Pandora’s Collective grew out of a love of writing. It began in June
2002, with a suggestion by Sita Carboni to Bonnie Nish to begin a weekly
writing group (The
Kitsilano Writers). Bonnie offered her kitchen table and Sita offered to
bring friends. They met once a week and became so inspired that three members;
Bonnie Nish, Sita Carboni and Heather Neale, began facilitating poetry workshops
in schools and libraries. Pandora’s Collective was born.
While the group developed and changed, two constants remained; founders Bonnie
Nish and Sita Carboni. In 2003 it was time for them to evaluate. What should
come next for Pandora's Collective?
The conclusion - Pandora's Collective became a non-profit society on January
21, 2004. Bonnie and Sita proudly took on the role of Executive Directors
and a wonderful Board of Directors was created. Having become a non-profit
society they became able to pursue their dreams.
Pandora's Collective is now a Registered Charity - official as of March 9,
2006. The Kitsilano Writers Group has metamorphosed into Word Whips Writing
Series and various other gatherings including writers' soirées and local
retreats. Pandora's Collective continues to fulfill it's original Constitution.
For details visit the About Us page.
History of Community Involvement
by Category and Date
Categories:
Community Events, Poetry Workshops, Summer Dream
Literary Arts Festival, Readings, Global
Outreach, Soirées and Retreats, Contests, Scholarship Recipients, Memberships,
Newspaper & Web Features, Radio Features, Television Features, Publications &
Awards.
Community Events:
- Twisted Poets
Literary Salon (ongoing - 1st Thursday of each month), June 2002 -
Present - present
- Book Talks - Book Club (ongoing -
2nd Wednesday of every month), Vancouver BC,
May 2010 - present
- Lunch Hour Series (ongoing -
1/week), this is a performance and workshop hour for students of South Lands
Elementary School, Oct 2008 - present
- Word Whips: Inspired by “Child
Out of Time”, Presented by The Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Pandora’s
Collective and Vancouver Artists Collective, June 24, 2010
- Arts in Harmony Fundraiser
presented by Pandora’s Collective and the Vancouver Artists’ Collective
Association, The Cottage Bistro, Vancouver BC, March 15, 2010
- Guest Judge for the Little
Flower Academy, Falling Into Words writing contest, Dec 2009
- Hosted a benefit
for poet Marc Creamore, The Cottage Bistro, Vancouver, BC, Nov 25,
2009
- "Whip Up The Words", an evening of
poetry and photography, brought to you by Cherie Smith Jewish Book Festival,
Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library, The Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery and
Pandora's Collective, Nov 12, 2009
- Hosted CWILL BC's "Fall Book Harvest",
The Vancouver Public Library, Oct 2009
- Hosted CWILL BC's "Spring Book
Hatching", The Vancouver Public Library, 2009
-
Hosted, an art and poetry collaboration
event featuring Pandora's Collective poets, Word Whips Writing Series and the
art of Assia Linkovsky. Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Jewish Community
Centre of Greater Vancouver, Feb 19, 2009
- Hosted Echoing Voices, an art
and poetry collaboration presented by The Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, the
Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater
Vancouver, Pandora’s Collective and the Vancouver Artists Collective, Nov 6 &
13, 2008
- Hosted CWILL BC's "Fall Book
Harvest", The Vancouver Public Library, Oct 5, 2008
- Voices Vancouver (1/month), Feb
2008 - June 2008
- Hosted CWILL BC's "Spring Book
Hatching", The Vancouver Public Library, June 14, 2008
- Organized poets for the South Delta Artists Guild's Poets and Painters Show,
Tsawwassen Longhouse Gallery, Exihibit March 27 -April 27, 2008.
- Upstart Crow Reading Series,
(1/month) Oct 2006 - Feb 2008.
