Grey-Bruce
Calendar
Section 4.
The Permanent Literary Page
Alphabetically
arranged (See the entire
numbered list)
4.1- The Alice Munro Festival of Writing
The Festival holds an annual short story
contest
The contest is put on by the Wingham Public Library, the
Wingham Horticultural Society and the Wingham Advance-Times.
Details of each year’s contests may be obtained from the Wingham Public
Library.
4.2 -The Brucedale Press
The Brucedale Press is proud to
forward news of a significant award to
journalist Laura Robinson, author of FrontRunners: Niigaanibatowaad.
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More Writing/Reading/Literary Events are posted every month on the calendars of
Grey Bruce Cultural Network www.gbcn.ca and at
Daniel Kolos' permanent literary site www.bmts.com/~damilos/calendar.htm
4.3 - The
Chesley Library
The new library in Chesley opened on April 2, 2007
The Writing Group, led by Bob
Simmons, meets weekly on Thursdays from 6 to 7,
all welcome,
no charge.
Bob is a retired professor from York University
where he taught English and Creative Writing. He is also the writer and
director of "Dam Neighbours", a musical set in Saugeen country.
The new library is one street east of Main St., next to the medical offices.
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4.4 - The Downtown Bookstore
Come in and discover …
The Downtown Bookstore
Newsletter
Opening
Hours Change in 2011
Please note
that as of 2011 we are no longer opening on Sundays.
Monday to
Friday 9:00 am. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Creative Writing Opportunities and More!
Beat the winter time blues with a JUST WRITE! workshop
by Dawna Proudman
Fall in love all over again with writing! Weave
together truth and fiction, skill and adventure. Waltz
through the labyrinth of your imagination to access your deepest, most
authentic voice. Transform obstacles into tools. Feed your imagination.
A perfect opportunity to jump-start a new project or re-fuel an
old one! At the end of the day you will have new
material, new insights, renewed passion for your work, and affection for
yourself as a writer!
Author of Elements of Grace, editor of Strong in My
Skin and Saugeen Stories, and cofounder of the WORDS ALOUD Spoken
Word Festival, Dawna Proudman is a member of the League of Canadian Poets. She has facilitated JUST WRITE! workshops
for students aged 8 to 80-something since 1993.
"Since I began taking classes with Dawna, I've had three
pieces accepted for publication. So, if you're looking
for support and encouragement and just a fabulous day to do something good for
yourself. you will not be disappointed." (from
workshop participant Hazel Lyder)
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m..
$50.00 (early bird rate) until 5th February, full price $60.00
(includes coffee, snacks and journal)
Space is limited - please reserve early! (snow date Sunday
February 20th)
Writing the Everyday - Evening Workshop with Humour Columnist
and Author Jennifer McGuire
Fresh from the glorious success of her last workshop, ‘Writing
The Everyday’, Jennifer McGuire has worked out all the kinks and is ready to
share some insider tips with you. Learn how to record,
remember and notice. Turn your life into your story –
or find a way to tell the story you’ve always had inside you.
Classes begin Wednesday February 16th and run for eight
consecutive Wednesdays until April 6th from 7 to 9 pm. If
you register and pay before February 5th the cost is only $100. Full price $125.
To register, contact Jennifer at jrmmcguire@yahoo.ca or drop into The
Downtown Bookstore.
Jennifer McGuire is the author of “Halfway to Happy” and
a regular columnist with the Sun Times and frequent contributor to a
number of Sun Media papers.
Also, if you're looking for a lively and entertaining speaker
for a function you are hosting, Jennifer is taking bookings. Talk to us
in the store.
Last Chance for Home Brew Smack Down Tickets
HOME BREW SMACK DOWN: Lean about the art of home brewing with
local brew masters DEREK SMITH and SPENCER WAREHAM
Sunday January 30th at 7 pm at The Downtown Bookstore $20.00
(byog)
Celebrate Your Marine Heritage with us on
Saturday February 19th
Were happy to be hosting coffee time with the
Sea Captains again this year in association with Owen Sound Museums. Drop
in between 2 and 4 p.m. for some tall tales of life on our Great
Lakes! All welcome. For more information on an array
of events visit
http://www.marinerail.com/newsfull.php?NewsID=38
Lupercalia Winter Art
and Culture Festival
Thanks to the creative mind and tireless work of the civic
minded Joshua Richardson, Owen Sound
will be the site of a fab festival this February
19th.
