's Poet Laureate. Sewell is the writer of poetry, theatre, stories and songs.
Sewell has been active on Edmonton’s poetry scene for 20 years. Anna Marie was a founding member of the Stroll of Poets Society, which has been a remarkable home for poets for 20 years now. She has also taken part in the Edmonton Poetry Festival’s annual month-long shindig, where you might have seen her host the Blinks (80+ poets, 30 seconds each, no hesitation) a time or three.