Good Morning, Hope you are enjoying the rest of your weekend which means fall is coming my favourite time of year. I am planning on going next Saturday night to see One More for the Road at the Fringe Festival. (See below for details,) My good friend Kempton Dexter (some of you know him as Hi Rise Dex and saw him perform at the Summer Dream Festival) is performing in this great show. Anyone want to join me? Let me know so we can get tickets or meet up. See below for other show times. And Billeh Nickerson will be the feature at the slam tonight. I would expect an overflow into the streets. Be there early. Jen Currin’s siblings will be in town on the 20th to premier their film This Room is the Sea. I am planning on being there. Hope you can too. Other than that there isn’t much else to say except I hope it is sunny for this last day of summer and hey if it isn’t, Easter is just around the corner and you can always pretend it is spring. Bonnie

____________________________________________ THE VANCOUVER POETRY SLAM http://www.myspace.com/vancouverpoetryslam http://vancouverpoetryhouse.com/ CONTINUES @ CAFÉ DEUX SOLEILS: 2096 COMMERCIAL DRIVE http://www.cafedeuxsoleils.com/ EVERY MONDAY OF THE MONTH THE NEXT POETRY SLAM IS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1ST FEATURING BILLEH NICKERSON Billeh Nickerson was born on Valentine’s Day, 1972, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Billeh Nickerson is the author of the award-nominated The Asthmatic Glassblower, and Let Me Kiss it Better: Elixirs for the Not So Straight and Narrow. He is also co-editor, along with John Barton, of Seminal: The Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poet (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007), the first collection of its kind in Canada. A founding member of the performance troupe “Haiku Night in Canada,” he is a past editor of both PRISM International and Event Magazine. He lives in Vancouver, where he works as an event programmer at the Vancouver International Writers Festival and teaches creative writing at Kwantlen University College. He is the 2nd Vice-Chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada the 2008 Writer in Residence at Queen’s University. THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE SLAM FOR THE INDIVIDUAL WORLD POETRY SLAM PLAYOFFS ON SEPT 15TH PLUS IT’S THE FIRST SLAM OF THE 2008-2009 REGULAR SEASON AND THE FIRST QUALIFYING SLAM FOR THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD PLAYOFFS THERE’S SO MUCH GOING ON IT’S CRAZZZZZZY! DOORS AND POET SIGN UP AT 8PM SLAM STARTS AT 9 O’CLOCK STILL ONLY $5 _______________________________________ WANDA NOWICKI QUARTET @ The Heritage Grill 447 Columbia ,in New West. 8pm to 11pm NO COVER SEPTEMBER 5 th that’s THIS FRIDAY!! If you haven’t come to see us at The Grill , you might want to check it out. It’s a great spot for everything–food, atmosphere, music, art . Maybe we’ll see you……… Thanks, Wanda _____________________________________________________________________ World Poetry Call for Peace Poems in celebration of World Peace Day! World Poetry would like submissions for a Peace Poem Project. For a display at the Backroom Theatre Club, Heritage Grill in New Westminster, BC. Please send 2 short poems in English or one poem in English and another language. Theme: Peace. Font: New Romans, size 12. Please put your name, city, country plus © sign at the bottom. This is a one time copyright only. Deadline: September 12, 2008. The Backroom Theatre Club, World Poetry New Westminster and other groups are joining together to celebrate the UN World Peace Day, on September 25, with a special Performing Arts and Peace presentation. The Performing Arts and Peace Date & Time: Thursday, September 25th at 7:30pm Entrance: By donation Place: The Heritage Grill, 447 Columbia, Street, New Westminster. Background: In September 2001 the Member States of the United Nations unanimously adopted the first-ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence—Peace Day, 21 September. (www.peaceoneday.org) However, we will be celebrating on the 25th of September. Please send your poems to: Ariadne at: ar******@un******.com" target="_blank">ar******@un******.com _______________________________________________________ Kari-Lynn invited you to “A World of Stories Launch Party – Vancouver” on Tuesday, September 9 at 6:30pm.

Event: A World of Stories Launch Party – Vancouver
“The most WOS authors & illustrators you’ll find in one place!”
What: Benefit
Host: A World of Stories
Start Time: Tuesday, September 9 at 6:30pm
End Time: Tuesday, September 9 at 8:30pm
Where: Caulfeild Elementary School ____________________________________________________ A NIGHT OF FILM AND POETRY The Sounds of Earth by JENNICA HARPER Wolf Lake by MICHAEL V SMITH This Room Is the Sea by DAN CURRIN, VIRGINIA CURRIN, and EMILY FRANZ With short poetry readings by ELIZABETH BACHINSKY, KATE EICHHORN, and JENNICA HARPER It’s at Rhizome on September 20 at 7:00 p.m. 317 E Broadway, East Vancouver . Suggested donation: $5. All money will go to the artists and to Rhizome. Bonnie Nish Executive Director Pandora’s Collective www.pandorascollective.com