Pandora's Literary Events
Pandora's Collective currently offers the following on-going literary events.
We also facilitate workshops and additional events on misc dates.
We also facilitate workshops and additional events on misc dates.
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Vancouver:
Word Whips Vancouver East: 2nd Tuesday of every month Word Whips Writing Series: 3rd Tuesday of every month Book Talks - Book Club: 4th Wed of every month Twisted Poets Literary Salon: 4th Thursday of every month Poetry and Art at the JCC: Misc dates Poetic Pairings: Quarterly North Shore: Word Whips North Shore Edition: 4th Tues of each month White Rock: Word Whips By The Water: 1st Wed of each month |
Vancouver Events
Thur July 11th
Poetry And Art in the Zack Gallery 7:00-9:00pm. Free admission POETS: Natasha Sanders-Kay, Bonnie Nish, Lara Varesi, Daniela Elza, Rosemary Nowicki MUSIC: Linda Szentes There will be an open mic time when the audience will have an opportunity to write and read poems relating to the exhibit. EXHIBIT: Conjunction by Ira Hoffecker My work examines the relationships between people and cities by responding to constant change, reconstruction and restoration in the urban landscape. Decay, erasure, covering, revealing and rebuilding are part of my painting practice. I see my process of covering as a metaphor for forgetting and suppressing the past. The process of revealing and sanding the surface alludes to a process of remembering and reconciling historic events. Places are overlaid with multiple histories, layers of paint cover and obscure but each coat is also informed by the previous layer. Presented by the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery in collaboration with Pandora’s Collective and the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library, and made possible by the Yosef Wosk Poetry Initiative Grant Location: Jewish Community Centre, Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery 950 West 41 Ave, Vancouver Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com 
Monday July 22, 2019
Pandora's Collective Presents Back Where I Came From First-Gen Canadian Perspectives Surrey Library City Centre Branch 10350 University Drive Surrey 7-9 pm Moderator: Taslim Jaffer Our panelists are Linton Chokie, Natasha Jeshani, Raj Thandhi and Angie Yu. Join Pandora's Collective in conversation with a group of first-generation Canadians who have travelled to their motherlands and returned home with perspectives on culture, home and identity. Bring your friends and family, and connect with local travellers and writers over refreshments and dialogue! The event is free and there is no formal registration - but let us know here if you can come. We hope to see you there! Thank you to the BC Arts Council for their support! Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
Tues July 23rd
Pandora's Collective and Britannia Library Present POETIC PAIRINGS 6:30 – 8:30 pm Join us for delightful pairings of poetic voices. Free Event. Britannia Library, Gallery Room 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC Host: Leanne Boschman Poetic Pairs: Warren Dean Fulton and Kyle Hawke Jude Neale and Maurice Redmond Zuzana Vasko and Angela Wachowich Suzy Malcolm and Sita Carboni Voices become differently engaged when set against another writer’s work. Listen as couplets bounce words off one another, relate their stories and rejoice in the collaboration of expression. Question period to follow. Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
2nd Tuesday of every month
Vancouver Public Library and Pandora’s Collective Present Word Whips Vancouver East 6:30-8:30 Take the challenge. We provide the writing prompts and the opportunity for sharing. 10 -15 minutes to write to each prompt. See what you can whip up. Location: Vancouver Library--Hastings Branch 2674 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V5K 1Z6 Hosts: Bonnie Nish & Jami Macarty Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com 
3rd Tuesday of every month
Britannia Branch and Pandora's Collective Present WORD WHIPS WRITING SERIES Take the challenge. We provide the writing prompts and the opportunity for sharing. 10 -15 minutes to write to each prompt. See what you can whip up. (3rd Tuesday of each month except December) Host: Bonnie Nish and Sita Carboni Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm Location: Britannia Library, Gallery Room, 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/branches/details/britannia_branch Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
4th Wednesday of every month
Britannia Branch and Pandora’s Collective Present BOOK TALKS - BOOK CLUB Bring your favourite passages, points of interest, and share your reading experiences with us. Admission is free. Registration not required. Each person is responsible for either borrowing or buying their own copy to read. (4th Wednesday of each month except December) July 24th: On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin "An elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. In depicting the lives of Benjamin and Lewis and their interactions with their small local community, Chatwin comments movingly on the larger questions of human experience. " -Amazon.ca Upcoming Dates: Aug 28th: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver Sept: 25th: Book Recommendation Night Oct 23rd: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin Nov 27th: Exit West: A Novel by Mohsin Hamid Dec: on hiatus for the holidays Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Location: Britannia Library, Gallery Room, 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC Hosts: Mary Duffy and Sita Carboni Contact: booktalks@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com 