- Participated in The World
Poetry - Dorothy Livesay Tribute, Alliance for Arts and Culture, Oct 29, 2007
- Hosted "The Spring Book Hatching", sponsored jointly by CWILL BC, Blackberry
Books, The Vancouver Public Library and Pandora’s Collective, VPL, June 9th 2007
- Hosted a reading and Q&A
featuring Evelyn Lau for National Poetry Month, Vancouver BC, April 16, 2007
- Info table at The World Poetry Gala Celebration, Vancouver Public Library,
Vancouver BC, Feb 23, 2007
- Co-hosted First Friday Coffee House (featuring music and poetry), Java
Express, Vancouver BC, Feb 2, 2007
- Hosted Tuesday Assembly of Poets, Chapters, Robson Street, Sept 2006 - Nov
2006
- Hosted a tribute to the late Shulamit Joffre, First Tuesday Assembly of Poets,
Chapters, Robson Street, Aug 1, 2006
- Guest hosts for First Tuesday Assembly of Poets, Chapters, Robson Street, June
6, 2006
- Info table at the Vancouver Public Library's Community Day, May 6, 2006
- Guest hosts for First Tuesday Assembly of Poets, Chapters, Robson Street, May
2, 2006
- Collection of 825 boxes of books for Zimbabwe @ The Vancouver Public Library
March 23, 2006
- Guest speakers @ Urban Writers, Vancouver BC, January 8, 2006
- Collection of books for Zimbabwe @ The Cottage Bistro Open Mic, brought to you
by Trevor Spilchen, December, 2005
- Guest hosts for First Tuesday Assembly of Poets, Chapters, Robson Street,
October 4, 2005
- Word on the Street, Poet's Corner Hosts, 1pm-2pm, Sept 25, 2005
- Pandora's Collective Roving Poetry Troupe, as a part of Art Days at VanDusen
Botanical Garden, August 26, 2005
- Info table at The West Coast Poetry Festival, July 8-10, 2005
- Guest Editors for Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine, Summer Issue 2005
- Guest hosts for First Tuesday Assembly of Poets, Chapters, Robson Street, June
7, 2005
- Collection of books for Zimbabwe @ Hands Across the Border, brought to you by
Talonbooks, FC2, House of Anansi Press and the RAW Exchange Reading Series,
March 30, 2005
- Info table at the Vancouver Poetry Slam Finals, Vancouver Heritage Hall, May
23, 2005
- Under the Elephant open mic, every 2nd Tuesday of the month (every 4th Tuesday
hosted by James Mullin), at Tigers restaurant, Granville ( between West 5th &
6th Ave), 2003 - 2004
- Studio 330, as a part of the east side culture crawl, Nov. 19th, 20th & 21st,
2004
- Info table at the Surrey International Writers Conference Oct 22-24, 2004
- Word on the Street, Poet's Corner Hosts, 1pm-2pm, Sept 26, 2004
- The Poet's Corner at the Roundhouse Community Centre, August 7, 2004
- Pandora's Collective Poetry Troop as a part of Parker Presents, April 30 - May
2, 2004
- Interviewed Josh Byer for Bolts of Fiction, March 15, 2004
- Pandora's Collective Writers’ Scholarship Fundraiser at the Coppertank Bar and
Grill, West Broadway, Vancouver BC, November 6, 2003
- Pandora’s Collective info table @ Surrey International Writers Conference, Oct
16 – 19, 2003
- Zap Kids, open mic and forum, Vancouver BC, June 14 - September 13, 2003
- The Poetry Corner at the Roundhouse Community Centre, August 9, 2003
Poetry Workshops:
-
Keep the Pen Moving: Releasing Words, poetry workshop, June 9th, 16th, &
25th, 2010
-
Envisioning The Revision: editing poems for publication workshop, May
12th, 19th, and 26th, 2010
- Soulful Expressions-Vancouver
Artists Collective Workshop: Path to Poetry with Bonnie Nish,
February 28 2010
- Poetry Chapbook Making Workshop
with Warren Dean Fulton, February 21, 2010
- (ongoing weekly) Eric Hamber High School, after school workshops, Oct 07,
2008 - present
- (ongoing 1/month) Pacifica
Treatment Centre, April 25, 2004 - present
- Free Verse in August: A Poetry
Class instructed by Jen Currin, Four Wednesdays, August 6-27, 2008
- (5 workshops) The Vancouver
Public Library's Summer Book Camp, Aug 11-15, 2008
- Covenant House, youth/adult