There will be events happening all over town - too numerous to mention here - so check out www.mudtownrecords.com/shows/lupercalia
Here at the bookstore:
8pm: Spoken Word with Bob and Caroline Menzies
9pm: Films of Grey & Bruce: Chicago of the North,
Silent Sorrow, and more.
10pm: Contra Dance with Scatter the Cats and the Fiddle
Fern Dancers.
Evening Book Club
There is space for one or two new members in our evening book
club. We meet the third Tuesday evening of every month from 7:30 to about
9:00 at the bookstore. Our February pick is Essex County
and for March it is The Birth House. If you enjoy a lively and
informal discussion with passionate readers - and like to own the books you
read - this may be the book club for you. Talk to Hazel in the store or
send an email.
Evening Writers Group
Meets the second Wednesday evening of every month at 7:30 p.m.. Members read and discuss each other's work in a
supportive and encouraging environment.
Second Saturday of Every Month
Spoken word and song from the Sounds Words
and Music Collective. Start time: 7 pm.
Monday January 31st
Story-tellers supreme, Paul and Leslie Conway, are making a
guest appearance as part of the Georgian Bay
Folk Society's regular Monday night programming. Come learn about the
art of story-telling and sign up for an "open MIC" spot to share your
own story. All welcome.
The Georgian Bay Folk Society Monday Night Series is free and
begins at 7pm. For more information visit their website at http://www.summerfolk.org/programs.html
Last but not least ...
I know you've been waiting for it. My book
pick! I'm going to sneak in two this newsletter.
For lovers of fiction, I recommend Carla Gunn's Amphibian,
a delightful, yet cautionary tale narrated by nine year old Phineas
Walsh who is passionately concerned about the state of the environment.
It is funny, sometimes scary and very informative. If you enjoyed Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night, you will love this. I think it may
be even better.
Because this is the month of writing
workshops at the bookstore, I'd also encourage all the scribblers out there to
have a look at Betsy Lerner's (poet, editor and literary agent) recently
updated, The Forest for the Trees. Lots of practical
tips about the market and encouraging words to keep you at your desk.
A great addition to any writer's library.
Have
you visited our website yet? It's the easy way to keep up with what
is going on.
www.thedowntownbookstore.com
Telephone: 519 327 9760
www.bookmanager.ca/downtow
andrelyder@bellnet.ca
hlmlyder@yahoo.ca
With
thanks to all our customers for choosing an independent community bookstore!
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p.s. Did you see we
were voted readers’ favourite bookstore in The Sun Times?
Thank you to all who voted
for us and for those you would have if you had:
1. known about the
competition
2. been more organized
3. a stamp handy
4. some other entirely
valid reason
5. all of the above
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The Downtown Bookstore
945 2nd Avenue East
Owen Sound
Tel: 519 372 9760
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4.5 - Ginger Press
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Visit The Ginger Press Bookshop and Cafe!
We're located at 848 Second Avenue
East in beautiful downtown Owen Sound.
www.gingerpress.com
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4.7 – The Grey-Bruce Writers
4.21 – The Hanover Public Library
Friends
of the Hanover Public Library
Annual Paperback Sale
Hanover Community Hall
(across from the library)
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 26 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
We are going green; please bring your own bags or boxes.
For further information, call the library at 519-364-1420.
4.8 - Highway Four Writers’ Group
Founded in 1992 at the invitation of Dawna Proudman, a group
of writers and poets from the Durham
and Flesherton area have met regularly every two weeks to share and critique stories
and poetry and conduct writing exercises.
In 2011, we will meet on every second Tuesday. There is no membership fee. We meet at different homes in the area and
often bring cookies or fruit to share.
