Whitehorse Poetry Festival

2007 Schedule

Friday, June 22

8pm Poetry Bash featuring all festival poets
Westmark Hotel

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Saturday, June 23

9:30-10:30am Craft Talk – Sharon Thesen
Yukon College Library

11am-12 noon Poetry Reading – John Haines and Barry McKinnon
Yukon College Library

12-1:30pm Lunch

1:30-2:30pm Panel Discussion

Changing Concepts of North
Moderated by Hal Wake featuring festival poets and Yukon College faculty

Canadians have defined themselves as a northern people, particularly in art and literature . How have concepts of North changed in poetry, particularly in light of the electronic era where our worlds are smaller and we are better connected?
Yukon College Library

3-4:00pm Poetry Reading – Donna Kane and Gillian Wigmore
Yukon College Library

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Sunday, June 24

9:30-10:30am Trade Talk – Hal Wake
Yukon College Library

11am-12 noon Panel Discussion

Voices in the wilderness: the nature poet today
Moderated by Hal Wake featuring festival poets and Yukon College faculty

In light of current ecological concerns--global warming, vanishing wild spaces, dwindling resources, urban sprawl--what is the role of the nature poet? Is nature poetry environmental activism or does it serve other functions? moderated by
Yukon College Library

12-1:00pm Lunch

1:30-3pm Poetry Reading – Sharon Thesen and Jan Zwicky
Yukon College Library

8pm Yukon Poetry Night featuring Erling Friis-Bastaad
MacBride Museum

For more information on the Whitehorse Poetry Festival please visit www.whitehorsepoetry.com , email info@whitehorsepoetry.com or call at 867 668-6744.