Frontenac House – Calgary Dektet

EVENT #19
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Frontenac House – Calgary Dektet
April 29, 2010 – Central Library – John Dutton Theatre (616 Macleod Trail SE)
7:00 PM, Free

Artists:
Jocko Benoit (Calgary) • Lori Cayer (Winnipeg) • Adebe D.A. (Toronto) • Jannie Edwards (Edmonton) • Keith Garebian (Mississauga) • Laurie Macfayden (Edmonton) • S. McDonald (Toronto) • William Nichols (Edmonton) • Nikki Reimer (Vancouver) • Douglas Burnet Smith (Antigonish, NS/ Paris, France)

MC: David Scollard (Calgary)

April 2010, marks the 10th anniversary of the Quartet poetry series. To celebrate, Frontenac House will simultaneously publish 10 poetry books – Dektet 2010. The titles were chosen using a blind selection process by a jury of leading Canadian writers: bill bissett, George Elliot Clarke, and Alice Major. The jurors and publishers were impressed by both the number and quality of the submissions.