Location
This January Play Chthonics presents the internationally acclaimed Canadian poet and artist bill bissett and the award winning Vancouver writer Alex Leslie. Join us for an evening of poetry, storytelling, and conversation in the warmth of Green College’s beautiful Graham House. All are welcome, but please arrive on time as seating is limited.
Cost: Free
bill bissett: originalee from lunaria planet far past venus 312 on th first childrns shuttul from ther 2 erth inishulee baffuld by erthling wayze am now in2 trying 2 deel always wantid 2 write n paint from lunaria i landid on that first childrns shuttul in halifax left ther b4 2 decades wer up 2 vankouvr 2 write n paint alwayze interestid in sound n vizual writing th lettr in th image n th pickshurs in th lettr alwayze in love with vowells latest books time from talonbooks n novel also from talonbooks latest cd with pete dako ths is erth thees ar peopul n luddites 86-91 both from blu loon producksyuns n rumours uv hurricane with bill roberts from fitzhenry n whiteside
Alex Leslie's chapbook of microfictions 20 Objects for the New World was published in summer 2011 by Nomados. Her collection of short stories People Who Disappear will be published by Freehand in April 2012. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in journals and anthologies throughout Canada and have won a CBC Literary Award and a Gold National Magazine Award. She's currently guest editing the Queer issue of Poetry Is Dead magazine.
The Play Chthonics reading series showcases innovative poetry, narrative, and cross-genre writing. We encourage creative, interdisciplinary conversations among writers, students, faculty, and community members in Vancouver. Play Chthonics would like to thank Green College for its patron support. The following UBC institutions and programs also support the series: the Dean of Arts, the Department of English, and the International Canadian Studies Centre. We gratefully acknowledge their assistance.
Contact us at play.chthonics@gmail.com.
