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Radio readings to save the woodlot

7/12/2013

Listen in on Tuesday, July 16, 6:30 - 7:00 pm EDT. Gathering Voices, CHRW FM 94.9 FM. (R. July 23, 6:30-7:00 am),
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3992303404/?fref=ts.

A polyglot of poets read their poems to save the woodlot, as published in the PigeonBike Press pamphlet, “Trees or Jobs: It Should Not Be a Dichotomy”. Readers include Tom Cull, Andreas Gripp, Patricia Keeney, Penn Kemp, Susan
McCaslin, and R L Raymond from PigeonBike. With an intro. by Joni Baechler, London City Councillor. The poems are up on http://www.scribd.com/doc/150431112/Trees-or-Jobs.

Also, a preview of "Choose, but Choose Wisely", Jeff Culbert’s new War of 1812 play, commissioned by Fanshawe’s Pioneer Village, opening July 16: see fanshawepioneervillage.ca.

For updates, see our Gathering Voices group, ttps://www.facebook.com/groups/3992303404/.

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SO FAR SO GOOD....

1/19/2013

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Canadian poetry legend Frank Davey

The first four months of London Open Mic Poetry Night's first season have been a success, with the last event, on Jan. 3rd, featuring John Tyndall, drawing a crowd of fifty to the terrace at the Mykonos Restaurant, even more than attended the series' launch. We're optimistic that the remaining five months of the season will be just as upbeat.

We've made good use of the first four events to test out and then toss out ideas that sounded much better in an excited discussion than they actually worked on the floor. In the process we ended up with a leaner, simpler event, composed

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London Literary Life - A Personal View

1/14/2013

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By Penn Kemp

(Editor: First published in Open Book Ontario, this article is reproduced here with the author's permission.)

Surrounded by placid, excellent farmland all too quickly mushrooming into suburbs, London lays claim to many acclaimed writers, whether they were raised here, lived in the area most of their lives; left and returned; or are now here for the duration. Think Joan Barfoot, Bonnie Burnard, Emma Donoghue, Frank Davey, Don Gutteridge, Jean McKay, Orlo Miller, James Reaney, David Suzuki, Colleen

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A poem by RL Raymond, our featured reader for December

12/20/2012

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RL Raymond Nominated for Pushcart Prize

11/28/2012

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RL Raymond, who will be launching his third book, 'Half Myths and Quarter legends' at the Dec. 5th London Open Mic Poetry Night, has just been nominated for the prestigious 2013 Pushcart Prize.

The New York-based Pushcart Prize - Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is, according to the prize's publishers, "the most honored literary project in America". Writers who were first noticed by the prize over the years include Raymond Carver, Tim O’Brien, Jayne Anne Phillips, Charles Baxter, Andre Dubus, Susan Minot, Mona Simpson, John Irving, Rick Moody, and many more.

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RL Raymond Interview

11/23/2012

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RL Raymond, who has been nominated for the prestigious 2013 Pushcart Prize, will be launching his third book, ‘Half Myths & Quarter Legends’, at the December 5th London Open Mic Poetry Night, held at Mykonos Restaurant, 572 Adelaide St. N. Music starting at 6:30, event at 7:00.

The interviewer is Stan Burfield, the organizer of
London Open Mic Poetry Night.
　

Stan: When did you begin writing poetry and what got you into it?

RLR: I remember writing stories as a kid. Then for a while, I didn’t write a thing. It began in earnest during my university years; that’s when I started writing poetry. I was published in a few journals. I wrote, but not really seriously. Then I went dark for a few years when I graduated. It’s only the last 4 or 5 years that I’ve

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Radio readings to save the woodlot

SO FAR SO GOOD....

London Literary Life - A Personal View

A poem by RL Raymond, our featured reader for December

RL Raymond Nominated for Pushcart Prize

RL Raymond Interview

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