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Vertigo Voices Reading Series
Unlike conventional poetry readings, the Vertigo Voices series is designed to unfold as a dialogue and discussion on the process of writing. Invited authors will expore their writing practice, and discuss other writers and books in order to reveal the context and circumstances that have informed their own work.
Readings begin at 7:30pm. Admission is $3.
Thursday, November 19
Chris Hutchinson was born in Montreal and has lived in Victoria, Edmonton, Nelson, Vancouver, and Phoenix, Arizona. He now resides in Kelowna, where he teaches English at Okanagan College. The author of two books – Other People’s Lives (Brick Books, 2009) and Unfamiliar Weather (Muses’ Company, 2005)– his poems have been translated into Chinese and have appeared in numerous Canadian and U.S. publications.
Wednesday, November 25
Laisha Rosnau is an award-winning poet and novelist whose second collection of poetry, Lousy Explorers, was released by Nightwood in April 2009. Laisha’s first full-length collection, Notes on Leaving (Nightwood), won the Acorn-Plantos Poetry Award in 2005 and her novel, The Sudden Weight of Snow (McClelland & Stewart), was an honourable mention for the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award.
Thursday, December 3
Gerald Hill is a writer, editor and teacher in Regina. He has published five books of poetry – the third of which, Getting to Know You, won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry in 2004 – and one nonfiction work, Their Names Live On: Remembering Saskatchewan’s Fallen in World War II (with Doug Chisholm). His most recent book, 14 Tractors, appeared in spring, 2009. He teaches English and Creative Writing at Luther College, University of Regina.
Wednesday, December 9
The fourth reading of the season will showcase the work of first and second-year creative writing students from Okanagan College. This event will take place in the cafeteria of the Kalmalka Campus at 7:30pm on Wednesday, December 9. Admission to this event is free. Please come out to support these new Okanagan writers and see what the creative writing program is all about.