readings

I’m currently writing a first novel with the working title of Tanaka & Co., and penning a series of poems about being previously employed on the waterfront.

Public Readings

Upcoming

May 3, 2018 – Word Whips – Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery

BCLA Conference, reading to a bunch of Librarians!

May 10, 2018 – Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel

July 24, 2018 – Poetic Pairings – VPL Britannia Branch Library

Past

March 4, 2018 – Poetic Justice, New Westminster, BC Canada

September 15, 2017 – Centering Ourselves Residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB Canada

August 27, 2017 – Poetry New Westminster – Heritage Grill, New Westminster, BC Canada

May 24, 2017 – World Poetry – New Westminster Public Library, New Westminster, BC Canada

October 22, 2016 – Mashed Poetics at Seven Dining Lounge, Vancouver, BC Canada

October 19, 2016 – Wax Poetic on Co-op Radio, Vancouver, BC Canada

*Thursday, June 2, 2016 – TWS Writer’s Studio at Cottage Bistro

*Thursday, September 10, 2015 – TWS Writer’s SouthBank Writer’s Series at the Surrey Central Public Library

*Thursday, September 3, 2015 – TWS Writer’s Series at Cottage Bistro

*Saturday, May 9 at VPL Britannia Branch for World Poetry to Celebrate Asian Heritage Month / 1 to 3pm

*Tuesday, June 9th at VPL Britannia Branch for Poetic Pairings / 6:30 to 8:30pm

*February 5, 2015 – TWS Writer’s Series at Cottage Bistro

*Tuesday January 20 2015

Word Whips in the Gallery: A Night of Poetry, Art and Dance

Inspired by “New Work from the Road” by Derek Gillingham

7-9pm

Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery

Jewish Community Centre

950 West 41st Ave.

Poetry by Pandora’s Collective

Featured poet: Amanda Wardrop

Dancer: Celeste Snowber

Poets: Lea Taranto, Alan Hill, Susan Cormier, RC Weslowski, Candie Tanaka, Timothy ShayHost: Lindsay Glauser KwanMusic, Art & Poetry evenings are FREE and EVERYONE IS WELCOME. There will be an open microphone time where poets and want to be poets that have come that evening and feel inspired by the work on the walls will be invited to read their poems.Illustration on the right: “Montreal no.3″ by Derek Gillingham

Mixed Media 12.5cm x 17.5cm 2013Presented by the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery in collaboration with Pandora’s Collective and the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library. Made possible by the Yosef Wosk Poetry Initiative Grant

Southbank Reading Series.

*When: October 9, 2014

Where: Surrey City Centre Library

Room: 120

Time: 6:00 (doors open) readings from 6:30- 8:30pm

Dennis Bolen – feature reader.

*Saturday, September 27 (private reading)

Girl (Boy) in Landscape

*Saturday, June 14 (6.00PM – 9.00PM) at the Richmond Cultural Centre – 7700 Minoru Blvd.

Creative Writing and Community Work Honour

Writers International Network Canada

*Saturday May 10th, 2014 – World Poetry Vancouver – Brittania Community Centre, Ice Rink, Activity Room 11, 1661 Napier Street

PIONEERS, MAVERICKS AND GAME CHANGERS

During Asian Heritage Month in May, World Poetry Vancouver celebrates

Asian Canadian writers and poets who have forged a path for others through

their groundbreaking work; writers and poets who break the mold and live “outside the box”

and avoid being pigeonholed by their ethnicity, expanding the spectrum of themes

encompassing but also going beyond race and culture, challenging stereotypes

to embrace a broader vision of what it means to be Asian Canadian.

To quote Walt Whitman:

“Within us lie multitudes.”

May 10, 2:00 to 4:00 pm,

With our Partners, the Britannia Community Centre

(1661 Napier St, Ice Rink, Activity Room 11).

Hosts Ariadne Sawyer & Kagan Goh

Features:

Fiona Tinwei Lam

Loretta Seto

Ray Hsu

Lydia Kwa

Candie Tanaka

Fernando Reguero

Lilija Valis

Musicians: Enrico Renz & Lawren Nemeth

Open Mic. Free raffle. Refreshments.

Information: 604-526-4739 www.worldpoetry.

Diversity & multilingual readings

*March 3, 2014 – Open Mic at Hogan’s Alley Poetry Readings

*December 5, 2013 – TWS Writer’s Series at Cottage Bistro

*June 6, 2013 – TWS Writer’s Series at Cottage Bistro

Hosting and Organization of Reading Events

*January 26th, 2014 – 8 x 8 Reading Series at Blumin Pop Up Shop, The Chinatown Experiment

*February 24th, 2014 – 8 x 8 Reading Series at Graze Restaurant

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