Are you someone who notices the cadences of language, the way words chime or shiver or jangle? Do you find yourself hearing rhymes or half-rhymes in everyday life, or phrases that just “sound good” to the ear? Then you might be a poet! Join a group of fellow word-lovers as we play with words and sounds, entering the music of poetry and creating new work. No experience with poetry is necessary to enjoy this fun, interactive workshop.

JEN CURRIN’s most recent book is the poetry collection Trinity Street (House of Anansi, 2023). They have published five other books, including Hider/Seeker: Stories, which won a Canadian Independent Book Award, was a finalist for a ReLit Award, and was named a 2018 Globe and Mail Best Book; School (Coach House, 2014), which was a finalist for the Pat Lowther Award, the Dorothy Livesay Prize, and a ReLit Award; and The Inquisition Yours (Coach House, 2010), which won the 2011 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry and was a finalist for a LAMBDA, the Dorothy Livesay Prize, and a ReLit Award. A white settler of mixed, mostly western European ancestry, Currin was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, on the traditional and ancestral territories of the Multnomah, Clackamas, Chinook, Tualatin, and other tribes. They currently live on unceded Qayqayt, Musqueam, Kwikwetlem, and Kwantlen Nation territories in New Westminster, BC and teach creative writing and English at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

www.jencurrin.com