Marvellous March Calendar for Planet Earth Poetry at The Black Stilt

MARCH 5, 2010: EASY WRITERS

Seven North Islanders make up the eclectic dynamic group known as Easy Writers. A " One Sweet Ride" performance is just that--one sweet ride through poetry, storytelling, monologues and satire. Readers will be Dianne Clarence, David Fraser, Harvey Jenkins, Judith Millar, Cindy Shantz, Pat Smekal and Fran Thiessen.


MARCH 12, 2010: MICHAEL TURNER and Camosun Students

Michael Turner is an award winning author of fiction; his books include Hard Core Logo, The Pornographer's Poem, 8x10.

Three Camosun students will read new work.


MARCH 19, 2010: RICHARD LEMM

Richard Lemm, teaches creative writing at the University of PEI and has written 4 books of poetry, the latest is Burning House from Wolsak & Wynn.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.




MARCH 26, 2010 MICHAEL BOND and MICHAEL KENYON

Michael Bond, Planet Earth Poetry regular, Irishman , poet and house painter, reads new poems.

Michael Kenyon lives in Vancouver and Pender Island, where he is a therapist. He was a taxi driver in Victoria for many years. His novel, Beautiful Children, was published by Thistledown. His latest book of poetry, The Last House, is from Brick Books.

Radberry Jam, jams at Claremont night, Planet Earth Poetry at The Black Stilt, February 19, 2010.

Radberry Jam, jams at Claremont night, Planet Earth Poetry at The Black Stilt, February 19, 2010.
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Radberry Jam, jams at Claremont night, Planet Earth Poetry at The Black
Stilt, February 19, 2010.

More Claremont students reading, February 19, 2010.

More Claremont students reading, February 19, 2010.
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More Claremont students reading, February 19, 2010.

More Claremont students reading, February 19, 2010.

More Claremont students reading, February 19, 2010.
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More Claremont students reading, February 19, 2010.

Huge crowd for Claremont Night at Planet Earth Poetry, Susan Stenson's students read and perform, February 19, 2010.

Huge crowd for Claremont Night at Planet Earth Poetry, Susan Stenson's students read and perform, February 19, 2010.
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Huge crowd for Claremont Night at Planet Earth Poetry, Susan Stenson's
students read and perform, February 19, 2010.

Huge crowd for Claremont Night at Planet Earth Poetry, Susan Stenson's students read and perform, February 19, 2010.

Huge crowd for Claremont Night at Planet Earth Poetry, Susan Stenson's students read and perform, February 19, 2010.
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Huge crowd for Claremont Night at Planet Earth Poetry, Susan Stenson's
students read and perform, February 19, 2010.

Host, Yvonne Blomer, in conversation with Patick Pilarski, February 12, 2010.

Host, Yvonne Blomer, in conversation with Patick Pilarski, February 12, 2010.
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Host, Yvonne Blomer, in conversation with Patick Pilarski, February 12, 2010.

Kim Goldberg read on February 12, 2010.

Patrick Pilarski and Kim Goldberg read on February 12, 2010.
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Kim Goldberg read on February 12, 2010.

Patrick Pilarski read on February 12, 2010.

Patrick Pilarski and Kim Goldberg read on February 12, 2010.
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Patrick Pilarski read on February 12, 2010.

Fabulous February at Planet Earth Poetry at the Black Stilt

FEBRUARY 5, 2010: KATE BRAID

In 1972 Kate Braid got her first job in construction as a labourer on a small island off the coast of B.C. Never in her wildest dreams did she plan to be a construction worker, much less a carpenter; but she was desperate to stay on the island and had run out of money. Turning Left To The Ladies is an autobiographical account of the fifteen years she worked as a labourer, apprentice and journey carpenter, building houses, high rises and bridges. It is a wry, sometimes humorous, sometimes mediative look at one woman's relationship to her craft and the people she met along the way.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the League of Canadian Poets.





FEBRUARY 12, 2010: KIM GOLDBERG & PATRICK PILARSKI

KIM GOLDBERG is an award-winning poet, journalist and author of six books. She has lived in Nanaimo over 30 years. Her latest book, The Red Zone, takes its title from the "Red Zone", a 40 block area of the city core where homeless people are barred. She has spent the last three years verse-mapping and photographing Nanaimo's back alleys, graffiti galleries, underpasses and homeless encampments. She reconstructs a landscape of cultural decay through a stunning combination of poem, image, artist projects and journal entries until the city itself becomes a person speaking to us.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.




PATRICK PILARSKI, Edmonton poet and co-editor of Daily Haiku, an expert in computer intelligence and the author of Huge Blue from Leaf Press, a poetic tour guide to Canada's western landscape.




FEBRUARY 19, 2010: CLAREMONT STUDENTS

Fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders Haitian relief campaign, featuring students of Claremont's Writing 12 class, taught by Susan Stenson. The students will be reading from their manuscripts as well as providing musical interludes, monologues and entertainment.




FEBRUARY 26, 2010: GRACE COCKBURN & CHRIS LEVENSON

GRACE COCKBURN, one of this year's Times Colonist's Solstice Poets, is also a mortgage broker and a finalist in The Malahat Review's Open Season competition. She has a chapbook, Winter Egg.

CHRIS LEVENSON, author of 10 books of poetry, the latest is Local Time. He is the co-founder of Arc magazine and was a teacher at Carleton University in Ottawa. He now lives in Vancouver.

Douglas Burnet Smith and Rhonda Ganz after their featured readings at Planet Earth Poetry, January 29, 2010.

Douglas Burnet Smith and Rhonda Ganz after their featured readings at Planet Earth Poetry, January 29, 2010.
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Douglas Burnet Smith and Rhonda Ganz after their featured readings at Planet Earth Poetry, January 29, 2010.

Lorna Crozier and Billeh Nickerson talk about old times at Planet Earth Poetry, January 22, 2010.

Lorna Crozier and Billeh Nickerson talk about old times at Planet Earth Poetry, January 22, 2010.
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Lorna Crozier and Billeh Nickerson talk about old times at Planet Earth Poetry, January 22, 2010.

Sheri-D Wilson reads at Planet Earth Poetry, January 22, 2010.

Billeh Nickerson and Sheri-D Wilson read at Planet Earth Poetry, January 22, 2010.
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Sheri-D Wilson reads at Planet Earth Poetry, January 22, 2010.

Billeh Nickerson reads at Planet Earth Poetry, January 22, 2010.

Billeh Nickerson and Sheri-D Wilson read at Planet Earth Poetry, January 22, 2010.
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Billeh Nickerson reads at Planet Earth Poetry, January 22, 2010.