Reading & Conversation with Janet Marie Rogers
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Janet is a Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Six Nations band in southern Ontario. She has three published poetry collections: Splitting the Heart, 2007, Red Erotic, 2010, Unearthed, 2011. Her newest collection "Peace in Duress' was released in September 2014. Her poetry CDs - Firewater (2009), Got Your Back (2012) and 6 Directions (2013) all received nominations for Best Spoken Word Recording at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards and the Native American Music Awards. You can hear Janet on the radio as she hosts Native Waves Radio on CFUV fm and Tribal Clefs on CBC Radio One FM in Victoria BC. Her radio documentaries "Bring Your Drum" (50 years of Indigenous protest music) and Resonating Reconciliation won Best Radio at the i!magaineNATIVE Film and Media festival 2011 and 2013.
Location: VIU, Cowichan Campus, room 135 and video-conferenced to Powell River.
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Arts | Entertainment Literature | Poetry Talks | Lectures |
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VIU - Cowichan Campus
2011 University Way, Duncan |
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Vancouver Island University Event Website |
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