Flywheel Reading Series

Did you know that once a month Pages Books and filling Station magazine join forces to bring you the Flywheel Reading Series, featuring local emerging talent as well as some of Canada's best poets?

They do!

What is a flywheel, you ask?

According to Oxford it is a "wheel with a heavy rim, attached to a revolving shaft, in order either to regulate the motion of the machinery, or to accumulate power."

This month they've put together a very exciting lineup of poets. Here are the motion regulators and power accumulators:

Christian Drake, Kirk Ramdath, Sandy Pool, and Jason Christie Thursday, March 8 7:30pm Pages Books on Kensington 1135 Kensington Road NW

Jason Christie's i-ROBOT

Sandy Pool's Exploding Into Night

Kirk Ramdath's Love in a Handful of Dust

Six names have been shortlisted for the honour of Calgary's first poet laureate. It's hard to say exactly what this means, as this city has never had its own poet laureate, but that's the exciting part. We get to find out!

The six poets will be appearing on Thursday, March 1 from 7:00 to 9:00pm at Hotel Arts (119 12th Ave. SW) for a showcase of presentations and conversations hosted by Russell Bowers of CBC Radio's Daybreak Alberta. Until then, place a hold on the titles by clicking the book covers below, and decide who you think deserves to wear the crown of all Calgary muses.

Derek Beaulieu Derek's blog		Diane Guichon Diane's Harbour Publishing Bio
Daniel Bennett, a.k.a. Transit Transit's Mypace		Tyler Perry Tyler's website
Kris Demeanor Kris's website		Sheri-D Wilson Sheri-D's website

Click here for complete information on the showcase, as well as in-depth background on each of the poets on the laureate short list. RSVP to attend this free showcase here.

DAY OF THE DEAD POETRY READING

Wednesday. November 2.

Auburn Saloon.

7pm - 10:30pm.

feat.

IAN FERRIER

JEN KUNLIRE

KIRK RAMDATH

ALI RILEY

SHERI-D WILSON

MC: DAVID ESO

TUNES: DJ SUBLIGHT

A celebration of life.

A renewal of death.

The Auburn Saloon is at 163 Ninth Avenue SE.

Check out the event's Facebook page.

Check out Calgary Spoken Word Society.

Check out the library's wonderful poetry collection, including Sheri-D Wilson's brand new Spoken Word Workbook: Inspiration from Poets Who Teach, described as a "play-space where the audience becomes the artist and artist becomes the audience [and] features interactive exercises from seventeen professional spoken word artists. This unique project is ground-breaking and timely as a poetry and spoken word learning tool." Library copies are still on-order but you can place a hold today.

Or Kirk Ramdath's Love in A Handful of Dust.

Here at the nook, there is no writer's block. The idea of an invisible force paralyzing the hands and/or mind of a writer is preposterous. Any type of block must be attributed to a lack of library-use or a lack of lunch. In our 'block-free' zone, there is one type of block that Calgary can celebrate, support, and utilize - the radio show on CJSW “Writer’s Block”.

To connect with Calgary's literary scene, mark Tuesday nights, 8pm, for an enthusiastic insider look into the best of local (and far beyond) writerly news.

To let the ‘Block speak for itself…

"CJSW's weekly foray into literature. Hosted by Paul Kennett and Stephanie Weidman, Writer's Block is focused on local events, writers, poets, publishers, while keeping an eye on the bigger literary picture across the country and around the world! Writer's Block airs on the fm dial in Calgary, 8 - 9 PM Tuesday evenings."

Check out the titles of recent featured Writer's Block guests in our catalogue:

Miss Lamp, by Chris Ewart Tell-All, by Chuck Palahniuk Eunoia, by Christian Bok