For current meetings, please call or e-mail Daniel Kolos: 519-369-1129
or damilos@bell.net or Dawna Proudman: 519-369-5867 dproudman@sympatico.ca
4.9 – Huron County Writers
BETWEEN THE
SHEETS
·
Your
friends at Huron County writing group,
BETWEEN THE SHEETS will be hosting
·
Writer’s
Pot Luck –
Watch for
details for 2011
4.10 - Just Write Workshops 2011
with Dawna Proudman
Please see The Downtown Bookstore schedule, above for the first 2011
Just Write Workshop
dawna
dproudman@sympatico.ca,
(519) 369-5867
Durham,
Ontario
dproudman@sympatico.ca
(519)
369-586
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4.11 – Kegedonce Press
The
Kegedonce Press Anthology
Edited
by Dr. Warren Cariou, this publication is a
collection of new writings by Kegedonce Press authors.
Author Blogs
Remember
to check out the Kegedonce Press author blogs available through our website and
see what your favourite author has been up to. Author blogs.
Kegedonce
Press gratefully acknowledges the generous support of
The
Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council.
4.12
– The Kincardine Writers’ Group
"Everybody
has a book in them."
The Kincardine Writers present…
4.13
– National Poetry Month (NPM) – 2009
Every
year, April is National Poetry month throughout Canada. Each year, Grey-Bruce poets take part in this
grand celebration. Take a look at what
your poets are doing this year, and where:
2009
1, Daniel
Kolos (Priceville) reads with Penn Kemp (London, ON) and Bob MacKenzie
(Kingston) on Saturday, April 4, 2009m 7:00 p.m.
Chameleon
Nation Creative Emporium,
112
Princess Street, Kingston
2.
Dawna
Proudman and Caroline Menzies:
at
SOUNDS: words and music series, April 18, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
at
The Downtown Bookstore
945
2nd Avenue East
Owen
Sound, Ontario
N4K
2H5
519
372 9760
3. Daniel
Kolos holds a Performance Poetry Workshop in Wingham
Poetry Performance Workshop
with
Daniel Kolos
10:30 a.m. till 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
at the
Wingham Public Library
281 Edward
Street, Wingham, ON
$30.00 at the door/ $25.00 for
pre-registered participants
To pre-register, contact Joan at
519-357-1246 or joanv@scsinternet.com
Poetry Performance Showcase
Saturday, April 25, 7:00 p.m.
at Coffee Culture
355
Josephine Street, Wingham, ON
Where the
Workshop Participants will have a chance to put into practice what they
learned!!!
National Poetry
Month, 2010
Four Grey County
events to enjoy:
1
Saturday, April 10,
2010
Spoken Word
workshop
Owen Sound North Grey Union Public Library
Led by Poet Laureate Kristan Anderson, first of a series to help others who
want to try their voice at spoken word/slam poetry.
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Saturday, April 17, 2010
7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
SOUNDS: Word and Music Series
at The Downtown Bookstore, Owen Sound
945 2nd Avenue East
SOUNDS will feature three artists:
Cheryl Jacobs- music
Cheryl Jacobs is an eclectic performer with
southern roots and a northern heart. Her dynamic vocals are supported by
acoustic guitar and harmonica.
David Bateman – poetry
David Bateman’s focus is drama and performance
poetry. He has many publications and was
part of the Anthology of Canadian Gay Male Poetry
http://andyparks.com/Portfolio/David%20Bateman.pdf
Kristan Anderson - poetry
Words Aloud
Slam Event Coordinator, Owen Sound’s
Poet Laureate, Slam Poetry promoter and Performance Poet
Daniel Kolos - MC
Open Mic
Ten 5 min
spots interspersed with featured acts!
Admission by
donation - Coffee, tea and other soft drinks available
at The Downtown Bookstore Coffee shop.
