Best of the Best Canadian Poetry comes to UVic

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Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

Tightrope Books and The Malahat Review invite one and all to a Sunday afternoon poetry extravaganza at the University of Victoria to celebrate the milestone 10th-anniversary edition of the Best Canadian Poetry in English series.

Come listen to a rich sampling of poems by local contributors John Barton, Yvonne Blomer, Lorna Crozier, Sonnet L’Abbé, Shelley A. Leedahl, and Patricia Young. They will share their own contributions as well as their favourites by other contributors from the anthology.

Hosted by Best Canadian Poetry in English assistant series editor Anita Lahey. The reading will be capped by a lively panel discussion about writing and reading Canadian poetry, the secret lives of literary magazines, and what gives a poem enduring power. Past guest editors of the anthology, Lorna Crozier and Sonnet L’Abbé, may be induced to share gripping tales from their BCP adventures.