Hosted by Victoria’s Poet Laureate, Linda Rogers

Ekstasies celebrates literacy with readings from both new and experienced writers. Linda Rogers will introduce three new readers from Literacy Victoria during the first half of this extraordinary annual fund-raising event. Rogers will then be joined by four other writers: Tim Lilburn, Anne Swannell, Yvonne Blomer and Elizabeth Rhett Woods.

Community Arts Council
Friday, April 24 @ 7:00 PM
G6 1001 Douglas St.
Victoria, B.C.
suggested donation to Literacy Victoria: $5.00

For further information: call Richard Olafson or Carol Sokoloff at (250) 385-3378, or reply to this e-mail.

Canadian People’s Poet for the year 2000, Linda Rogers is currently the Poet Laureate for Victoria. Her latest novel is The Third Day Book, second in The Empress Trilogy.

Anne Swannell is a writer and artist living in Victoria. Poems from Shifting were featured as part of art/poetry performance at the inaugural Pacific Festival of the Book in 2007.

Tim Lilburn won Governor General’s Award for Literature in 2003 for his book Kill-site. His most recent book of poetry is Orphic Politics. He currently teaches in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria.

The poems in a broken mirror, fallen leaf spring from Yvonne Blomer’s experiences when living for two years on the Japanese island of Kyushu. She currently resides in Victoria, BC.

Elizabeth Rhett Woods is a poet, novelist and author living in Victoria, BC. She reads from her latest book, 1970: a novel poem, from Ekstasis Editions.

Dvora Levin is a poet in Victoria. She has recently published two books, To Bite the Blue Apple and Sharav.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the League of Canadian Poets and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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