Interested in
performing? Please contact our
Artistic Director,
Caroline Menzies:
cmenzies@rogers.com
SOUNDS is grateful for the Sponsorship of local
lawyer Anne Welwood
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April 21-22-23
THE CLIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING
What better
place to celebrate the wonder of change, than with our seniors? April is
National Poetry Month and this year’s theme is Climate Change. Join poets Dawna
Proudman and Caroline Menzies as they celebrate poetry at seniors residences.
Everyone of all ages is welcome to these events which are generously funded by
the Canada Council for the Arts and the League of Canadian Poets.
Wednesday, April 21, 7:15 pm, Shelburne Residence, 200 Robert St.,
Shelburne
Thursday, April 22, 3 pm, Maple Court Villa, 5 Fourth St.,
Walkerton
Friday, April 23, 2 pm, Central Place, 855 3rd. Ave. E., Owen Sound
Performing
original poems that take the temperature of our current times and climate,
Caroline and Dawna’s poems honour our past, our present, and the power and upheaval
brought about by change and transition.
To round
things out, Dawna will also present a few poems by well known poets from
various cultures and eras (P.K. Page, Rumi, Maya Angelou, Pablo Neruda),
honouring the tremendous range of styles, and forms which poetry can embrace.
Both poets
are strong performers, juggling words with wit, intelligence and emotion, in
order to reveal surprising illusions and even more surprising truths.
Short Bio:
Caroline Menzies
Caroline
Menzies has performed solo and as part of The Drift (a poetry trio with
percussive sound effects) in and around Grey Bruce at coffee houses, literary
parties and such venues in 2009 as Summerfolk, The Owen Sound Busker Festival
Showcase, and Bruce Power Beach Party. She is a member of the Grey Bruce Poetry
Slam Team and has performed in Slams as part of Words Aloud in Owen
Sound and Durham.
She was Poet of the Month in August 2008 in The Owen Sound Sun Times, has had
short stories published in Lighten Up, Eh! (Brucedale Press) and in Ellery Queen
Mystery Magazine (Sept. 2007). She also reports the news online for www.digitaljournal.com. She has published two chapbooks of
her poetry, "Walking in Sky" (Pipedown
Press 2008) and "Miss Touchy and Other Poems" (Pipedown
Press 2009), and has written a novel, When Echoes Rise (unpublished). Caroline
is the Artistic Director of SOUNDS, Words and Music Series, a monthly poetry
and music event in Owen Sound.
She also has a "real job" as manager of the Owen Sound Artists'
Co-op.
Short Bio:
Dawna Proudman
Dawna is a
member of the League of Canadian Poets, co-founder of the Words Aloud Spoken
Word Festival, and founder of the Highway Four Writers’ Group. She has
performed her poetry on various stages to audiences of all ages, throughout Ontario and Quebec.
In addition
to writing and performing poetry, Dawna has written scripts for stage and
video, magazine articles, short stories, children’s stories and a novella,
which was a runner up in Malahat Review’s Novella
Contest. Her first collection of poems, Elements of Grace, was published
by Brucedale Press (2005). She is the editor of Strong in My Skin and Saugeen
Stories, also for Brucedale Press.
As the
facilitator of "Just Write!" workshops for adults and "Creative
Pursuits" workshops for children, she has worked with groups of 3 to 300
to stimulate and encourage word play and the joy of self-expression since 1993.
In 1999, Dawna facilitated an eight week group for teenage girls co-ordinated
by the Children’s Aid Society, culminating in the production of a booklet
entitled Shattered Reflections.
A student and
practitioner of Aboriginal medicine and Transformative Mindfullness
and Meditation, Dawna has a B.A. from the University of Waterloo.
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Saturday, April 24
National Poetry
Month
Gala Performance
by Grey-Bruce poets
At Grey Roots
Museum and Archives
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Free event
admission
Kristan Anderson
Words Aloud
Slam Coordinator, Owen Sound’s Poet Laureate, Slam Poetry promoter and
Performance Poet
Liz Zetlin
Words Aloud co-artistic director, Poet Laureate
Emeritus, Director of the Words Aloud Documentary
Harry Posner
Words Aloud
poet and organizer of Collingwood’ First Annual Literary Festival
Judy Lowry
Words Aloud
Poet, Artist
Daniel Kolos
Words Aloud
Poet, Egyptologist
National
Poetry Month is sponsored by the following Organizations:
4.14 - The North Grey Union Public Library
1. Supports the first Owen Sound Poet
Laureate: Liz Zetlin
Go
to: http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=61
2. The Project
Established
in Canada in April 1999 by the League of Canadian Poets (www.poets.ca), National Poetry Month brings
together schools, publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries,
and poets across the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in
Canada's culture.
