by Kevin Spenst | Feb 7, 2010 | poetry, writing advice
Came across a nice little poetry site this afternoon that I thought I’d share with you. It’s called hello poetry, which might not be the most poetic of urls but it’s a nifty way to find poems and uses of concepts through key word searches. Since the...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 4, 2010 | poetry
It’s long, it’s grueling, it’s telling, it’s replete with suplexes of poetics, pile-drivers of discourse and a great view into the poetry scene in Canada. Her Majesty the Queen shall soon decree that this debate between Christian Bok and...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 3, 2010 | writing s(c)een(e) in Vancouver
I mean if you are in that mood yourself (note the catchy commercial jingle undertones in our title today, the sense of something fun right around the corner, something better than chicken), then you should check out the Real Vancouver Writers’ Series at the W2...
by Kevin Spenst | Feb 2, 2010 | poetry
Okay, so the warmest January just passed us by and February looks equally snowless. What’s a Winter Olympics hosting city to do? Simply drown your sorrows on Granville Island while taking in local non-weather dependent culture. The Candahar bar is a recreation...
by Kevin Spenst | Jan 19, 2010 | poetry, writing advice
Isn’t it wonderful how one thing can lead to another? The right foot in front of the left. One synapse firing up the next. I recently received in the mail the winter issue of Geist magazine, which is, cover to cover, one of their finest in years. The art...
by Kevin Spenst | Jan 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Just found out a couple days ago that I’ve got the job of teaching an AMS minischool night class at UBC in, you guessed it, creative writing! It starts the first Wednesday of February. Below you’ll find a breakdown of the six-week class. If you’re...
by Kevin Spenst | Jan 2, 2010 | fiction, poetry
A couple weeks ago, a fortuitous exchange of events on Main Street led me into the pages of Paradise: Literary Journal, 12 pages of prose and poetry within a standalone cover. For those who like their literature chockablock with ideas grounded in the realities of...
by Kevin Spenst | Dec 16, 2009 | poetry
It was a year ago that I started writing poetry everyday at twitter. The obsessive-compulsive nature of writing something every couple of hours appealed to me greatly and as I’d been writing poetry for four months (ever since I got married for some reason) I...
by Kevin Spenst | Dec 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
In the realm of creative non-fiction, Janet Love Morrison has emerged as one of the success stories in Vancouver this past year as her Crazy Canucks: Canada’s Legendary Ski Team has been sported front and center in book stores, libraries and even grocery stores...
by Kevin Spenst | Dec 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
After a year of bleak news about arts cuts in B.C., it’s inspiring to see the autumn issue of Wordworks shine like never before. The “voice of British Columbia Writers,” not only dazzles the eyes with cover work from the multi-talented Derek von...
