by Ryukan | Jan 29, 2015 | Blog
The local organizing committee in Nanaimo is working hard to make the third iteration of the fest, April 30-May3, 2015, a huge success. They have created a poster for one of the lighter events at the Festival, the Marmot Bout. Named for an alter ego of the emcee,...
by Ryukan | Oct 18, 2014 | Blog
Press Release Cascadia Poetry Festival Affordable Workshops Four fantastic workshops (only $60 each!) will be happening at Vancouver Island University where many of the main events for the festival are being held. You do not need a festival gold pass to sign up for a...
by Ryukan | Jul 26, 2013 | Blog
Wednesday night I attended a poetry reading of younger women poets on Capitol Hill. Organized by Jocelyn Macdonald, it was called Allergic to Cats A Feminist Poetry Reading. While some poets could have “sung shorter” as they say in Taos, the evening was...
by Ryukan | Mar 17, 2013 | Blog
SPLAB is delighted to be part of the Small Press Expo at the Hugo House as part of APRIL Fest. We’ll be presenting a poetry bout of four poets, two from the home team (Cascadia) and two from that state to which we want to ship our Hanford Nuclear Waste, New...
by Ryukan | Feb 7, 2011 | Events
February 20 – Anastacia Tolbert – 7P plus Open Mic. Emcee Alex Bleecker. Anastacia Tolbert is a writer, Cave Canem Fellow, 8th grade teacher and Resident Writer at Seattle Girls’ School. She is the recipient of the 2004 San Diego Journalism Press Club Award for the...