Owen
Sound Poet Laureate 2007 is a project coordinated by the Owen Sound & North
Grey Union Public Library with funding from ArtsVest, a program of Business for
the Arts and donations from local business sponsors, John A. Tamming Law Firm
and Frank Dabbs Canadian Energy Communications.
For
information, contact: Liz Zetlin (519-986-4073) or Judy Armstrong , Chief
Librarian/CEO at the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library
(519-376-6623 x 201).
3. Media: the Owen Sound Sun Times carries a series of
reports, articles and letters on the Poet Laureate and the Poet of the Month:
Jim
Algies article.. Words at Noon (Tuesday, April 3),
Daniel
Kolos’ letter, April 5: http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/webapp/feedback/feedbackcontent.asp?catmainname=Feedback&catname=Read+Feedback
4.
Poet
of the Month
2007
February:
Liz
Zetlin
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=59
March:
Marion
Fields Wyllie
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=60
April: Kristan Anderson
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=62
May: Claire Fanger
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=63
June: Don
McKay
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=64
July: Norah
Phillips
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=66
August: Judy
Lowry
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=70
September: Christina Dobbyn
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=72
October: Paul Scott
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=75
November: Elizabeth Warren
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=76
December: Nathan
Baker
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=78
2008
January:
David
Sereda
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=79
February: Bonnie Gardiner
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=84
March: Rhya
Tamasauskas
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=85
April: Daniel
Kolos
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=87
May: Anne
Duke Judd
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=88
June: Lauren
Best
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=89
July: Melanie Knapp
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=90
August: Caroline Menzies
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=91
September: Meaghan
Strimas
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=93
October:
November: Lynn
Wyvill
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=95
December: Dawna
Proudman
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=96
2009
January,
2009: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=99
April,
2009: Eric Bräul
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=100
May,
2009: Clare Flood
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=101
July
2009: Meagan Pecjak
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=104
August
2009: Niki Prowd
http://www.owensound.library.on.ca/page.php?PageID=107
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6. Spring events for
the Poet Laureate:
to come
7. Addictions of a Poet Laureate
The Downtown
Bookstore is proud to host the launch of the collection of poems, Addictions
of a Poet Laureate, written during Elizabeth Zetlin’s tenure.
Zetlin has been
likened to Lorna Crozier and Mary Oliver and is the author of two previous
volumes of poetry Taking Root and Thing With Feathers and has
been a featured poet in a number of anthologies. She is also a tour de force locally
“poem-ing” people on the street and in the work place during the annual
national “Random Acts of Poetry.”
Zetlin is a poet
with the zeal of a missionary, committed to putting, as she says, “poems and
poetry books into people's hands - people who would normally not read a poem.
Why poetry? Because it's the song of our species and right now, many songbirds
are threatened, if not endangered."
Addictions of a
Poet Laureate retails for $10.00. If you wish to reserve a copy in advance
please call The Downtown Bookstore at 519 372 9760.
8. Poet Laureate Map of Canada
The Poet Laureate Map of Canada (www.poetrymap.ca) is unique to Canada, and
the world! There are literary maps and poet maps, but we haven’t yet found a poet
laureate map. Our map features a photo, bio and poem from Canada’s poets
laureate, past and present, as well as links, and when available, audio and
video files. Quotes, FAQs, and news about poets laureate and poetry also make
this site a valuable resource.
A
legacy project of Owen Sound’s first Poet Laureate, Liz Zetlin, the web-based Poet Laureate Map of Canada showcases Canada’s poets laureate, municipal,
provincial and federal, and provides models for communities that want to create
their own poet laureate position.
