Romance is in the air at Historic Joy Kogawa House. Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with love poems, chocolate and vino, and help launch Leaf Press’s anthology The Wild Weathers with readings from Peter Trower, Daniela Elza, Susan McCaslin, Elsie Neufeld, Berenice Freedome, Jocelyn Pitsch, Meg Torwl, Leanne Dunic, Lenore Rowntree, and Robin Susanto. Vancouver’s poet laureate Evelyn Lau has been invited and the Kogawa House writer-in-residence, Deborah Willis, will attend.
When: 3 to 5 pm, Sunday, February 12
Where: Historic Joy Kogawa House is located at 1450 West 64th Avenue (2 blocks east of Granville)
Cost: Tickets are $15 and include a glass of the best vino and all the chocolate in the house
Please rsvp to kogawahouse@yahoo.ca. See you there!
This anthology features my recent poem Sheldon.