An award-winning poet is featured at the next Spoken Ink night in Burnaby.
Spoken Ink is a reading and open mike series presented by the Burnaby Writers' Society on the third Tuesday of each month.
The next session, on Tuesday, May 20, will feature Jude Neale.
Neale, a poet from Bowen Island, will be on hand to read from her third poetry collection, A Quiet Coming of Light.
Her reading begins at 8 p.m., followed by an open mike. Open mike sign-up starts at 7:30 p.m.
Neale has a long list of accolades to her name, including having been shortlisted for the Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Prize in Ireland and the International Poetic Republic Poetry Prize, the Mary Chalmers Smith Poetry Prize and the Wenlock International Poetry Prize in the U.K.
She was nominated for the Canadian ReLit Award and the Pat Lowther Award for her book Only the Fallen Can See, and she placed second in the prestigious 2014 Pandora's Collective Poetry Competition.
She recently earned an honourable mention in the Royal City Literary Arts Society's writing contest.
The Spoken Ink nights are held at La Fontana Caffe, 101-3701 Hastings St. in North Burnaby.
For more on Spoken Ink, check out www.burnabywritersnews.blogspot.com, or contact [email protected].
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And speaking of poets ...
Burnaby's Diane Tucker has a number of events coming up in connection with her recently released book of poems, Bonsai Love.
Bonsai Love was released by Harbour Publishing on April 12, and the book was launched in Vancouver on April 27.
On May 14, Tucker will be a speaker at the Write Vancouver conference's Publishing Q and A at UBC, and she'll also be on hand to offer 15-minute blue-pencil sessions at the conference.
She'll be featured at the Poetic Justice reading series on June 1 at the Heritage Grill in New West and at the Planet Earth Poetry reading series at the Moka House in Victoria on June 27.
She'll return home to be the featured reader at the Spoken Ink reading series on Sept. 16.
Check out more about Diane at www.harbourpublishing.com.
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If you're interested in the ceramic arts, here's one you may want to make note of.
The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts will be hosting a two-day demonstration by internationally acclaimed artist Tip Toland.
Toland will present her work in the Shadbolt's Studio Theatre on June 21 and 22.
Toland, who lives and teaches in Seattle, builds large-scale human figures and busts.
"Her works refer to her relationship with the unseen, ineffable aspects of the human psyche that are universal amongst us," says a press release. "Allegorical and dreamlike, her work is extremely contemplative and intimate. Her sprightly humour and complex understanding of anatomy make this workshop engaging and accessible to any artist who uses the human figure in their work."
The workshop runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Juen 21 and 22. Early-bird registration - by May 15, so hurry! - is $95, or $110 after that.
Phone 604-205-3000 or visit www.shadboltcentre.com for more details.
A free public lecture will also be held on Friday, June 20 at 6 p.m. - registration is also needed for that lecture.
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Want to lend a hand to a good artistic cause?
The Burnaby Arts Council has launched an online crowd-source funding campaign to help out its Burnaby Summer Theatre program.
The program has been going on for more than 30 years.
Each summer, the arts council employs four or five students from Simon Fraser University, who create, produce, perform and tour with a piece of contemporary theatre - to venues that include seniors' centres, community centres, public parks, Burnaby Village Museum, B.C. Children's Hospital and Canuck Place.
The arts council pays the performers' wages, but the board is looking for some additional funding to cover the expense of a van rental and fuel to transport the performers and their props to various venues.
"With a small financial donation toward this innovative community arts program, together we can ensure that this fabulous event is on the road and headed towards a successful performance season," a write-up says.
You can become a gold, silver or bronze supporter with donations of $100, $50 or $25 respectively. You can find the program and all the details at www.gofundme.com/Summer-Theatre-Transport.
Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie, [email protected], or find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.