Liz
Zetlin and Mayor Ruth Lovell Stanners invited poets laureate and mayors of
their host-municipalities to participate.
Response has been overwhelming, with nearly 30 poets laureate and 14
host communities listed on the Map.
We
thank all those who have worked to make the Poet
Laureate Map of Canada come to be a reality, and gratefully acknowledge the
City of Owen Sound for funding this initiative. We invite all who view it, use
it and learn from it to help the Library improve and update the Poet Laureate Map of Canada. We also invite you to add a link from your
website to the map. Your comments are welcome at: library@owensound.library.on.ca
The
map is being launched to coincide with National Random Acts of Poetry Week,
October 1 to 5. For the past four years, Liz Zetlin has performed random acts
in the Owen Sound area, raising the profile of poetry in her community.
The
Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library is pleased to host this poetry
map. We hope that, through the Poet Laureate Map of Canada, poetry
continues to take root not only in our homes and hearts, libraries and schools,
but begins to flourish in the council chambers and board rooms of the nation.
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For
more information contact:
Judy
Armstrong OR Elizabeth
Zetlin
Chief
Librarian Owen
Sound Poet Laureate 2007 -2008
519-376-6623
x 201 519-986-4073
4.15 – Sheatre
4.16
– SOUNDS
Words
and Music Series
at
The Downtown Bookstore, Owen Sound
Third
Saturday of each month, at 7:00 p.m.
Welcome
to the new words and Music Series in Owen Sound,
which
will feature three poets, writers and/or musicians each month,
plus
offer an Open Mic for shorter sessions by six more.
We
have a friendly crew and a large, open performance space.
Come,
check us out and if you would like to perform, talk to one
of
your hosts to arrange a date or e-mail Caroline Menzies,
Artistic
Director, at cmenzies@rogers.com
March
21, 2009:
Judy
Lowry - poetry
Zoë
Kessler, author
with
musician Becky Thorne
April
18, 2009:
Dawna
Proudman - poetry
Caroline
Menzies – poetry
Beckon
(Connie Rossitter and Beth Hamilton) – music
May
16, 2009:
Melanie
Knapp – music
June
20, 2009:
Valentino
Asenza - poetry
Kristan
Anderson – poetry
Victoria
MacAleese – music
July
18, 2009:
Daniel Kolos – poetry
Misha
and Sasha – music
Open Mike:
Ryan Fothergill –
guitar
Joan
van der Meer and Carol Casey - Huron Poetry Cooperative
August:
curtains down month
September
2009:
Liz
Zetlin (Poetry)
Liz
Zetlin is a visual artist, filmmaker and poet.
Best known as a “nature poet with a twist!”
www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/zetlin.htm
Bryan Leckie
(Music)
Bryan
Leckie is an Owen Sound based
songwriter/performer that offers thought-provoking lyrics and heavy blues rock
riffs. www.kruegerband.com/
David
Bateman (Poetry)
David
Bateman’s focus is drama and performance poetry. He has many publications and was part of the
Anthology of Canadian Gay Male Poetry
http://andyparks.com/Portfolio/David%20Bateman.pdf
October,
2009:
James
Dewar - poetry
a
poet who actively promotes the popularization of poetry in the
Toronto area through personal performances and by hosting poetry events.
...
www.poets.ca/Linktext/direct/dewar.htm
Susan
Reynolds - poetry
Author,
Writing Instructor FreelanceWriter/Editor/Graphic
Design – Susan is a member of the Toronto Renaissance Conspiracy, a poetry
workshop venue, co-host of the monthly poetry series Hot Sauced Words and a
Partner in Piquant Productions. http://www.hotsaucedwords.ca/hotsaucedwords/?page_id=821
August
Man - music
November,
2009:
Gloria
Alvernaz Mulcahy
Daniel
Kolos and Gloria Mulcahy are sponsored by the League
of Canadian Poets and the Canada Council for the Arts
December, 2009:
January 16, 2010
Michael den Tandt - Spoken Word
Michael den
Tandt is the editor of The Owen Sound
Sun Times
It is with
his blessings that the Owen Sound
Library’s Poet Laureate program can feature its Poet of the Month page!!!
