February 27, 2011

Talking Fresh 9: Saskatchewan Poetry Summit

Talking Fresh is an annual festival of writers and writing co-produced, this year, by the Saskatchewan Writers Guild (SWG) and Luther College at the University of Regina.

All events will be held at Luther College, University of Regina, Room 100. 
Free Parking in Lot 3.

Brenda Schmidt, Karen Solie, Michael Trussler and Dan Tysdal to be the featured writers.

Friday March 4

2:00-4:00
Panel: “On Saskatchewan Poetry”

8:00-10:00
Readings (reception to follow)


Saturday, March 5

9:00-10:15
Brenda Schmidt: “Lyric Trap-lines: Thoughts on the Northbound Poem”

10:30-11:45
Michael Trussler: "The Cosmopolitan Mountain on the Prairie"

1:30-2:45 
Karen Solie: “This Place Will Kill Me One Day: Writing the Southwest”

3:00-4:15 
Dan Tysdal: “Sask Poems from the Future and the Future of Saskatchewan Poetry: Uranium Traced, Screamoetry, and the New and Improved School of Disembodied Poetics”

4:30-6:00
Launch of new books by Jennifer Still (Girlwood) and Holly Luhning (Quiver)


For further details contact 
Tracy at programs@skwriter.com 
Gerald Hill at gerry.hill@uregina.ca

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