Panel: What is Afri-Can Poetry?

EVENT #9
Pres. w/: Frontenac House, Pages Books

Panel: What is Afri-Can Poetry?
April 17, 2013 – Festival Hall (1215 10th Ave SE)
12:00 pm, $5

Artists:
Bertrand Bickersteth (Calgary) • Jillian Christmas (Vancouver) • Tanya Evanson (Vancouver) • Greg Frankson (Toronto) • Scruffmouth (Vancouver)

MC: Dr. Valerie Mason-John aka Queenie (Vancouver)

Great Black North published in February, is the first national anthology of African Canadian poetry: It’s 89 poets, and encompasses Canada’s Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts—and all of the country between. The co-editors Dr Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron join us in a panel discussion exploring the African Canadian Aesthetic.