November's Nifty Calendar at Planet Earth Poetry at the Black Stilt

November 7, 2008: Barbara Colebrook Peace, Kelly Parsons and Dorothy Field

Three poets tackle the big questions in 3 new books from Sono Nis Press.

Barbara Colebrook Peace reads from Dreaming Yourself Human.
Kelly Parsons reads from I Will Ask For Birds.
Dorothy Field reads from Wearing My People Like a Shawl.

November 14, 2008: Steven Price, Zach Wells and Alan Wilson

The sonnet is not dead. Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets from Biblioasis will prove this.
These three poets will read their own sonnets and a selection of sonnets from the book.

November 24, 2008: The Glenairley poets read from two chapbooks from Leaf Press.

Each year, for the past 11 years Patrick Lane has lead 3 day writing retreats. As a result of these retreats, many of the poets are now published poets, with books of their own.

November 28, 2008: Garth Martens

UVic Creative Writing Grad and M.A. Student writes poetry and non-fiction. His concerns include archaic dance forms, interesting glasses, botany.