4th Thursday of every month
Pandora's Collective Presents TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON Featuring Rob Taylor, Elee Kraljii Gardiner & Bonnie Nish Time: 7:00 - 9:30 pm Features poets plus an open mic. Sign up for Open Mic begins at 7pm reading begin at 7:30pm Suggested donation at the door: $5 July 25th: Daniel G Scott, Bill Arnott, Jude Neale & Bonnie Nish + open mic BIOS Daniel G Scott, is the current (5 th ) Artistic Director of the Planet Earth Poetry Reading Series. He has published gnarled love, terrains and now Random Excess with Ekstasis Editions, and black onion and two chapbooks: street signs and Interrupted with Goldfinch Press. He has individual poems in anthologies and chapbooks as well as numerous academic publications and, with Shannon McFerran, The Girls Diary Project (University of Victoria, 2013). He won a one-act playwriting competition in New Brunswick in 1984. He is an Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, School of Child and Youth Care, father and grandfather. wwww.danielgscott.com --- Vancouver author, poet, songwriter Bill Arnott is the bestselling author of Wonderful Magical Words That Work, Dromomania, and Gone Viking: A Travel Saga. Bill’s Indie Folk CD is Studio 6. His work is published in Canada, US, UK, Europe and Asia. His column Poetry Beat is published by the League of Canadian Poets and the Federation of BC Writers. Bill has a 2019 poetry prize from Pandora’s Collective and is shortlisted for Whistler Independent Book Awards 2019 with Gone Viking. --- Bonnie Nish is Executive Director of Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society, and Word Vancouver. Bonnie’s first book of poetry ‘Love and Bones ’ was released by Karma Press in 2013. Bonnie has a Masters in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Language and Literacy Education at UBC having advanced to candidacy . Her next book “Concussion and Mild TBI: Not Just Another Headline” an anthology of concussion related stories, was published by Lash and Associates in 2016. Bonnie is an Expressive Arts Therapist with a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the Vancouver Expressive Arts Therapy School who has worked extensively with youth and adults in high-risk situations. She has conducted writing and expressive arts workshops for over 20 years across North America. Her latest book, Cantata in Two Voices, co-written with Jude Neal was released last fall by Ekstasis Editions. --- Jude Neale is a Canadian poet, vocalist, spoken word performer and mentor. She has been shortlisted, highly commended and finalist for many international and national competitions. Jude has written seven books. Her book, A Quiet Coming of Light, A Poetic Memoir (Leaf Press) was a finalist for the 2015 Pat Lowther Memorial Award. In 2018, Jude and Bonnie Nish started an online collaboration which lead them to write, Cantata in Two Voices, in fifty challenging days. Her forthcoming book, A Blooming, will be published by Ekstasis Editions in 2019 and We Sing Ourselves Back (leaf press) 2019. Location: HOOD 29 (previously known as The Cottage Bistro), 4468 Main Street, Vancouver, BC Host: Amanda Wardrop Supported by the Writers Union of Canada and The League of Canadian Poets. Contact: blnish@pandorascollective.com www.pandorascollective.com |
North Shore Events
4th Tuesday of every month (except August)
Pandora's Collective Presents WORD WHIPS - THE NORTH SHORE EDITION A warm environment, writing prompts and the opportunity for sharing. Great for beginners or seasoned writers. Get past the inner critic by writing ten to fifteen minutes on each prompt. See what you can whip up. Host: Fran Bourassa Time: 6:30 to 8:30pm Location: The Silk Purse Arts Centre 1570 Argyle Avenue, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 1A1 Contact: Fran at fbourassa@hotmail.com www.pandorascollective.com |
White Rock Events
1st Wednesday of every month
Pandora's Collective Presents WORD WHIPS BY THE WATER We provide writing prompts and encourage people to take the challenge. Emphasis is on exercising the right brain in a safe environment – sharing is optional. Host: Karen Shaw Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm Location: White Rock Library on Buena Vista Avenue. 15342 Buena Vista Ave, White Rock, BC V4B 1Y6 (604) 541-2201 Contact: pcwhiterock@yahoo.ca or Karen Shaw, chezshaw2013@gmail.com www.pandorascollective.com |
Annual Events
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2010 - Present: Annual Gala Awards Night.
2004 - 2014: The Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival (an annual, multi-day, summer festival, than ran for 10 years) |
