The Poetry Postcard Fest is an annual 56-day experiment in spontaneity and community building. This literary event is a self-guided workshop in spontaneous composition where people sign up to send 31 original poems on postcards to folks on a participation list before the end of August. The fest was initiated in 2007 by poets Paul […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Celebration of the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest with open mic for fest participants.
On Saturday, September 26, from 3 – 5pm, Cascadia 2050 will be hosting a workshop titled: I Want to Write a Poem (But Don’t Know How). Cost: free, suggested donation $25. This will be the second workshop aiming to demystify the process of writing poetry, and, as the CPL and Cascadia 2050 missions say, “empower […]
The Cascadia Poetry Festival is a gathering of poets and bioregionalists, exploring poetry and its connection to environmental, political, historical, and sociological pursuits within Cascadia bioregion. The festival aims to consider how prioritizing natural and cultural boundaries, rather than arbitrary political ones, can address climate change and other issues. Registration coming soon LEARN MORE HERE […]
Brenda Hillman and Paul E Nelson Joint Book Launch & discussion. Brenda's new book is "Still House in the Desert: An Eco-Contemplation" (Wesleyan University Press) and Paul's new books are "The Singing Bullets of Soft Secession: & Other DaySongs" and "Cascadian Sentences" (Carbonation Press.) Suggested donation to benefit the Cascadia Poetics Lab.