Eden Mills Writers’ Festival’s ‘In Your Own Backyard Series’ presents Poetry Showcase, with Therese Estacion, author of Phantompains

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets, has curated a showcase featuring some of the most dynamic poetry to be published in Canada this year. Take a break from pandemic life and join these poets on a journey that will explore the depth and breadth of the human experience. Grab your favourite beverage, pull up a chair and enjoy the ride.

Presenters: Therese Estacion (Phantompains), Roxanna Bennett (The Untranslatable I), Selina Boan (Undoing Hours), Leanne Dunic (One and Half of You), Louise B. Halfe (awâsis — kinky and dishevelled), Steven Heighton (Selected Poems: 1983-2020), Dallas Hunt (Creeland), Larissa Lai (Iron Goddess of Mercy), Grace Lau (The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak), Jen Sookfong Lee (The Shadow List), Garry Thomas Morse (Scofflaw), Ken Norris (South China Sea), Arleen Paré (First), Rebecca Salazar (sulphurtongue), and Ian Williams (Word Problems).

This event includes closed captioning. 

This event will be presented on Facebook Live. Please note that you do not need a Facebook account to watch the event.

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