J.R.R. Tolkien liked words and history. He worked on word entomologies for the Oxford English Dictionary, produced dictionaries of Middle English, worked as a code breaker for the British during world war two and served as the professor of Anglo Saxon at Oxford’s Pembroke College. During World War I he and his wife reportedly shared…
J.R.R. Tolkien reads Namárië in Elvish
J.R.R. Tolkien liked words and history. He worked on word entomologies for the Oxford English Dictionary, produced dictionaries of Middle English, worked as a code breaker for the British during world war two and served as the professor of Anglo Saxon at Oxford’s Pembroke College. During World War I he and his wife reportedly shared…
Bloom
Episode 54 of This Is Toronto is now available! This latest edition features Bloom – a new play premiering at the Toronto Fringe Festival. www.thisistorontopodcast.blogspot.com NEXT EPISODE: July 1, 2011
Drive to Save Al Purdy’s A-Frame
I received an email the other day from Lyn at the Edmonton Small Press Association there is a drive on to preserve poet Al Purdy’s home, create an endowment and establish a poet-in-residence program. Please take a moment to read the letter below for full detaqils. (Passing this on in it’s entirity – minus some…
spirits, sufis, soulpepper
When the last dervish quietly walked offstage at Roy Thomson Hall Friday night, a cool silence decended for a moment before the applause began. The sema was over, the whirling had stopped, time to go back outside to mundane reality. Beautiful as the Sufi religious ceremony was, my companion turned to me and wondered aloud…
Calgary and the League of Poets
Members of the League of Poets from Calgary (and surrounding areas) are being sought to participate in a series of readings. If you are in, or will be in, Calgary in 08 and would like to participate, please contact lauriefuhr@yahoo.ca. If you are not familiar with ‘the League’ read on: The League of Canadian Poets,…
From Penn Kemp: Gathering Voices
Sound Opera on http://chrwradio.com/talk/gatheringvoices/Share3:12pm Today | Edit Note | DeleteThe next show is this Wed. Aug. 18 at 6 pm, and Thurs. 6:30 am. I hope you can catch it either then or on the archive the next day,http://chrwradio.com/talk/gatheringvoices/, and let me know what you think! “Gathering Voices”, CHRW 94.9 FM features two Sound Operas…
Upcoming Calgary Events
Laurie from Lonely Hunters has been invited to contribute to the blog, but she’s a busy lady these days. So, in the mean time, she’s asked me to let you know about the following events coming up in Calgary. July 18: Broken Reels film night feat. bpNichol:Pushing the Boundaries, a documentary about the poetfeaturing jwcurry.…
Scream in High Park
The Scream Literary Festival wraps up this monday with “Scream in High Park”. If you’ve never been to the CanStage Amphitheatre in High Park, it is truly one of Toronto’s best kept secrets. If packing some snacks in the picnic basket and sitting in a natural amphitheater (with seating) in the woods, listening to an…
Penn Kemp: Poetry show and workshops
Penn Kemp is offering readings and writing workshops to go along with her radio show “Gathering Voices”, a poetry program on CHRW. The show airs Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and if you miss it archived shows can be found on the website. You can also listen to CHRW online (if you don’t happen to live…