Watershed Press Cumberland Readings

Saturday, August 15, 2026, 3:30-9:00 PM  Sunday, August 16, 2026, 3:00-5:30 PM

Venue

• The Masonic Lodge
  2687 Dunsmuir Ave, Cumberland, BC

Schedule

Saturday 8/15/2026

• 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Talk by Jason Wirth on the poetry of Jan Zwicky. Jan Zwicky and Garth Martens will read “Say It” followed by a question period.

• 7 PM – 9:00 PM | Warm up readings by local contributors to the Cascadian Zen anthology (5 minutes each). Follwed by readings by Robert Michael Pyle and James Dott.

Sunday 8/16/2026

• 3 PM – 4:00 PM | Living room: Local poets share their work.

• 4 PM – 5:30 PM | Garth Martens will read from his new book: Who Else in the Dark Headed There. Robert Bringhurst reading and launch of Buying the Ghosts a Drink.

Readers

• Robert Bringhurst

• Robert Michael Pyle

• James Dott

• Jan Zwicky

• Garth Martens

• Jason Wirth

By donation.

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Beaver Point Community Hall Reading

Friday, August 14, 4-8PM

Venue

Beaver Point Community Hall
1361 Beaver Point Road, Salt Spring Island, BC

Schedule

Friday, August 14, 4-8 PM

• Reading: 4:30-6 PM

• Followed by a community potluck

Featured Readers

• Robert Michael Pyle

• James Dott

With Local Contributors to the Cascadian Zen Anthology

• Peter Levitt

• Shirley Graham

• Adelia MacWilliam

• Briony Penn

• Lorin Medley

• Ann Graham Walker

• Ursula Vaira

• Jason Wirth

• Dan Clarkson

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