Poetry London with Evelyn Lau and Julie Berry

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 7:30pm

Landon Branch Library (lower level)
167 Wortley Village
London, ON
N6C 3P6

Poetry London is pleased to present featured poets Evelyn Lau (Vancouver poet) and Julie Berry (St. Thomas poet). Poetry workshop 6:30 pm. Poetry reading 7:30 pm. Landon Branch Library. Books for sale before and after the reading. Admission is free and all are welcome!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Evelyn Lau has published ten books, including five volumes of poetry. Her poetry has won the Milton Acorn Award, been nominated for the Governor-General's Award, and appears in Best American Poetry and Best Canadian Poetry. Her most recent collection of poems is Living Under Plastic (Oolichan, 2010). Her prose books have been translated into a dozen languages, and Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid (Harper & Collins, 1989), was made into a CBC TV movie.

Julie Berry is the author of two collections of poetry: worn thresholds (Brick Books, 1995) and the walnut cracking machine (Buschek Books, 2010). Her poems have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies including Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2009). She lives outside of St. Thomas, Ontario, with her partner, Jonathan and their dog, Guinness. Her four sons have grown and flown.

For more information, please phone the Landon Branch Library at (519) 439-6240 or email poetrylondon@yahoo.ca.