Special World Poetry Cafe Radio Celebration Program! A Tribute to John Keats! Sept. 15th on CFRO! 9 pm PST
By worldpoetry on September 8, 2009 - 10:25pm
Special Radio Celebration Program! A Tribute to John Keats!
World Poetry Café Celebrates the famous English Poet John Keats.
Sept. 15,
9:00 PST.
Co-op Radio CFRO, 102.7 FM
To listen on the internet, go to: www.coopradio.org or by satellite: STARCHOICE 845
You can also download the show by going to archives after the show.
The show will feature a biography of John Keats and some of his poems in English and Spanish.
Also featured: the Tribute to John Keats Poetry Contest winners selected by judges Carol Knepper, Dr. Lucia Gorea and Alejandro Mujica-Olea.
Additional selected poems by contestants will also be read.
This program is in partnership with TVA films for their film BRIGHT STAR which will be opening in major theatres across Canada on September 18th.
BRIGHT STAR, which is a historic love story about the life and times of the famous poet John Keats, will be premiering as a favorite at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. It stars Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw and is directed by Academy Award Winner Jane Campion. It is a very special film to the studio and the surrounding literature, poetry and spoken word community in many cities across Canada and throughout the US and England because of the impact Keats had on the literary world.
Bright Star
View the trailer now at: http://www.tribute.ca/movies/Bright+Star/19106
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Genre: Drama
Director: Jane Campion
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw
Synopsis: London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats and the girl next door Fanny Browne, an out-spoken student of high fashion. This unlikely pair began at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she was unimpressed not only by his poetry but also by his literature in general. However, when Fanny heard that Keats was nursing his seriously ill younger brother her efforts to help touched Keats and when she asked him to teach her about poetry he agreed. The poetry soon became a romantic remedy that worked not only to sort their differences but also to fuel an impressioned love affair.
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