{"id":1265,"date":"2011-07-14T09:26:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T16:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2011-07-14T09:30:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T16:30:40","slug":"vancouver-125-poetry-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2011\/07\/14\/vancouver-125-poetry-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Release: Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Poetry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1266\" title=\"Poetry\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Poetry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver\u2019s Poet Laureate, Brad Cran, announced details today for the Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference which will be an unprecedented collaboration among Vancouver\u2019s poetry communities to create a four-day literary event at <strong>SFU Woodward\u2019s from October 19-22, 2011<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis poetry conference will gather together a wide range of poets from across North America,\u201d said Mayor Gregor Robertson. \u201cWe are proud to support this unique artistic project during our year as Cultural Capital of Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Programming will include daytime seminars and discussions that explore the poetics of everything from the avante garde to traditional poetic forms. In the evenings the wide array of poets will perform in cabarets as part of the Vancouver International Writers Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Keynote poets include Governor General\u2019s Award and Griffin Prize winner Don McKay; the esteemed American poet Fanny Howe, winner of the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; and, Martin Espada who has been hailed as the Latino poet of his generation and the Pablo Neruda of North American authors.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->On the last day of the conference, Brad\u2019s successor, Vancouver\u2019s third Poet Laureate, will be introduced to the literary community.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver\u2019s milestone birthday has been marked by two major civic events, Birthday Live on April 6th and Summer Live from July 8-10, 2011 and will continue through to December. With inspiration from local, national and international poets at the Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference, Vancouver\u2019s 125th year will be a defining one in the history of our literature.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"v125pc.com\" target=\"_blank\">v125pc.com<\/a> to register as a delegate for the Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference or to view the detailed conference schedule, poet photos and bios.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver\u2019s Poet Laureate, Brad Cran, announced details today for the Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference which will be an unprecedented collaboration among Vancouver\u2019s poetry communities to create a four-day literary event at SFU Woodward\u2019s from October 19-22, 2011. \u201cThis poetry conference will gather together a wide range of poets from across North America,\u201d said Mayor Gregor<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2011\/07\/14\/vancouver-125-poetry-conference\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Release: Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[5042,5040,792,5041,2800,410,5044,5043,5039,785,1106,1753,214],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-american-academy","tag-brad-cran","tag-canada","tag-fanny-howe","tag-governor-general","tag-gregor-robertson","tag-institute-of-arts","tag-institute-of-arts-and-letters","tag-martin-espada","tag-mayor","tag-north-america","tag-poet","tag-vancouver-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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