FUNDRAISCHTHONICS!

FUNDRAISCHTHONICS! A POETRY PERFORMANCE AND FUNDRAISER

Hey grammar geeks and philes of phonics - you're invited to sip hip poetics and gin and tonics at Fundraischthonics! Come support the UBC poetry series that maps tectonic shifts in textCanlit, on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 7 p.m. at Thea's Lounge, Thea Koerner House, UBC, 6371 Crescent Road.

The evening will feature special guest Taien Ng-Chan reading from her work. Also reading will be poets Mike Borkent, Ray Hsu, Sonnet L'Abbé, and Moberly Luger.

DJ Simon Rolston will spin tunes.

WHAT: A night of readings and tunes in support of Play Chthonics

WHEN: Wednesday, February 25, 7 p.m. Festivities begin 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Thea's Lounge, Thea Koerner House, UBC, 6371 Crescent Road.

The Play Chthonics reading series showcases innovative poetry, narrative, and cross-genre writing. We encourage creative, interdisciplinary conversations among writers, students, faculty, theorists, and community members in Vancouver. The series is based in the English Department at UBC, and is in the midst of a six-reading season for 2008-9. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Institute for Canadian Studies at UBC, the Department of English at UBC and Green College.