workshops, Oct 11, 2007 - May 2008
- Southlands Elementary School,
Vancouver BC, April 22, 2007
- Young Writers Festival,
Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver BC, April 8, 2008
- Eric Hamber High School, noon
hour workshops, (2/month) Jan 17, 2008- Feb 2008
- Sir Charles Tupper High School,
noon hour workshops, (2/month) Oct 25, 2007- Feb 2008
- Vancouver Technical School,
Vancouver BC, Feb 26, 2008
- Thunderbird Elementary School,
Vancouver BC, Feb 21, 2008
- Henderson Annex Elementary
School, Vancouver BC, Feb 7, 2008
- Power Program, youth workshop,
New Westminster BC, Dec 5, 2007
- (5 workshops) The Vancouver Public Library's Summer Book Camp, July 9 - 13,
2007
- Southlands Elementary School,
Vancouver BC, June 2007
- Power Program, youth workshop, New Westminster BC, May 30, 2007
- Guest instructors, Prompting the Muse with Ruth Kozak, Kitsilano Highschool,
Vancouver BC, May 16, 2007
- Cloverdale Library (for teens),
Surrey BC,March 17, 2007
- Guildford Library (for teens), Surrey BC, March 3, 2007
- Fleetwood Library (for teens), Surrey BC, Feb 24, 2007
- Guest instructors, Prompting the Muse with Ruth Kozak, Kitsilano Highschool,
Vancouver BC, Nov 22, 2006
- Total Education, Grade 11/12 alternative program, Oct 25, 2006
- (5 workshops) The Vancouver Public Library's Summer Book Camp, August 14 – 18,
2006
- YWCA (youth), July 10 & 17, 2006
- Aurora Centre, (1/mouth) adult
workshops, June 5, 2004 - 2006
- Frontier College, Vancouver BC, June 16, 2006
- Connections (for teens), The Vancouver Public Library, May 28, 2006
- "Wonder of Words", Hastings School, Vancouver BC, April 20, 2006
- City-Center Poets, The Gathering Place, twice a month, Oct 4, 2005 - April 18,
2006
- Argyle Secondary School, Grade 12 Writers Retreat @ Bowen Lodge by the Sea,
April 11, 2006
- (2 workshops) Vancouver Technical Secondary School, March 3, 2006
- Covenant House, youth/adult workshops (on-going 2/month), April 4, 2004 - 2006
- (2 workshops) Port Guichon Elementary School, Ladner, BC, Jan 31, 2006
- (10 workshops) The Vancouver Public Library's Summer Book Camp, August 15 –
19, 2005
- YWCA (youth), July 12 & 29, 2005
- The West Coast Poetry Festival, July 9, 2005
- Teen's Poetry Workshop, Ocean Park Library, Surrey BC, July 5, 2005
- The Fleetwood Library (all ages), Surrey BC, April 27, 2005
- Port Moody Arts Centre, The Path to Poetry (adults), Feb. 6, 2005
- Kitsilano Library, The Path to Poetry (adults), September 21, 2004
- (10 workshops) Vancouver Public Library's Summer Book Camp, August 9 – 13,
2004
- Surrey Public Library, teen's workshop, July 9, 2004
- Mount Pleasant Library/Kingsgate Mall, children's workshop, July 15, 2004
- Vancouver adult workshop, June 5, 2004
- Carnarvon Community School, Vancouver BC, May 25, 2004
- SOS Children's Village/YMCA, Vancouver BC, May 22, 2004
- Canadian Childrens Book Centre, Burnaby BC, April 25, 2004
- West Vancouver Public Library (adults), April 24, 2004
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Vancouver BC, April 20, 2004
- (5 workshops) Strathcona School, Vancouver BC, April 6, 2004
- "Wonder of Words", Hastings School, Vancouver BC, April 1, 2004
- (2 workshops) Eric Hamber Secondary School, Vancouver BC, March 26, 2004
- Kitsilano Library, The Path to Poetry (adults), March 4, 2004
- YWCA, Healthy Lifestyles Girl (youth), February 22, 2004
- Covenant House, adult workshop, December 17, 2003
- Carnarvon Community School, Vancouver BC, May 2 & September 26, 2003
- West Vancouver Public Library (adults), October 16th, 2003
- Richmond Public Library (teens), August 24, 2003
- (10 workshops) Vancouver Public Library's Summer Book Camp, August 18th – 27,
2003
- YWCA’s Summer Camp (youth), July 28, 2003
- False Creek Public School, Vancouver BC, May 20 & June 10, 2003
