Poetry Bus! Celebrating the 27th Year of Poetry in Transit

In partnership with TransLink and BC Transit, Read Local BC presents the launch of this year’s Poetry In Transit campaign at Word Vancouver. Now celebrating its 27th year, this beloved community-engagement project displays the work of ten BC poets on public transit vehicles throughout the province. Join us to hear a selection of the featured 2023-24 poets read from their work, followed by a short discussion and Q&A in which you can engage with the poets over your love of the written verse! Hosted by Evelyn Lau.

Readers:
Susan Braley – Tilling the Darkness (Caitlin Press & Dagger Editions)
P.W. Bridgman – At the Bakery After the Pathology Report Arrives (Ekstasis Editions)
Edward Byrne – Tracery (Talonbooks)
Megan Fennya Jones – The Program (Goose Lane Editions)
Mark Leiren-Young – Big Sharks, Small World (Orca Book Publishers)
Emily Osborne – Safety Razor (Gordon Hill Press)
Kirsten Pendreigh – Best Canadian Poetry 2021 (Biblioasis)
Ian Thomas – Green Islands: Poems from the Great Bear Rainforest (Rainbow Publishers & Raven Chapbooks)