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Jun. 23rd, 2005 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blue_lotus13I went to a fun reading last night. It encompassed three events- the launch of a new issue of West Coast Line, the launch of a new printing venture, and the launch of two books of Roy Kiyooka's letters. It was held at Honey. When I first walked in, I ran into two girls from the Colouring Book project. We immediately scored the big booth at the back and talked about art, travelling, family history, and other scintillating topics. I found out that one of the girls is a fire dancer. They both do facilitation work teaching anti-racism and anti-sexism to high school students. Can I say that I'm jealous?!?! Talk about my dream job! Anyway, I really like them.
The readings themselves were pretty good. I'm super excited about Wayde Compton's new project, which is to publish a series of books by black writers. I got to meet Wayde himself which was cool, as I really admire the kind of work he does.
I also learned a bit about Roy Kiyooka and his legacy from the readings done from his book. I finished off the evening by meeting Daphne Marlatt, who was incredibly sweet. We actually have a friend in common since she was writer in residence in Saskatoon.
All in all, a fun evening.
The readings themselves were pretty good. I'm super excited about Wayde Compton's new project, which is to publish a series of books by black writers. I got to meet Wayde himself which was cool, as I really admire the kind of work he does.
I also learned a bit about Roy Kiyooka and his legacy from the readings done from his book. I finished off the evening by meeting Daphne Marlatt, who was incredibly sweet. We actually have a friend in common since she was writer in residence in Saskatoon.
All in all, a fun evening.
