HAMILTON POETRY CENTRE

Established in 1983, the Hamilton Poetry Centre conducts poetry workshops and hosts readings by well-established and rising Canadian poets. In partnership with the Literature Department of the Hamilton Public Library and Bryan Prince, Bookseller we present our 2011/12 Season schedule (see below).

Sunday, January 15, 2012

TERRY ANN CARTER, JANUARY 26 @ 7:30 PM AT BRYAN PRINCE, BOOKSELLER

Terry Ann Carter is the author of three collections of poetry: Waiting for Julia (third eye press, 1999); Transplanted (Borealis Press, 2006); A Crazy Man Thinks He's Ernest in Paris (Black Moss Press, 2010). As an international award winning haiku poet, Terry Ann has participated in the Basho Festival, Ueno, Japan, and festivities at the Tenri Cultural Center, NYC; her chapbook (The Monk's Fine Robes: Haiku from Cambodia) was published by Leaf Press in 2011. Lighting the Global Lantern: A Guide to Writing Haiku and Related Literary Forms for Teens, published by Wintergreen Studios, was launched at the Haiku North America conference, 2011. Terry Ann won the Origami Crane Award from the Tree Reading Series, Ottawa, and has participated in Random Acts of Poetry for the past five years. She has given poetry and small book making workshops at La Roche Dhys, Burgundy, France; the Zen Festival, Montreal, Quebec; and the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

HAMILTON POETRY CENTRE 2011/12 SEASON









READINGS
Thursdays, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Bryan Prince, Bookseller
1060 King Street West, Hamilton

22 September 2011
Stan White

29 September 2011
Steve McOrmond

20 October 2011
Lorna Crozier

24 November 2011
Richard Greene

26 January 2012
Terry Ann Carter

29 March 2012
Phil Hall
(To be held at Art Gallery of Hamilton. Co-sponsored with gritLit)


WORKSHOPS
Thursdays, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Westdale Library
955 King Street West, Hamilton

15 September 2011

13 October 2011 (AGM)

10 November 2011

12 January 2012

9 February 2012

19 April 2012

10 May 2012 (Open Reading - Central Library Auditorium)


With thanks to:
Hamilton Public Library
Bryan Prince, Bookseller
Canada Council for the Arts
Gaspereau Press


Hamilton Poetry Centre
Box 89027, Westdale PO
Hamilton, ON Canada L8S 4R5
hpc1@cogeco.ca
http://hamiltonpoetrycentre.blogspot.com/

Membership is $20 annually and we value your membership support.
To become a member e-mail hpc1@cogeco.ca to receive a membership registration form.