BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Vancouver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Vancouver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1-11999@events.ufv.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180328T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180328T180000 DTSTAMP:20180315T161616Z URL:https://events.ufv.ca/events/valley-writes/ SUMMARY:Valley (W)rites: Exploring the valley as muse DESCRIPTION: \;\n\nValley (W)rites: Exploring the valley as muse\nFeatu ring: Billeh Nickerson\, Renee Sarojini Saklikar &\; Tawahum Justin Big e\n\nBilleh Nickerson is the author of five books including the 2014 City of Vancouver Book Award nominated Artificial Cherry. He is also a former editor of PRISM internationaland Event—two of Canada’s most respec ted literary journals—and a previous writer-in-residence at both Queen ’s University and at the Berton House in Dawson City\, Yukon. He’s cur rently co-editing Valley: A Poetry Anthology with Surrey Poet Laureate R enee Sarojini Saklikar. He grew up in Langley\, and now resides in East Va ncouver.\n\nRenée Sarojini Saklikar is Poet Laureate for the City of Surr ey\, British Columbia. Her first book\, children of air india\, (Nightwood Editions\, 2013) won the 2014 Canadian Authors Association Award for poet ry and her second book\, with Wayde Compton\, The Revolving City: 51 Poems and the Stories Behind Them (Anvil Press/SFU Public Square\, 2015) was a finalist for a 2016 City of Vancouver Book Award. Nightwood Editions recen tly release a collection of bee poems written by Renée\, in response to e ssays by GG award winning Dr. Mark Winston\, entitled Listening to the Bee s.\n\nLutselk’e Dene and Plains Cree poet\, Tawahum Justin Bige resides on unceded Musqueam\, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish territory colonially-kno wn-as Vancouver. Their work has appeared in Red Rising Magazine\, Oratorea lis and Pulp Magazine. Tawahum’s poetry stokes the sacred fire of resurg ence and decolonization on occupied Turtle Island. They currently study Cr eative Writing at KPU. CATEGORIES:*_UFV Events,College of Arts,International,Research Events,Theatre LOCATION:University House (F124)\, 33844 King Road\, Abbotsford\, BC\, V2S 7M8\, Canada GEO:49.02838759999999;-122.2846821 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=33844 King Road\, Abbotsfor d\, BC\, V2S 7M8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=University House (F12 4):geo:49.02838759999999,-122.2846821 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR