Christian Bök (Eunoia, Crystallography) will appear on CityTV's Breakfast Television in Calgary on Tuesday, January 13. Tune in for a rare chance to catch the poet, renowned for his masterful performances, in the audio-visual medium!
In the wake of Eunoia's popularity in the U.K. this fall, Canadian newspapers are once again uncovering the phenomenon of the univocal lipogram. Trace the fourteen-year saga in the following interviews with Christian Bök, the author of one of the very few works of avant-garde poetry to exhibit major mainstream appeal in our time.
The New Year begins on the Fourth of January at 7:30 p.m. at Hamilton's Lit Live reading series. The first reading of 2009 will feature Coach House poet Jeramy Dodds (Crabwise to the Hounds), as well as Linda Frank, Ross Belot and Valerie Nielsen.
LiT LiVe Reading Series
featuring Jeramy Dodds, Linda Frank, Ross Belot and Valerie Nielsen
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Sky Dragon Centre, 27 King William Street
Hamilton, ON
7:30 p.m.
Free
Jen Currin (Hagiography) leads a workshop on the subtle art of the prose poem at the White Rock Arts Council Gallery from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.. The fee is $35 and the workshop is limited to 12 participants, so pre-registration is required. Phone 604-536-8333 to reserve your spot!
Prose poem workshop with Jen Currin
Saturday, January 23, 2009
White Rock Arts Council Gallery, 90-1959 152nd Street
South Surrey, BC
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
$35
Jen Currin (Hagiography) opens the 2009 edition of The Community Arts Council of White Rock Literary Series with a reading on Friday, January 23 at the Pelican Rouge Coffee House.
Then on Saturday she leads a workshop on the subtle art of the prose poem. Check the separate Coach House event listing for more details!
Jen Currin reads in White Rock
Friday, January 23, 2009
Pelican Rouge Coffee House, 15142 16th Ave
Vancouver, BC
7:30 p.m.
Free
Jen Currin (Hagiography) will be a featured reader in Locution, a UBC creative writing MFA showcase, on Thursday, December 11 at Vancouver's Pulp Fiction Books.
Jen Currin reads at Locution
with Margret Bollerup, Crystal Sikma, Sonia Zagwyn and Krista Eide
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Pulp Fiction Books, 2422 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
Poet Jeramy Dodds speaks to the Arthur (his alma mater, Trent University's paper) about Crabwise to the Hounds ('It is both my oldest work and my newest, due to an unrestrained addiction to editing'), the influence of southern Ontario landscapes on the images in his book and more. But don't get your hopes up -- Dodds saves his writing advice for 'highly-motivated shut-ins or terrorists.'
Gary Barwin (Raising Eyebrows, Outside the Hat) is interviewed by Sina Queyras (Lemon Hound) in a new post on her poetry blog. Barwin talks about his rather uncanny visual art and signs off with a complementary poem.
In addition to being the start of the summer movie season, a time for flowers and the last name of Rod Stewart's friend Maggie, May is also the month of Doors Open Toronto and the start of Book Expo America! But here's the thing about May: it's the fifth month of the year, and as such (and because we're stumped for sale ideas), we're taking a fifth of the price off every title on the Coach House site!
From May 30 to June 1, the largest publishing event in North America – Book Expo America (or 'BEA' to those in 'the biz') – is hosted at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, and Coach House will be there. Like every year, the Expo provides booksellers and publishing industry workers a preview of exciting new things happening in the world of books.
