{"id":8131,"date":"2021-05-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/?p=8131"},"modified":"2021-05-09T13:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T19:01:00","slug":"literary-cocktails-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/2021\/05\/07\/literary-cocktails-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Cocktails 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another fabulous Literary Cocktails event wrapped! Thank you to all who attended, to Nisha Patel<\/a> for hosting, and especially to Jennifer Bowering Delisle<\/a>, Aidan Chafe<\/a>, and Micheline Maylor<\/a> for their powerful readings from Deriving<\/a><\/em>, Gospel Drunk<\/a><\/em>, and The Bad Wife<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wouldn’t be a party without all the great people who support our authors and their work \u2013 thank you to everyone who joined us. And, if you missed it, catch the video<\/a> on our YouTube channel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audreys Books<\/a> was our terrific co-host. Please be sure to buy these wonderful new poetry collections from your local indie bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our thanks to the League of Canadian Poets<\/a> and Canada Council<\/a> for their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A found poem from the Zoom chat <\/strong>(with apologies to real poets)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“how the river carves our names”
love that line \/ lovely!
Delicious language<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“broken bicycle of recovery”
Interesting thoughts
My favourite poem in the collection!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“become an unreliable narrator”
Such lively, playful poetry!
Stunning imagery and rhythm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compelling
Well done \/ wow! so powerful \/ Wow!
So great to hear you read these poems<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bravo, all!
Congratulations, great reading from all…
Really memorable
insights \/ all very moving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

such a gift to have you in this virtual room
I miss the in person
I was caught up in every word<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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