WHAT: Victoria Festival of Authors 2025: Speak – Poetry in Performance
WHERE: Langham Court Theatre, Victoria, BC
WHEN: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – 7:30 PM
WHO: Featuring Sheri-D Wilson with Tharani Balachandran, Shauntelle Dick Charleson, Jeremy Loveday, Alessandra Naccarato, Brandon Wint; curated by Marie Metaphor Specht.
Join Sheri-D Wilson at the Victoria Festival of Authors 2025 for Speak — Poetry in Performance, a powerful evening celebrating the raw, transformative energy of spoken word. Experience poetry as it was born to be—embodied, live, and electric—where words leave the page and become living, breathing presence.
Curated by Marie Metaphor Specht, this event brings together diverse and dynamic voices from across Canada, offering performances that span hybrid forms, diasporic storytelling, Indigenous resilience, speculative verse, and intimate revelations.
Whether you’re a devoted poetry lover or new to performance art, this evening invites you into deep listening, shared humanity, and the magic of language brought to life.
Register: Eventbrite
Learn more: Victoria Festival of Authors