Fish Quill Poetry Boat Reading Tour: John B. Lee

Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 7:00pm

Brantford Arts Block
80 Dalhousie St
Brantford, ON
N3T 2J2

A group of Montreal and Toronto poets are setting out on the Grand River for a reading tour by canoe early this August. From August 5 to 13, eight performers in four canoes will paddle from Elora to Six Nations Grand River Territory, stopping in various towns to give public readings at cafes, galleries and local heritage sites along the journey. They're kicking off the tour with an event in Toronto (at The Boat, 262 Augusta Avenue) on Thursday, August 4.

Among the canoe crew:

- Linda Besner (The Id Kid)
- Asa Boxer (Skullduggery)
- Jeramy Dodds (Crabwise to the Hounds, shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize, winner of the Trillium Book Award for Poetry)
- Gabe Foreman (A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People)
- Helen Guri (Match)
- Leigh Kotsilidis (Hypotheticals)
- Daniel Kincade Renton (Qwerty poetry editor)
- Abigail Lapell (musical performer)

Scheduled stops for Fish Quill Poetry Boat are Elora's Bissell Park Pavilion on August 5th, West Montrose Kissing Bridge on August 6th, Waterloo Region Museum on August 7th, Cambridge's O'Keefe Cottage Cafe & Ice Cream Parlour on August 9th, Paris's Brown Dog Coffee Roastery on August 10th, Brantford Arts Block on August 11th, and the Six Nations Chiefswood National Historic Site on August 13th. All performances are at 7 pm and free of charge.

For more information, please contact Leigh Kotsilidis at leighkots@yahoo.ca or 514-883-9283.

Facebook event information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180289855366301.