some vancouver summer haps

George Bowering's Burning Water Marathon Reading
Friday, July 30th, 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Outside on one of those weird patches of astroturf, I'm guessing
700 block of Granville Street, Vancouver
Featuring: Whoever wants to read. Apparently GB will be making an appearance in the "late afternoon"
Free!


Harmony Arts Festival Reading
Monday, August 2nd, 1:00-2:00 PM
Art Tent at Ferry Building Gallery
Ambleside Park, West Vancouver
Featuring: Trevor Carolan, Daniela Elza and guitarist Andrew Collins
Free!


Taddle Creek Travelling Series of Happenings
Tuesday, August 3rd, 9:00 PM
The Brickhouse Bistro & Bar
730 Main Street, Vancouver
Featuring: Michael Christie, Peter Darbyshire, Lee Henderson, and Marguerite Pigeon
Free!


/diagonal west coast zine fair
Saturday, August 7th, 4:00 - 11:00 PM
221a Artist Run Center
221 E Georgia (at Main), Vancouver
Featuring: Readings by Nikki Reimer, Taryn Hubbard, Jason Sunder (and more!), and booths for a gaggle of local magazines, including OCW, Poetry is Dead, and Sad Mag
Free!


The Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 12:00 - 7:30 PM
Lumberman’s Arch, Stanley Park
Featuring: Susan Musgrave, Betsy Warland, Catherine Owen, Brad Cran, and more!
Free!

Oh, and speaking of summer haps - if you're in Toronto on Friday, August 6th, check out the Incongruous Quarterly launch. If you are headed that way from Vancouver, let me know and I can give you a stack of books to read for me at the launch. That last sentence will make much more sense after the issue goes online on Saturday...

Oh oh, and speaking of haps - High Altitude Poetry, which at some point moved from a "bi-monthly" publishing schedule to a "print issues whenever we have money and time without updating the issue's stated publication date" publishing schedule, has just release their Spring 2010 issue. If you're up at SFU, be sure to grab a copy!