Venue
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The Masonic Lodge
2687 Dunsmuir Ave, Cumberland, BC
Schedule
Saturday 8/15/2026
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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.
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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
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3 PM – 4:00 PM | Living room: Local poets share their work.
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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
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Robert Bringhurst
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Jan Zwicky
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Garth Martens
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Jason Wirth