by Ryukan | Apr 21, 2015 | Blog
Make It True: Poetry from Cascadia, published by Leaf Press, will be launched at VIU Friday, May 1st, at 7:30pm. This anthology is a collection of innovative and influential poets of Cascadia, the bioregion which stretches from Cape Mendocino in the south to Mt. St....
by Ryukan | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2:15 – 5:15pm Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, Bldg. 355, Room 103 ($60?!?)
by Ryukan | Feb 21, 2015 | Blog
It is a tradition that I first encountered at the Taos Poetry Circus in New Mexico. The democratic component of that fest and of the Cascadia Poetry Festival is Living Room. Poets gather in a circle and read their own work and listen to each other. The event is...
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 | Apr 19, 2014 | Blog
Joanne Kyger is one of the headliners at the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival. Because of her involvement in the Spicer Circle/San Francisco Renaissance of the late 1950s, which included poets like Robert Duncan, Robin Blaser and George Stanley (also headlining Cascadia...