Richard Knechtel - Musician
Music
Director or Summerfolk
Bob Menzies - Spoken Word
Bob is a poet
and a musician, a member of the Slam Poetry team, The Drift, and an editorial
cartoonist for The Owen Sound
Sun Times
February 20, 2010
Antony Christie
Smoking Bananas
March 20, 2010
Sue Seguin – music
Harry Posner – spoken word
Becky Thorn - music
Jamie Brown - poetry
April 17, 2010
David Bateman
– spoken word
Kristan Anderson
– spoken word
Cheryl Jacobs
– music
The
SOUNDS Creative Team (the “crew”):
Founding
Members:
Caroline
Menzies (Board Member)
Kristan
Anderson (Board Member)
Bob Menzies (Board Member)
4.17
- Sun Times, Owen Sound
Trolling
for fiction, memoirs, histories...
The
Sun Times accepts prose fiction for publication in print and on our web site. We
will consider stories in any genre or sub genre - family drama, comedy, satire,
science fiction, mystery, adventure or romance. Stories by local authors and
treating local places and themes will receive special consideration. We also
welcome memoirs, personal histories, family histories, local histories and
serialized novellas or novels.
No
first drafts. Please submit only finished work that you believe is ready for
publication. Send electronic versions only to editor Michael Den Tandt at mdentandt@thesuntimes.ca., or save the
work in Word format to a compact disc and drop it off at our 9th Street E.
office in Owen Sound, to the editor’s attention. Please be sure to provide your
address and telephone number.
If
you write on an old Underwood or longhand and have no internet access, please
ask a friend to transcribe your work, or a portion of it, and submit it on your
behalf. Or we can put you in touch with a transcriber who will type your story
into a computer for a reasonable fee. Only writers whose work has been selected
for possible publication will be contacted.
If
you have queries, please call Michael Den Tandt at (519) 376-2250, ext. 200.
Sun
Times Adds Poetry Web Page
Poetry
has its own monthly page in The Sun Times.
Now
we're giving poetry prominence on our web page. Check out the new Grey-Bruce
Poetry Project, under arts/life at www.owensoundsuntimes.com
In
conjunction with Liz Zetlin, Owen Sound's poet laureate, we've been profiling a
regional poet once a month in the newspaper, including samples of their writing
and in some cases videos of the poets reading.
Owen
Sound poet Melanie Knapp is featured today on page A5. You can see a video of
her reading on the site under news video.
The
Grey-Bruce Poetry Project brings together all our previous poets of the month
in a new forum.
We'll
update the page monthly and we encourage readers to share their own poems
through the interactive URGreyBruce side of our website.
-
from the Sun Times, July 21, 2008
Liz
Zetlin invites local poets “to share their poetry and to enjoy the many voices
of our community. Take a look at the Sun Times community forum for Grey/Bruce poets.
Submit
your poems. Add links to your favorite poetry sites. Load up audio or videos of
a poetry reading, or any other poetry-related visions.
Canada’s
Parliamentary Poet Laureate John Steffler says, “Poetry is language off the
leash, exercising its muscle and intricate skills. . . . It can take us to the
limits of our world, into griefs and ecstasies, even out into madness and
non-human experiences, if we want it to and it’s in the mood.”
Let’s
unleash ourselves.”
4.18
- Words Aloud Spoken Word Festival
Words
Aloud Festival
Words
Aloud 9: for the November 2011 Festival
events, please go to http://www.wordsaloud.ca/
4.19
– Writers’ Block
Regular monthly gathering of Writers' BLOC at the Adult Learning Centre,
Mill Street, Port Elgin. Come at 6 p.m. and bring your supper, or come by 7
for reading, feedback, info on contests and markets.
4.20
- The Youth Literacy Council
The
South Grey Bruce Youth Literacy Council
Larry Jensen