with
readings by:
JM Francheteau (Ottawa ON)Danny Jacob (Riverview NB)+ Sadiqa de Meijer (Kingston ON)
lovingly hosted by guest-host Brecken
Hancock
Friday,
November 29, 2013;
doors
7pm; reading 7:30pm
The
Carleton Tavern,
223
Armstrong Street (at Parkdale; upstairs)
JM Francheteau is a rural transplant based
in Ottawa. In 2013 he released a chapbook, A pack of lies, and his writing has
appeared in CV2, The Steel Chisel and Bywords. He has five wisdom teeth.
Danny Jacobs grew up in Riverview, NB. His poems
have been published in a variety of journals across Canada, including ARC, Event,
The Antigonish Review, Riddle Fence, The Malahat Review, The
Fiddlehead, Grain and CV2. After living in a number of cities
and towns in the Maritimes, Danny is back in Riverview and works as the
librarian in the village of Petitcodiac, NB. Songs That Remind Us of Factories is his first book.
Sadiqa de Meijer [pictured] [see her '12 or 20 questions' here] was born in Amsterdam and
moved to Canada as a child. Her poetry, short stories and essays have been
published in a range of journals and anthologies, including The Malahat Review, Geist, Riddle Fence and Poetry Magazine. Her first book of poems
is Leaving Howe Island (Oolichan
Books). A selection from the manuscript won the CBC Poetry Prize in 2012.
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