Planet Earth Poetry

Huge congratulations to our incredible venue, ! Resounding hip-hip-hoorays to all of you, Andrea, Jordan, Zoe and the whole team. You deserve this win!!!! Planet Earth Poetry is so grateful to you! 🌏🙏❤️

Last Friday, we had Jónína Kirton and Susan Musgrave read their incredible poetry for our last reading of season 30. Kyeren Regehr hosted the evening.

Missed the live reading? Check out the youtube video here:
https://youtu.be/UVG10qSWTRI

Planet Earth Poetry will be taking a break for the summer and return September 4 with our all-open mic reading and annual poetry book sale fundraiser.

See you in September!

What a way to end our 30th anniversary season! Last night, more than 90 people gathered at Russell Books, with another 20+ joining us on Zoom, for a spectacular evening with Susan Musgrave and Jonina Kirton. And a stunning open mic!

The room was full, the readings were extraordinary, and the sense of community was palpable.

As we close the season, I'm feeling deeply grateful. This year alone, Planet Earth Poetry featured 85 poets, plus another 20 of our own exceptional poets in our PEP Volunteers reading. That's over 100 voices sharing their creative work. It's an honour to serve this series.

Thank you to every featured poet, every open mic poet, all of our superb volunteers and board members, our weekly audiences and Zoom attendees, all of the publicists and publishers who send us poets, everyone who donates their time, energy, expertise, and money (thank you for all of your generous donations!) in support of Planet Earth Poetry. You all helped make this anniversary season so special. Poetry thrives in community, and what a beautiful community we have.

Thank you for showing up for poetry. 🙏
Happy summer, everyone!
See you in the fall.
Kyeren 💜🌈

Join us TONIGHT>> Friday June 5, at Russell Books to enjoy the poetry of featured poets Jónína Kirton and Susan Musgrave as well as an open mic. Doors at 7 pm, featured readers start at 8 pm. The evening will be hosted by Kyeren Regehr. This will be our final reading before the summer break so don't miss it!

Jónína Kirton is a Red River Métis/Icelandic poet. Her writing is often a weaving of body and land as she firmly believes until we care for women’s bodies we wi l not care for the earth. Her third book, Standing in a River of Time, merges poetry and lyrical memoir on a journey exposing the intergenerational effects of colonization on a Métis family.

From Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Susan Musgrave, author of more than thirty-five books, comes Hunger, works selected from Musgrave's last four books, and a humorous and thoughtful afteressay by Musgrave herself about the breadth of her literary career. Susan lives on Haida Gwai where she owns and manages Copper Beech House.

Discover the poetry of Susan Musgrave on Friday, June 5 at Russell Books. Susan will be joined by our other featured poet, Jónína Kirton. The event will be hosted by Kyeren Regehr. We will have an open mic at 7:30. Doors at 7 pm, featured readers at 8:00 pm.

Susan Musgrave has published more than 30 books and received awards in six categories — poetry, novels, non-fiction, food writing, editing and books for children. She lives on Haida Gwaii where she owns and manages Copper Beech House. Her most recent book is Exculpatory Lilies, which was a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, 2023.

Discover the poetry of Jónína Kirton on Friday, June 5 at Russell Books. Jónína will be joined by our other featured poet, Susan Musgrave. The event will be hosted by Kyeren Regehr. We will have an open mic at 7:30. Doors at 7 pm, featured readers at 8:00 pm.

Jónína Kirton River Métis/Icelandic poet, author, and facilitator, was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (Treaty One). She currently lives in the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Sḵwxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples. Kirton graduated from the Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio in 2007 where she now teaches a workshop titled Pen & Sword. She is a longstanding member of their Advisory Board. A late-blooming poet, she was sixty-one when she received the 2016 Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts Award for an Emerging Artist in the Literary Arts category.

Coming up this week: we have Jónína Kirton and Susan Musgrave as featured readers with Kyeren Regehr as our host for our final reading of season 30 before our summer break.

Our Friday June 5 reading is at Russell Books in downtown Victoria, AND livestreamed on Zoom. Doors open at 7 pm (and open-mic sign up soon after that). The live event starts at 7:30 pm, with the Zoom livestream starting approximately 8 pm.

Check planetearthpoetry.com for details, and/or subscribe to our newsletter.

Last Friday, we had Kath Healing and Scott Jackshaw read their vibrant poetry for pride night. Melanie Siebert hosted the evening.

Missed the live reading? Check out the youtube video here:
https://youtu.be/Y_kjlyU_i4g

This Friday, June 5 we'll have Jónína Kirton and Susan Musgrave reading with Kyeren Regehr as host for our LAST NIGHT of season 30 before our summer break.