- MB Stanford Elementary School, Surrey BC, April 17, 2003
- Colebrook Elementary School, Surrey BC, April 17, 2003
- Princess Margaret Secondary School, February 25, 2003 Surrey, BC
The Summer Dream Literary Arts Festival:
- Various locations, Aug 13 -24,
2010
- 12 -
7:00pm, Lumberman’s Arch in
Stanley Park, Aug 19 -29, 2009
- 12 -
8:00pm, Lumberman’s Arch in
Stanley Park, July 26, 2008
- 12 -
7:30pm, Lumberman’s Arch in
Stanley Park, July 21, 2007
- 12 - 8:30pm, UBC Robson Square, Vancouver BC, July 22, 2006
- 11am - 9:30pm, UBC Robson Square, Vancouver BC, July 23, 2005
- 9:30am - 8:30pm, Georgia Street Square, Vancouver BC, July 24, 2004
Readings:
- Spoken INK, the Burnaby
Writers’ Society's public reading series, Feb 16, 2010
- World Poetry Reading Series,
Vancouver BC, April 27, 2009
- Poetry Around the World,
Chapters Metrotown Location, April 16, 2009
- Tempestuous Words and Lush
Images art and poetry show, Vancouver BC, Feb 1, 2009
- Tanglewood Tales, Vancouver BC,
Jan 19, 2009
- Other World, Victoria Drive
Community Hall, Nov 14, 2008
- The Summer Dream Literary Arts
Festival, July 26, 2008
- Revision Reading Series,
Vancouver, BC, May 21, 2007
- Telling Tales, Bowen Island,
Nov 1, 2007
- Word on the Street, Sept 30,
2007
- Blue Moon Reading Series, Clearbrooke Library, Abbotsford BC, May 8, 2007
- Pandora's Collective feature for National Poetry Month, Poetry Around the
World, Indigo Books, West Vancouver BC, April 11, 2007
- An Artist Tribute to the Quiltors of Gee's Bend for Black History Month,
Britannia Library, Vancouver BC, Feb 27, 2007
- The World Poetry Gala Celebration, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver BC, Feb
23, 2007
- First Friday Coffee House, Java Express, Vancouver BC, Feb 2, 2007
- Total Education, Grade 11/12 alternative program, Oct 25, 2006
- Artstarts, Vancouver, Oct 25, 2006
- International Library Day, Leo Marshall Curriculum Centre, North Vancouver,
Oct 23, 2006
- Poetry Around the World, Indigo Books, North Vancouver, Sept 13, 2006
- The Summer Dream Reading Festival, July 22, 2006
- Blue Moon Reading Series, Abbotsford BC, Jully 11, 2006
- Vancouver Peace Forum, Vancouver BC, June 27, 2006
- First Tuesday Assembly of Poets, Chapters, Robson Street, Vancouver BC, March
7, 2006
- VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver BC, August 26, 2005
- The Summer Dream Reading Festival, July 23, 2005
- Battered Souls, The William Davis Centre, Vancouver BC, April 16, 2005
- First Tuesday Assembly of Poets, Chapters, Robson Street, Vancouver BC, April
5, 2005
- Under the Elephant, Vancouver BC, 2004
- World Poetry Reading Series, Vancouver BC, December 13, 2004
- The Poet's Corner at the Roundhouse Community Centre, Aug 7, 2004
- The Summer Dream Reading Festival, July 24, 2004
- City Fest/The World Poetry Reading Series, Vancouver, BC, June 13, 2004
- Pandora's Collective Poetry Troop as a part of Parker Presents, April 30 - May
2, 2004
- North Shore Writers Festival, West Vancouver Library, April 24, 2004
- Poets Nuit, Vancouver BC, February 18 & April 21, 2004
- Final Fridays, Vancouver BC, March 26, 2004
- Thundering Word Heard, Vancouver BC, March 21, 2004
- Literatura, Vancouver BC, Jan 18, 2004
- Word on the Street, Sept 28, 2003
- The Poet's Corner at the Roundhouse Community Centre, August 9, 2003
- First Tuesday Assembly of Poets, Chapters, Robson St. location, Vancouver BC,
August 5, 2003
- World Poetry Reading Series, Vancouver BC, July 14, 2003
- Spoken Revelation, Vancouver BC, 2003
Global Outreach:
- Franklin
Elementary raised $134.00 for our Lonnie Backpack Drive which provides
backpacks and financial aid to children in Zimbabwe in collaboration with Connie
Linder of Insight Creative Communications, Doug Ante of Rotary International.
Oct 6, 2008
- Southlands
Elementary School raised $309 for our Loonie Backpack Drive.
