Monday, March 7, 2011

Spirited Writers Annharte and Joanne Arnott Read at UBC Green College


VANCOUVER — This March Play Chthonics presents the powerful voices of Annharte and
Joanne Arnott. Join us for an evening of reading, speaking, and engaging in the inviting glow
of Green College’s Graham House. All are welcome, but please arrive on time as seating is
limited.

Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Graham House at Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Cost: Free

Annharte describes herself first and foremost as a Little Saskatchewan First Nations grandma.
She works with the Nokomis Storyteller Theatre Youth Outreach Project among other
community initiatives. She is the author of Being on the Moon (1990), Coyote Columbus Cafe
(1994) and Exercises in Lip Pointing (2003).

Joanne Arnott is a Metis/mixed-blood writer, originally from Winnipeg, living on the west coast of Canada since 1982. Her first book, Wiles of Girlhood, won the Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poetry (Press Gang, 1992). She has published five further books, including Breasting the Waves: On Writing & Healing (Press Gang, 1995 ), Steepy Mountain love poetry (Kegedonce, 2004) and Mother Time: Poems New & Selected (Ronsdale, 2007). Her most
recent publication is, as editor, Salish Seas: an anthology of text + image (AWCWC, 2011).
Mother to six young people, all born at home, Joanne is a founding member of the Aboriginal
Writers Collective West Coast, has served on the National Council of The Writers Union of
Canada (as advocate), and continues to sit with the Author’s Committee, The Writers Trust
of Canada. She is also active with the Richmond Writers Group, hosting literary events in
Richmond BC. Joanne hosts two occasional blogs, Vera Manuel Tribute and Joanne Arnott,
as well as an online storytellers e-group.

The Play Chthonics reading series showcases innovative poetry, narrative, and cross-genre
writing. We encourage creative, interdisciplinary conversations among writers, students, faculty,
and community members in Vancouver. The series is supported by the Canada Council and
the following UBC institutions and programs: the International Canadian Studies Centre, Green
College, the Department of English, the First Nations Studies Program, the Program for Critical
Studies in Sexuality, and the Center for Cross-Faculty Inquiry. We gratefully acknowledge their
assistance.

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