Performance and Metaphor
This workshop explores the influence of performance on written text. Aspects of audience size, venue, and demographics will be discussed, as well as performance styles for particular song forms; for example, a protest song compared to a pop song or dance music. How...
From Poetry to Spoken Word to Song
A craft talk on the process of sourcing lyrics in poetry
JPN49 Japanese Poets North of the 49th
JPN49, Vancouver’s biggest Japanese Canadian Poetry event, returns this fall. This annual event weaves together Japan and Canada through poetry and story telling as each year local Japanese poet Soramaru Takayama welcomes a new visiting Japanese poet. This year’s...
Two workshops at Historic Joy Kogawa House
“Poetry, like bread, is for everyone.”–Roque Dalton When: Thursday, June 22, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Come break bread with us! Through guided exercises, including the emulation of accomplished Canadian poets, you will have the opportunity to orchestrate your senses,...