This money will help Doug Ante of Rotary International to
provide school supplies (for an entire year) for the orphaned children that he
works with in Zimbabwe. June, 2008
- Ilana Sigal,our teen poetry contest winner has donated her
winnings of $105 to the Pandora's Loonie Backpack
Drive. Connie Linder of Insight Creative Communicationshas matched the funds.This
will send an orphaned child to school for a 1
year in Zimbabwe. Oct, 2007
- Army & Navy donated 11
backpacks and Southlands Elementary School donanted
$202.25 to our Loonie Backpack Drive. Through the care of
Connie Linder of Insight Creative Communications and Doug Ante of Rotary
Internationalthis money was used to purchase
notebooks for the children already in the school in the community where Doug is
situated in Zimbabwe.
- Thanks to our volunteers Pandora's Collective was able to collect, package and
ship an estimated 33,000 books to Zimbabwe in collaboration with Connie Linder
of Insight Creative Communications, Doug Ante of Rotary International and The
Vancouver Public Library, March 23, 2006.
- An estimated 500 books were collected for Zimbabwe during the following two
events - 1) Hands Across the Border, brought to you by Talonbooks, FC2, House of
Anansi Press and the RAW Exchange Reading Series March 30, 2005 and 2) The
Cottage Bistro Open Mic, brought to you by Trevor Spilchen, December 2005.
Soirées and Retreats:
- Soirée, Dec 5, Vancouver BC,
2009
- Soirée, Aug 29, Vancouver BC,
2009
- Soirée, June 21, Vancouver BC,
2008
- Soirée, May 18, Vancouver BC,
2007
- Soirée, Dec 31, Vancouver BC,
2007
- Christmas Caroling, Dec 21,
Vancouver BC, 2007
- Soirée, Nov 30, Vancouver BC,
2007
- Soirée, March 24, Vancouver BC, 2007
- Soirée, Sept 1, Vancouver BC, 2006
- Soirée, June 17, Vancouver BC, 2006
- Soirée, March 18, Vancouver BC, 2006
- Soirée, February 15, Vancouver BC, 2006
- Soirée, December 31, Vancouver BC, 2005
- Soirée, October 17, Vancouver BC, 2005
- Soirée, September 3, Vancouver BC, 2005
- Soirée, May 21, Vancouver BC, 2005
- Pandora's Collective Writers Retreat, Sechelt BC, April 9-10, 2005
- Soirée, December 31, Vancouver BC, 2004
Contests:
- Kisses and Popsicles Spring
Poetry Contest, 2010
- Hibernating With Words, 2010
- Summer Dream Poetry Contest,
2009
- Kisses and Popsicles Spring
Poetry Contest, 2009
- Hibernating With Words, 2009
- Summer Dream Poetry Contest,
2008
- Kisses and Popsicles Spring
Poetry Contest, 2008
- Hibernating With Words, 2008
- Summer Dream Poetry Contest,
2007
- Kisses and Popsicles Spring Poetry Contest, 2007
- Hibernating With Words, 2007
- Summer Dream Poetry Contest, 2006
- Words on Robson, 2006
- Kisses and Popsicles Spring Poetry Contest, 2006
- Hibernating With Words, 2006
- Summer Dream Poetry Contest, 2005
- Words on Robson, 2005
- Kisses and Popsicles Spring Poetry Contest, 2005
- Hibernating With Words, 2005
- Summer Dream Poetry Contest, 2004,
- Kisses and Popsicles Spring Poetry Contest, 2004
- Hibernating With Words, 2004
- Summer Dream Poetry Contest, 2003
Scholarship Recipients:
- Hannah Scott, 2010
- Kendra Pacilla, 2009
- Julian Legere, 2008
- Annick Lavoie, 2007
- Emily Fitch, 2006
- Nicholas Loewen and Allan Drabble, 2005
- Claire C. Lawton and Connor McNamee, 2004
Awards:
- 2010 Pandora's Collective Awards
Citizenship Award:
Daniela Elza
Lifetime Achievement Award: Susan Musgrave
Publishers of Magazines Awards: Room, Event, Prism, sub Terrain,
Geist, The Vancouver Review, The Capilano Review, and One Cool Word. 2010 Awards of Merit (voted on by the community)
Organizer
/Promoter: Fernanda Viveros
BC Writer Mentor: Ivan Coyote
Publisher: Alan Twigg
Memberships:
- The Federation of BC Writers, April 11, 2006 – present
- Kitsilano Writers Group, now Word Whips Writing Series, June 2002 – present
- World Poetry Reading Series, 2003 - present
- Artstarts in Schools, July 28, 2003 – present
- Vancouver Poetry House, May 23, 2005 – 2006
Newspaper & Web Features:
- The Province, "Kids have the
write stuff.", Aug 12, 2010
- YouTube, 2010 Summer Dreams
Festival : Steve Duncan interviews Bonnie Nish, Aug 2010.
