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Watershed Press Cumberland Readings

Watershed Press Summer Events

June 20, 2026
by Roberta Hoffman

Watershed Press Cumberland Readings

  

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

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

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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