Local writer and poet (and occasional Coast contributor) Shannon Webb-Campbell has the ability to woo with only a few words. That’s obvious from one quick glance at her Twitter page (@shannonwc), which is all it took for Argyle Fine Art’s (1559 Barrington Street) Adriana Afford to recruit her to help fill a bunch of little […]
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Poetry for April and everyday
Since the League of Canadian Poets established National Poetry Month in 1999, April is officially the busiest month for poets. The union of schools, booksellers, literary organizations, publishers, libraries and poets now come together annually to celebrate poetry’s crucial role in Canada’s culture. In Halifax, celebrate all things poetical with a reading at Spring Garden […]
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Stanzas in the Stacks is late night library fun
I can’t be the only one who would be stoked to be locked in the library after close and have to spend a night wandering, reading and napping. Friday, January 20 from 8-10pm will provide you with all of that mystery and romance (except maybe the napping… and the locked in part) at the Spring […]
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Sue Goyette’s outskirts meets daily poetry requirements
[image-1] Sue Goyette releases her third book, outskirts, into the wild this Thursday, May 12 at 7pm at The Company House. The release event features 16 readers who will recite a poem of their choice from the enthralling outskirts. The collection explores human relationships and pulls out poignant gems of emotion while also delving into environmental catastrophe, nbd. Also has the uncanny ability to make you feel regret getting too tipsy at a dinner party and talking too much.
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Track & Trace, Zachariah Wells (Biblioasis)
Zachariah Wells (reading this Thursday with Wayne Clifford and Amy Jones, 6pm at The Company House) frequently tunes to the world in winter, searching out its subtleties with heightened sense, a pursuit implied by title, design and illustrations by Seth. The PEI native’s rural settings are recognizably Maritime, and the power of the landscape to […]
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Local poetry: For letter or for verse
When it comes to poetry, Halifax slams. And poetry is cool. Really. Don’t think so? Got the structured verse of a long dead white guy rattling your cranium? Been rejected by a now out-of-print literary journal? Whatever might have scared you off poetry, you’re in Halifax now. Halifax is one poetic town. Poetry rings through […]
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Hali Slam’s hard words
After every haircut at Phat’s barbershop, I’m assured that this haircut will get me laid. I feel that’s much more likely if I go to the Halifax Slam Poetry fundraiser, Oral Tradition, hosted by Picnicface members Brian MacQuarrie and Bill Wood. “Tired of sitting at home touching yourself?” asks Stephanie Lent, sex poet and Hali […]
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Harmonics, Jesse Patrick Ferguson (Freehand Books)
Ferguson divides his poems into two parts, “Fundamental Tones” and “Overtones.” In the first part, Ferguson offers short, declarative lines in “Norval,” stating “Morrisseau’s paintings prove/there are no new pigments.” In part two, Ferguson extends line-lengths a little and lets images linger and resonate a little longer in “Shaman Traveler to Other Worlds For Blessings,” […]
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Q&A with the Hali Slam team
Stephanie Lent Stephanie Lent, 24, began her career in the Vancouver poetry scene, impressing everyone with how both dirty-minded and articulate she could be. Michael Kimber: How would you describe your poetry? Stephanie Lent :Roses are red Violets are violet if my poetry was an airplane I would be the sexy pilot MK: What is […]
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My summer: Shauntay Grant, poet, broadcaster
Grant is a performer who has been writing and singing as long as she can remember. After high school she did a music degree at Dalhousie and a journalism degree at King’s. She now works at the music department of the CBC and hosts the CBC Radio One program All The Best. Her children’s book […]