- Word Works, "Pandora's Hope" by
Bonnie Nish, March 2010
- The Province, "Open mics for
open minds. Musicians to poets - you never know what you're gonna get." by Han's
Ongansoy, Feb 7, 2010
- Jewish Independent, "A spoken word night" by David J Litvak, Nov 6, 2009
- Megaphone Magazine, "Literary
Libation, Summer Dream Literary Arts Fest brings community together", by Kevin
Hollet.
- Commercial Drive Live, Steve
Duncan interviews Bonnie Nish and Rhonda Milne regarding the 6th annual Summer
Dream Literary Arts Festival, Aug 2009
- Jewish Independent, "Moved to
poetry by artwork" by Eric O'Donnell, Feb 20, 2009
- Jewish Independent, "Moved to
Write Poetry" by Olga Livshin, Nov 21, 2008
- South Delta Leader, "Painting
meets Poetry" by reporter Kristie Thiessen, March 28, 2008
- The Voice, "Writers Whip Up
Words" by Saffron Hystad, Feb 28, 2008
- Strange Places, "Promoting the
Arts That Inspire the Worls to Take Notice of Itself" by Daniela Elza, July 2007
- Tricity News, "Poets Gather for Blue Moon Reading Series" by Shelley haggard,
2007
- The Province, "The E-List, Great things to do today with Renee Doruyter",
April 16, 2007
- Commercial Drive Live, "Literary: Acclaimed Lau Hits Twisted Poet Stage" by
S.R. Duncan, April 5, 2007
- The Vancouver Courier, "Monthly gathering helps whip words into shape" by
Emily Kendy, August 3, 2005
- The Georgia Straight, "Choice of the Week" by John Burns, July 21, 2005
- The Burnaby Now, "Poetry workshop at the cafe", April 13, 2005
- The Federation Vox, November 2004
- The Federation Vox, "First Annual Summer Dream Reading Festival", August 2004
- The WestEnder, "Lyle got his wires crossed in column", August 12, 2004
- The Vancouver Courier, "Word Up", August 5, 2004
- The WestEnder, "Stoners and serious converge at lit fest", July 29, 2004
- The WestEnder, "A collective breath of fresh air on Robson", March 3, 2004
- The Vancouver Sun, - "Program bolsters school-age literary talent", June 28,
2003
- The Vancouver Courier, "Open mic on the Drive", 2003
Radio Features:
- Arts Rational, Co-op Radio 102.7 fm,
Aug 12, 2010
- Arts Rational with host Jay
Hamburger, Co-op Radio 102.7 fm, Feb 25, 2010
- The World Poetry Radio Show,
102.7fm, Nov 2009
- Wake Up with COOP Radio,
102.7fm, Feb 2008
- Waxed Poetics, spoken word
radio show, Jan 2008
- Arts Express, UBC Campus Radio, 101.9fm, Dec 4, 2007
- The World Poetry Radio Show,
102.7fm, Nov 6, 2007
- Waxed Poetics, spoken word
radio show, 102.7fm, July 20, Dec 7 & Dec 28, 2005
- The Storytelling Show, 102.7fm, Dec 12, 2004
- The World Poetry Radio Show, 102.7fm, August 17, 2004
- The Bee Hive radio show, July 29 & Nov 4, 2003 & March 30, 2004
- Waxed Poetics, spoken word radio show, 102.7fm, May 14 & Dec 3, 2003
- The World Poetry Radio Show, 102.7fm, March 11 & April 8, 2003
Television Features:
- The Pitch, Urban Rush, May 13, 2004
Publications & Awards:
- Griffin Award for contributions to Canadian society through the craft of
writing, Surrey International Writers’ Conference, Oct 24, 2008.
- Group Recognition Award, for
community service, from the World Poetry Reading Series and Radio Show,
Vancouver BC, Feb, 11, 2005
- Pandora's Collective Poetry: "Jazz is the Heart of a Young Man" ~ Sita
Carboni, “the piano poem” ~ Heather Neale, “Transformation” ~ Bonnie Nish,
Vancouver Jazz Forum, gallery page, Oct 2003 – present
- Certificate of Appreciation from the World Poetry Reading Series and Radio
Show, Vancouver BC, July 14, 2003
