Jill Battson Poetry Reading

Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 11:00am

Victoria Hall
55 King Street West
Cobourg, ON
K9A 2M2

Celebrate James Cockburn Day with Jill Battson, Cobourg's Poet Laureate. Jill will share poetry on July 31st at 11am and 1pm.

ABOUT:

Jill Battson is an internationally published poet and poetry activist. She was responsible for creating and running the successful poetry reading series The Poets’ Refuge and has initiated and produced many poetry events. She was the poetry editor for Insomniac Press from 1999 to 2001.

Jill has been widely published in literary journals and anthologies in North America and the UK. Her first book Hard Candy was received to great acclaim and nominated for the Gerald Lampert Award. She has written several plays and solo works, including How I learned to live with obsession as well as Ecce Homo and Hard Candy. Jill’s third book of poems, Dark Star Requiem, is forthcoming with Folded & Gathered Press.
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For more information, please see http://www.jillspoetbureau.blogspot.com/