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POETS' HAVEN
2011 - 12 Poets' Haven Series Schedule can be downloaded here (updated Jan-30-12).
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.
Monday, January 16, 2011, 7:00-9:00 p.m. WORKSHOP: JOHN LEPPARD - FINDING YOUR PERFORMANCE VOICE
Upper Crust - 10909 - 86 Avenue
Readers: Anushka Ataullahjan Deborah Lawson Julie Robinson, Diane Buchanan
mic host: Tymofiy Hawrysh
door host: Melle Huizinga
Learn proven techniques for connecting with you audience. Enjoy playing with the elements of spoken word.
Find your hidden performer in an atmosphere of safety, support and fun!
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Location: 6th Floor, Room 7, Stanley Milner Library
Cost: $25.00 for Stroll members, $40.00 for non-Stroll members
To Register: Write a cheque or money order payable to the Edmonton Stroll of Poets. and mail it or deliver it to Nic Mather at the Writers Guild of Alberta office in the Percy Page Centre:
11759 Groat Road, Edmonton, Alberta, T5M 3K6
Register soon, because space is limited to 15 participants!
If you have any questions, please contact Diane Buchanan at dibuch@telus.net or Naomi McIlwraith at naomi.mcilwraith@gmail.com
STROLL OF POETS ANNUAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: A great way to develop your work!
Sunday, March 25, 2012
1:30 p.m.
Edmonton Room, Stanley Milner Library
Stroll of Poets Anthology will be launched. Pick up your antholology after the meeting.
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 has been named as 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.