3rd Cascadia Poetry Festival a Huge Success

Having over the keys to a poetry festival you’ve created can be a nerve-wracking experience, unless the people given the keys are BETTER DRIVERS! Huge thanks to the Nanaimo, BC, local organizing committee for making the 3rd Cascadia Poetry Festival a huge...

Closing Reading

The Nanaimo Local Organizing Committee has updated the poster for the closing reading at this year’s Cascadia POetry Festival. We hope to see you in Nanaimo.

IndieGoGo Campaign to Benefit Cascadia Poetry Fest

The IndieGoGo campaign for the 3rd Cascadia Poetry Festival in Nanaimo, BC ends March 11. Check out the incredible premiums to support the festival: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cascadia-poetry-festival-nanaimo-2015-apr-30-may-3/x/1411213 Robert Bringhurst,...

Cascadia Update

The schedule for the Cascadia Poetry Festival continues to come together. The kickoff reading is Thursday, May 1, 7:30p, the Force Field reading, featuring poets from the first all women anthology of British Columbia poets in 34 years. Judith Roche is emcee. Poets...

Cascadia Poetry Festival Advisory Board

If you are wondering what SPLAB has been up to lately, we’re scaling back in preparation of something quite huge. In our last season, Sept 2011 to June 2012, we produced 51 events. With the arrival of Ella Roque Nelson, that pace became impossible, so we decided...