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Festival Information

Festival 2008 Main Page

The Poets

Festival Schedule

Tickets:

  • Passes are $40 OR
  • Daytime events $5
  • Evening events $10
  • On sale Oct 20
  • advance passes avail.
  • Workshop prices vary: register!
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Schedule at a glance

All weekend: Public Art for Gabriola: Post All Poems. Around The Island.

Thurs Nov 13:

7:30pm Opening Night - Pure Poetry. The Phoenix Auditorium, The Haven.

Fri Nov 14:

4:30-5:30pm Tongue And Groove! The Roxy.
7:30pm Around The Campfire - Storytelling. The Surf Great Room.
10:00pm Bufflehead Jones: Poetry Open Mic. The Surf Pub.

Sat Nov 15:

10:30-11:30am Bootcamp For Procrastinators by Ivan Coyote. The Roxy.
Noon-2:00pm Buskers Galore! Roving: Around the Village.
1:30-2:30pm How Not To Write A Screen Play by Cindy O'Dell. The Roxy.
2:00pm Spoken Word with The Kerplunks. The Phoenix Auditorium, The Haven.
1:00pm-3:00pm Youth WORKSHOP: DANGER: Renegade Tongue Twister: How to Build an Anagram by Kaie Kellough. The Swalllow's Nest, at the Haven.
3:00-4:00pm Medicine Stories with Richard van Camp The Roxy.
4:30pm to 5:30pm In Conversation With George Bowering, The Surf Great Room.
7:00pm Alphabet Soup! The Haven Hot-tub.
7:30pm Tell it Like It Is: Spoken Word Cabaret. The Phoenix Auditorium, The Haven.
10:00pm McBufflehead: Poetry Open Mic. The Surf Pub.

Sun Nov 16:

10:00 to 11:00am Have Your Cake with Victoria Stanton. The Surf Great Room.
1:30-2:30pm Nikamok! (Let's All Sing!) -- Cheryl L'Hirondelle. The Roxy.
3:00-4:00pm Kit Pepper and Dion Pepper-Smith. The Roxy.
4:30-5:30 POETRY PATH-OLOGY with Sheri-D Wilson. The Roxy. $10.
1:30-4:00 Write Your Way To Health with Naomi Beth Wakan. The Commons.
7:30pm Such Sweet Music. Baby Dee, Victor Anthony. At the United Church.

 

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Thank You!

Poetry Gabriola would like to thank The Canada Council for The Arts, The British Columbia Arts Council, The Province of British Columbia, and The League of Canadian Poets, for their generous support of the Poetry Gabriola Festival.

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Our appreciation and thanks to the Surf Lodge for their many kind donations and for taking care of the visiting poets; to Stephen Bertholet for his continuous support and beautiful theatre, The Roxy Lounge; to the The Phoenix Auditorium for hosting us; to the United Church for providing a beautiful venue; and to Gabriola Artworks for once again coming through as the great box office.

We would also like to thank yesnode media, Paprika Design, More Living Magazine and the Gathering Place; BC150 for posting our event on their website; and the Gabriola Arts Council for helping to organize the Poet’s Public Gallery.

A very special thank-you to Gwyneth Evans and Gary Bauslaugh for providing the beautiful harp for Baby Dee.

Finally, many thanks to everyone who played on the Poetry Gabriola Team this year: Louise Amuir, Portia Boehm, Charlotte Cameron, Sara Charron, Liz Ciocea, Margy Gilmour, Bruce Mason, Wreford Miller, Sheila Norgate, Hilary Peach, Chloe Straw, Alex Varty, Naomi Wakan, Ingrid Weiss, and Susan Yates.

And of course, a great big thank-you to all the artists and hosts, and to the audience, for deciding to spend a little time with us.