Please join us for the second Poetry London event of 2010 with readings by Suzanne Buffam and Heather Cadsby.
Prior to the reading, Michelle Doege will be facilitating a writing workshop and discussion of poetry by the evening's featured poets and two workshop participants. Those interested are encouraged to bring a poem and arrive at 6:30 pm. No registration required.
About the poets:
SUZANNE BUFFAM is the author of Past Imperfect (House of Anansi), which won the 2006 League of Canadian Poets Gerald Lampert Award, and the chapbook Interiors (Delirium Press, 2006). Her poems have appeared in Canadian and US publications including Poetry Magazine, The Boston Review, A Public Space, Matrix, and De Maisonneuve; and the anthologies Breathing Fire: Canada's New Poets (Harbour, 1996), The New Canon (Signal, 2006), and The City Visible: Chicago Poetry for the New Century (Cracked Slab, 2007). Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, and Slovenian. She won the CBC Canadian Literary Award for Poetry in 1998, and has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Born in Montreal, she currently teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago.
HEATHER CADSBY has published four books of poetry, most recently, Could be (Brick Books, 2009). A Tantrum of Synonyms (Wolsak and Wynn, 1997) was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Award. Her work has also appeared in such journals as The Malahat Review, Grain, CV2, and in the anthology The Best Canadian Poetry in English, 2008 (Tightrope Books). She lives in Toronto and has served as a director of the Art Bar Poetry Series.
Books will be available for sale following the reading.
Join us after the reading for a special anniversary celebration of London's own Brick Books!
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