The March Hare, March 6-12 Newfoundland

Dear Newfoundlanders, I'm going on tour with the March Hare. So excited to be coming to Atlantic Canada. I've never been east of Montreal and I can't wait to see old friends and meet some new ones too. Look out St. John's, Cornerbrook and Gander. I'll be at the following venues (I'm reading at a Masonic temple even):

East Hare

Masonic Temple, St John’s
Wednesday 7 March, 8:00
Karl Parkinson, Elizabeth Bachinsky, Danielle Devereaux, Alexander MacLeod, Pamela Morgan, Donna Morrissey, Matthew Byrne, and Des Walsh

Eric’s Time

The Hotel Gander, Gander
Thursday 8 March, 7:00
Elizabeth Bachinsky, Kevin Blackmore, Gary Collins, Tom Dawe, Nuala Kennedy Trio, Sheldon McBreairty & Kenny Campbell, Karl Parkinson, Dave Paddon, Andrew O’Brien, Matthew Byrne, Craig Francis Power, and Leslie Vryenhoek.

Grenfell Reading

Memorial University, Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook
Friday 9 March, 12:30
Elizabeth Bachinsky, Wayne Muggridge, Karl Parkinson

Pittman’s Fancy

The Legion, Corner Brook
Saturday 10 March, 8:00
Elizabeth Bachinsky, Stan Dragland, Matthew Byrne, Adrian Fowler, Alexander MacLeod, Donna Morrissey, Nuala Kennedy Trio, Andrew O’Brien, Dave Paddon, and the “new poet”

Thrilliterate, Feb 24

Come say goodbye to Thrilliterate with me at Rhizome Cafe, Feb 24, 7:30pm and thank series curator Amber Dawn for five years of amazing fundraising.

The thrilLITERATE Reading Series has showcased some of Vancouver's most acclaimed queer and allied authors to raise funds for the women's literacy program at WISH, a drop-in centre for female survival sex workers in the Downtown Eastside. After nearly five years, organizer and host Amber Dawn is saddened, but ready to retire this community literary event, BUT NOT WITHOUT A FINAL FAREWELL!

Friday February 24 and Saturday 25! Two nights of poetry, storytelling and celebrating literacy as a basic human right!

Friday February 24 Readers include: Elizabeth Bachinsky, Afuwa Granger, Shana Myara, Donna Dykeman, Aaron Chan, Cathleen With, Antonette Rea and Tony Correia,

Saturday February 25 Readers include: Tash Wolfe, Larissa Lai, Terra Poirier, Sonnet L'Abbe, Crystal Sikma, Sigal Samuel and Amber Dawn

Rhizome Cafe, 317 E Broadway

Sliding Scale $5 - $20. 100% of the door goes to the WISH Learning and Literacy Program. Doors 7 pm. Show 7:30, both nights.

Trampoline Hall, January 29

Hi there. Been a while since I checked in here, but I should mention I'll be speaking at the Trampoline Hall lecture series later this month, a lecture series praised for its “eccentricity and do-it-yourself inventiveness” (The New Yorker) where none of the lecturers are experts on their subject. Vancouver's Trampoline Hall is hosted by Misha Glouberman and curated by Lee Henderson.

Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St. Jan. 29, 7 p.m. $24, 604-605-8284, pushfestival.ca

Room Service, Nov 5

I'm having a bed-in to celebrate the Van East Culture Crawl. Come on up to room 115 at the Waldorf Hotel between 8-8:30pm, Nov 5, and hear me read poems from a limited edition copy of GREY MATTERS: The Peace Arts Anthology (1985). Introduction by Margaret Lawrence, poems by Bronwen Wallace, Joy Kogawa, bill bissett, George Bowering, and more. Wear Your PJs!

HAIR PEACE!

Liz at the V125PC

I'm looking forward to the V125PC. I'll be reading in and hosting a few events in Vancouver. Hope to see you there.

Oct 19

4:30 pm

Segal Building 500 Granville Street, Vancouver

Stephen Collis
Elizabeth Bachinsky
Evelyn Lau
Donato Mancini

Reading and in conversation with Michael Turner

Oct 20

1:00pm

SFU Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street

Matthew Zapruder
Sue Goyette
David McGimpsey

Reading and in conversation with Elizabeth Bachinsky

8:00 pm

The Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference Cabaret

Revue Stage, Granville Island

David McGimpsey

Suzanne Buffam

Matthew Zapruder

Srikanth Reddy

Ken Babstock

Evelyn Lau

Antonette Rea

Hosted by Elizabeth Bachinsky. Plus musical guest Rick Maddocks.

*Please note that this is an event at the Vancouver International Writers Festival and it requires a separate ticket. Tickets go on sale for the Writers Festival on September 7th. And after that date information can be found at www.writersfest.bc.ca

Daylight Shines on the Whitehorse Poetry Festival

I'm just back from the Whitehorse poetry festival where twenty-four hour sunlight illuminated us all. Many thanks to the organizers and volunteers who made our trip so spectacular. And to the poets with whom I shared the stage, you are brilliant. Read more about the Whitehorse Poetry festival here on the Talonbooks website. xo e

Liz at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words, July 14-17

The Saskatchewan Festival of Words is happening July 14-17 in Moosejaw where I lived for for the first year of my life. I'll be there again this July. Please check out the festival lineup here and I hope to see you there.