Knowlton WordFest

I still haven't written here about last weekend's Knowlton WordFest. I'll get to it soon -- but for now I'll just say it was wonderful!

Another book club invitation

I had such a great time at my mom's book club last month that I'm delighted to have been invited to another one. This will again be the first time the group has chosen a book of poetry. They will in fact do two: mine and one of Erin Moure's -- I'm not sure which. I'll let you know how it goes!

Sutton launch a success -- now on to Knowlton's Word Fest!

We had a wonderful reading and launch last night in Sutton. There was a nice, appreciative audience for an impressive and varied line-up of readers. I was especially happy to welcome Antony and Ann Di Nardo back after their absence of a few years -- so nice to have a poet friend to share these experiences with. And this weekend we'll be reading together again at the Knowlton WordFest. I'm really looking forward to it -- the weekend starts with a "VIP" cocktail party, then a couple of days full of workshops and readings and more parties. My reading is at 11:30 am on Saturday -- should be fun!

Sutton launch!

The Sutton launch of my book will be this Wednesday, July 14th, as part of the Tour des Arts. Join me and poet Antony Di Nardo, who will be launching his two new books, Alien, Correspondent (Brick Books) and Soul on Standby (Exile Editions) at Le Cafetier, 9 Principale nord. Be there by 6 pm for cocktail hour; the reading, which will feature several other local writers as well, starts at 7 pm. It will be a lovely evening!

Book club

My mother invited me to read and speak to her book club, and what a lovely time I had! She had given a copy of my book to each of the members of her group for their June meeting, and we all met last week over lunch -- delicious assemble-your-own (to accommodate my vegetarianism) Cobb salad -- at her house. This is the first time they have featured a book of poetry, and most of them have only rarely read verse. And yet they were such an appreciative audience. Several of the women, who now live full time in the country, especially related to the observations of nature through the seasons. A few particularly identified with the poem about stacking firewood!
It really was fun -- so if anybody else wants to try poetry in their book club, I'd be delighted to join you for a short reading and discussion.