sybil from press
sybil unrest, my collaborative long poem with Rita Wong, has just come back from the printers! I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m pretty excited. Much gratitude to Michael Barnholden of the newly formed Line Books, for his hard work and constant faith in this project. We had a lot of support from the good…
eventful events
Catch Clint Burnham, Aaron Peck and Rishma Dunlop at Play Chthonics this Wednesday, Nov. 12, 7:30 at Graham House, Green College on the UBC campus. Details here. Had a great time in TO (briefly, briefly) with Gein Wong, Emily Cheung and Aries Cheung. It was pretty cool to see Salt Fish Girl staged. Upcoming: Friday,…
This week’s adventures
Play Chthonics brings Christian Bok and Christine Stewart to the Green College Coach House this Wednesday. Should be a good one. Details here. On Thursday, I fly to Toronto for the Salt Fish Girl theatre piece staged by Gein Wong, Emily Cheung, Aries Cheung, Brigitte Tang and the company Little Pear Garden. I visited them…
CUE / Open Text Anthology Launch
Please join CUE in launching its inaugural season, with readings by George Bowering, Ted Byrne, Larissa Lai, Christine Leclerc, Donato Mancini, Sharon Thesen, and Lissa Wolsak. Music by Cellosound. Oct 17th. at 7:00 pm Mountain View Cemetery, Celebration Hall 5455 Fraser Street (East 39th Ave. at Fraser) Vancouver, BC Special launch prices on all books.…
belated self-promotion
I need to work on ruthless, but in the meantime artless will have to do. If you’re in the UBC vicinity tomorrow evening, I’m reading and speaking as part of a series put on by Patricia Robertson, the writer-in-residence at Green College. The series is called “Is Fiction an Endangered Species?” I feel very honoured…
Salt Fish Opera
Little Pear Garden has just put out a trailer for the Salt Fish Girl theatre piece. I’m really excited about it! Check out their website: http://www.saltfishgirlshow.com/Salt_Fish_Girl_Home.html
Storytelling Our Lives
If I can get away from work, I’ll check these events out: No One Is Illegal and neworldtheatre present… Storytelling Our Lives: Stories of Migration and Displacement Featuring: Sindy Angel, Adriana Contreras, Gurpreet Kambo, Amal Rana, Ghassan Shanti and Carly Teng Sunday, September 21, 2008 Doors at 2 PM 2:30pm – 3:30pm sharp Chapel Arts…
beyond the pale
Eleanor Ty and Chrystl Verdun’s Asian Canadian Writing Beyond Autoethnography is out! There are pieces by Smaro Kamboureli, Paul Lai, Kristina Kyser, Pilar Cuder-Dominguez, Joanne Saul, Christine Kim, Ming Tiampo, Tara Lee, Eva Karpinski, Mariam Pirbhai, Christine Lorre writing on the work of Shani Mootoo, Fred Wah, Hiromi Goto, Suniti Namjoshi, Ying Chen, Ken Lum,…