Planet Earth Poetry: Feature Poet Sarah Ens and Poetic Opener H.W. Bryce

Featured reader Sarah Ens is a writer and editor based in Treaty 1 territory (Winnipeg, MB). Her debut collection of poetry, The World Is Mostly Sky, was shortlisted for the 2021 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and the 2022 Lansdowne Prize for Poetry. Her second book, Flyway (Turnstone Press), was launched in the spring of 2022.

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Poetic Opener: H.W. Bryce

H. W. Bryce is a former journalist, book editor, teacher, courier, kidnap victim. His poetry appears in anthologies in Canada, US, and India. He served as a judge for the Rabindranath Tagore Award International 2017. He is author of Chasing a Butterfly. Writing the poems saved him from depression.

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Notes on Attendance:

Doors at Russell Books open at 7:00 PM.

Participants who wish to read during the Open Mic segment of the event may register between 7:00 - 7:20 PM. Kindly be prepared to adhere to a maximum of three minutes/one poem for your reading.

Masks are encouraged.

If you wish to tune in via Zoom for the featured reader segment of the evening (approximately 8:15-9:00pm Pacific time), please use the following credentials:

Meeting ID: 494 660 4447 Passcode: 2129

You may also access this segment of the event via landline for audio only. Dial +1 778 907 2071.

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