Twisted Poets Literary Salon
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Wednesday, Sept 16th , 2026 Pandora's Collective & Britannia Library & Word Vancouver Present TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON Features Poets from Sublime anthology & spoken word artist and novelist Jeff Cottrill. There will be no open mic for this event. Readings begin at 6pm. In Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice, poets from across Turtle Island explore what it means to enter into conversation with ice. The poems in Yvonne Blomer’s third, water-focused anthology exemplify sublime as both verb and adjective: these are poems that skate, drink, stomp, crush, and dive. In poems that range from street hockey to snow angels to meltwater, poets write to the ever-changing ways of ice. Other poems grapple with fires that melt permafrost and rising temperatures that fracture and erode lives. In the poems, fissures form into ever-expanding crevasses, and animals suffer because of humanity’s negative impact on Earth’s most ancient of water systems: ice. Anthology Readers: Fiona Tinwei Lam, Anne Hopkinson, Rob Taylor, Marie Metaphor Specht, Joanna Streetly, Rhona McAdam, Heidi Greco, Elena Johnson, Gilles Cyrenne, K. Grubisic, Erin Brown-John, Pamela Medland, Luther Allen, J.I. Kleinberg, Lisa Martin, Trevor Carolan, Slava Bart, Danielle Janess Guest Feature - Jeff Cottrill Jeff Cottrill is an award-winning fiction writer, performance poet, and journalist based in Toronto. His performance style is influenced by slam conventions, but subverts them with wit, ironic humour and a satirical tone. He has headlined in countless literary series throughout Canada, the U.K., the U.S., Ireland, France and Australia over the past twenty years, and his poetry and short fiction have appeared in anthologies and websites around the world. In 2021, his poem "This Is Not Real Poetry" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and last year, his story "The Madness East of St. George" won first prize in the MoonLit Getaway short-fiction contest. Jeff's second novel, Performance Reviews, was published last fall. He likes movies, travel, and puppies. www.JeffCottrill.com Hosted by: Natasha Boškić and Daniela Elza Time: 6:00 - 7:45 pm Location: Britannia Library, Gallery Room, 1661 Napier St, Vancouver Accessible venue. Open to all. Upcoming Dates: Nov 18, 2026 Contact: [email protected] www.pandorascollective.com |
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Nov 18th , 2026
Pandora's Collective & Britannia Library Present TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON Featured Poets and an Open Mic. Features Poets: tba Hosted by: Natasha Boškić and Daniela Elza Time: 6:00 - 7:45 pm Location: Britannia Library, Gallery Room, 1661 Napier St, Vancouver Accessible venue. Open to all. Contact: [email protected] www.pandorascollective.com |
