The Woodshed at the Woodhaven Eco Culture Cetnre
Who: Canadian Poet, Russell Thornton
What: Woodshed Reading Series
When: Friday, May 15, 7pm
Where: Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre, 969 Raymer road
This May 15th, Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre is honoured to welcome Russell Thornton, celebrated poet, author, and one of this year’s Griffin-prize nominees. This public event will open The Woodshed Reading Series in grand style. Poetry of this depth and quality on an evening in May—we could hardly ask for a better way to usher in the summer! The reading will be on Friday, May 15th at 7 PM at UBC’s Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre, 969 Raymer Road, Kelowna.
Russell Thornton
Thornton is the author of such works as The Fifth Window, A House Built of Rain (BC Book Prize finalist), Stones and Rain (Governor General’s Award finalist) and The Hundred Lives (2015 Griffin-prize shortlist). His poems work the interplay of the human, the material, and nature as sacristy, a “beautifully articulated realm of the awkward dance between spirit and matter” (Coast Reporter). The Griffin-prize judges note Thornton’s skill in the transmutation of matter and spirit: “Thornton’s lyric narratives …dramatically enact Robert Frost’s notion that the greatest of all attempts is ‘to say matter in terms of spirit, or spirit in terms of matter, to make the final unity’”.
Come join us this May 15th for an evening of poetry with Russell Thornton, one of Canada’s most celebrated voices—the first of many wonderful events taking place at Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre over the span of the summer. This event is free; all are welcome. Joane Arnott will be our second visiting author, reading on June 5th, , another event not to be missed by linguaphiles and art enthusiasts.
The Woodshed Reading Series is sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts, The Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC, The Association of Literature Environment and Culture in Canada, and the Regional District of the Central Okanagan. The Woodshed Reading Series is in its second year and will hold readings throughout May to August.
For more information on the reading series and Woodhaven, visit : blogs.ubc.ca/woodhavencentre/summer-2014-event-calendar/