Poetry Reading by Governor General's Winner, Lorna Crozier

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 7:30pm

Landon Branch Library
167 Wortley Rd.
(lower level)
London, ON

JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 7:30 pm for a poetry reading by BC poet LORNA CROZIER!

~one of Canada's foremost poets, winner of the Governor General's Award, and a distinguished professor at the University of Victoria

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Landon Branch Library, 167 Wortley Rd., lower level

~all welcome, FREE admission
~book sale and signing to follow, courtesy of the Oxford Bookshop

Prior to the reading, Michelle Doege will be facilitating a writing workshop at 6:30pm. No registration required.

Please join us! Come a few minutes early to get a seat!

~the Poetry London Group

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Enjoy Andreas Mendritzki's film "Fear of Snakes," narrated by Megan Hadley, based on Lorna Crozier's poem of the same name, from her collection, The Blue Hour of the Day (http://vimeo.com/19539825)

LORNA CROZIER
Lorna Crozier’s books have won the Governal General’s, the Canadian Authors’ Association, and two Pat Lowther Awards. A Distinguished Professor at the University of Victoria, she has published fourteen poetry collections, the most recent The Blue Hour of the Day: Selected Poems (2007) and Small Mechanics (2011), both with McClelland & Stewart. She has received two honourary doctorates for her contribution to Canadian literature, her poems have been translated into several languages, and she has read her work around the world. A memoir, Small Beneath the Sky, was published by Greystone books in 2009. Concurrently a Spanish translation of her poems, La Perspectiva del Gato was published by Trilce Ediciones in Mexico City.