Category Archives: Poetry reading write-up

Plan 99 did a Versefest fundraiser with Phil Hall and Eduardo C. Corral. And there were door prize draws of a bag of books each from Anansi, Brick and Arc. Phil Hall’s most recent book of poems is called The Small Nouns Crying Faith (BookThug, 2013). Hall was the 2011 winner of the Governor General’s […]

Jill Zmud was the next of the evening’s entertainment for Oct 25th at Writers Fest. Her beautiful voice will be coming to her second album next spring. She was the music for the Bywords portion of the evening. Amanda Earl read a John Newlove poem (Then, If I Cease Desiring) and announced the honorable mentions […]

The Plan 99 BookThug launch on Oct 26th was definitely standing room only. (The best seat in the house might be someone’s shoulders, if you’re short enough.) But if the crowd being spellbound and the lineup to buy and have book signed lasting what seemed like hours, indicates anything, it was a popular event too. […]

On the poetry front, it was a packed and happy room with chairs to the back for a triple bill on the 25th. David O’Meara launched his first book in 5 years, A Pretty Sight (Coach House, 2013). Those happening across the right open mic, Tree or The Reading Series, heard sample poems from it […]