Book Launch of Alphabestiary with Bruce Meyer and Masud Taj
Location:
Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
Festival:
Carnegie Days Festival 2012
Fees:
Admission Free Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery, 105 Dunlop Street East, 4:30 to 6:00 pm.
Barrie Poet Laureate Dr. Bruce Meyer and Ottawa oral poet H. Masud Taj launch Alphabestiary: An Emblem Book (Exile Editions) with Taj’s poems about animals and Meyer’s short prose pieces with readings and a celebration of the animals we love. H. Masud Taj is an oral poet, calligrapher and architect whose poems have been featured in anthologies of Indian poets (Penguin Books India 2002; Wespennest Austria 2006; Bloodaxe UK 2008; TLR USA 2009) as well as Canadian poets (Atlas 2007; Rogue Stimulus 2010). He is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Carleton University in Ottawa. Bruce Meyer is the author of thirty one books of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, pedagogy and literary journalism including the national bestseller, The Golden Thread. Meyer is the inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Barrie and a professor of English at Georgian College.
Barrie Poet Laureate Dr. Bruce Meyer and Ottawa oral poet H. Masud Taj launch Alphabestiary: An Emblem Book (Exile Editions) with Taj’s poems about animals and Meyer’s short prose pieces with readings and a celebration of the animals we love. H. Masud Taj is an oral poet, calligrapher and architect whose poems have been featured in anthologies of Indian poets (Penguin Books India 2002; Wespennest Austria 2006; Bloodaxe UK 2008; TLR USA 2009) as well as Canadian poets (Atlas 2007; Rogue Stimulus 2010). He is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Carleton University in Ottawa. Bruce Meyer is the author of thirty one books of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, pedagogy and literary journalism including the national bestseller, The Golden Thread. Meyer is the inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Barrie and a professor of English at Georgian College.
Carnegie Days Festival 2012 Schedule
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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MacLaren Art Centre7:00 pm
Thursday, September 29, 2011
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Online9:00 am -
SDVA Campus Gallery10:30 am -
Various downtown Barrie locations6:00 pm
Friday, September 30, 2011
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Rotary Education Centre at the MacLaren3:00 pm -
Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery4:30 pm -
Rotary Education Centre at the MacLaren7:00 pm
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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Rotary Education Centre10:00 am -
MacLaren Art Centre10:00 am -
Grey and Simcoe Foresters Regimental Museum11:00 am -
Barrie Public Library2:00 pm -
Bohemia, 125 Dunlop Street East, downtown Barrie5:30 pm -
Downtown Barrie Restaurants6:00 pm -
Imperial Theatre7:00 pm -
Casa Cappuccino7:00 pm
Sunday, October 2, 2011
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Octopus Studio Press, Lefroy10:00 am -
MacLaren Art Centre10:30 am -
Simply Tea and Chocolate, 151 Dunlop Street East11:00 am -
The Carnegie Room1:00 pm -
Rotary Education Centre at the MacLaren1:30 pm
