WHAT: The Single Onion reading series presents an evening of poetry with Vivian Hansen. The featured readings will be preceded by an open mic. Please come early to sign up if you are interested in reading for the open mic.
WHEN: Thursday, November 17th, at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Auburn Saloon, #163 115 9th Ave SE
COST: FREE!
About the Reader:
Vivian Hansen is a Calgary poet and activist. She has run poetry workshops for the John Howard Society/Inn From the Cold Literacy initiatives. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in many anthologies, most recently in The Madwoman in the Academy and Writing the Terrain. She has recently edited a collection of poetry entitled Rubbing-Stone: A Nose Hill Anthology, to be published by Passwords Enterprises in 2012. Her chapbook of poetry Never Call It Bird: the Melodies of Aids came out in 1998. Her first full-length book of poetry Leylines of My Flesh was published by Touchwood Press in 2002. In 2004, she published Angel Alley, a chapbook about the victims of Jack the Ripper. She has just completed her MFA in Creative Writing with the University of British Columbia.
Single Onion happens the third Thursday of the month, ten times a year. Our event schedule can always be found at: http://thesingleonion.blogspot.com
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We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, The League of Canadian Poets and Calgary Arts Development.
