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LAST CHANCE to Register for CPF7!

October 4, 2023

by Veronica Martinez

Register NOW for Cascadia Poetry Festival 7!

The 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival is THIS WEEKEND, October 6-8! Gold Passes are still available, so be sure to register NOW before it’s too late!

CPF7 will feature influential poets, scholars and artists from the Cascadia bioregion, and is also a celebration of Cascadia Poetics Lab and Watershed Press’ release of the poetry anthology Cascadian Zen Vol. I.The festival schedule is available for viewing HERE.

Registration is STILL OPEN for Robert Bringhurst and Theresa Whitehill’s Bioregional Typography Talk, which will take place on Saturday, October 7th during the festival. Registrants for the talk must also be Gold Pass holders. Read more about poet, typographer and translator Robert Bringhurst HERE, and read my interview with poet and letterpress artist Theresa Whitehill HERE.

We are looking forward to a weekend full of poetry, education, art and community. We’ll see you there!

1 Comment

Mark Johnson on October 5, 2023 at 8:45 am

Can I come on Saturday. Just heard about the festival. Cannot a river join other rivers. The big ocean welcomes all rivers.

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