Join your hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea for a speacial show with Poet SANDRA WASERMAN Literary Agent for film and television projects and poet.FOR BOSS MANAGEMENT, March 9th at 9 PM, PST on The World Poetry Cafe Radio Show, CFRO 102.7 FM
Sandra was born in Montreal, grew up in Ottawa and lived in Toronto, Calgary and now resides in Vancouver.
She is hard working Capricorn Fire Dog who works diligently and is passionate about helping those on her roster reach their full potential.
Her background in the industry spans decades. In the early years she wrote radio programs and had three shows from entertainment to a call in talk show, and Editorials for CBC.
She produced a magazine format show called “It’s a New Age and a New You” which she wrote and co-hosted. She was involved in documentary films. She also gave the floor boards a workout in Theatre. Working behind the scenes she took jobs as a Production Assistant, she set up a company doing Set Design for Photography and Film, as well as Location Scouting and Security.
For three years running she was called in to Judge the ACTRA Awards. Her good eye and sharp intuition help her recognize talent quickly and she is always interested in providing advice from her many years of experience in the industry.
Memewar releases its 9th issue on June 20th! Aptly fitting with the "movement" theme of the issue, the event is held at a new location: GOONIES (www.goonies.ca). This is a new venue for us, one that's all ages and wheelchair accessible, and we're excited for the change!
Featuring musical guests:
Candles
Fine Mist
Haunted Beard
Readings from the magazine by:
Sonia Rivest
Mercedes Eng
Besides an evening of entertainment, your $10 cover includes a copy of the magazine and helps to support the next issue. See you at GOONIES!
The World Poetry Cafe Radio show is a live weekly show, Tuesday nights from 9-10 pm PST on Co-op Radio 102.7 FM or internet www.coopradio.org ( a commercial free radio station) located in Vancouver BC. Canada. Hosts Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea and the technician Medhi are all volunteers. We have to pay $700 per year to Co-op Radio to keep our show on the air. The show includes a 20 minute featured guest spot in person or by phone interview, a e-poem section where we read your e-poems in two languages and Creativity Rocks where you questions are answered by Ariadne Sawyer, a Creative Consultant and Poetic News. We also have a featured musician each month where four songs are played.
Twice a year, the radio has a fundraiser and call for membership. Please help keep our show on the air and give a voice to multicultural, multilingual, poets, writers and musicians.
Become a member or make a donation to our radio show. Reciepts for amounts over $30 can be mailed out to you.
If you put in the name of the World Poetry Cafe, the money will be earmarked to our account and you will help keep our show on the air.
For more info, or if you want an e-poem read on the air or an inteview, or a featured musicians spot, contact Ariadne at ariadnes@uniserve.com and please support our show-become a member!
World Poet Lifetime Achievement Award winner and 96 years young this month;
Jan Furst is a retired naval architect and
marine engineer living on Bowen Island,
British Columbia.
He will be calling from Bowen Island for a on air interview.
Show starts at 9 PM PST on CFRO 102.7 FM or on the internet at www.coopradio.org, follow the links to The World Poetry Cafe. Hosts are Ariadne Sawyer and guest host Diego Bastianutti.
Born in Oslo and educated
In Danzig (Now Gdansk) Jan worked as a
shipyard manager for many years, later as
consultant to marine industries and offshore
oil in Canada, Indonesia, The U.S.A and
the Bahamas. He was a commissioner on
the Royal Commission on the Ocean Ranger
Disaster and now volunteers for several youth
organizations in Greater Vancouver.
He has an honorary doctorate from
Memorial University of Newfoundland.
He published “Kajakksport og Kajakkbygging”
(Oslo 1931), a treatise on the construction and
use of kayaks. He has a lifelong interest in old
Norse sagas and pre-Columbian North
American history and culture.
In yr. 2000, he published the book:” Thorfinn Thorhallson’s
Saga”,a semi historical novel that suggests a solution to the
Mystery of the pre Columbian colony on Greenland, that
Tune in and hear Ibrahim Honjo at 9 Pm PST on 102.7 FM or web: www.coopradio.org and follow the links to the World Poetry Cafe.
Ibrahim Honjo was born in Yugoslavia. He is a sculptor, painter, poet-writer and photographer. In Yugoslavia, Honjo was an economist, journalist, editor-in- chief, publisher. He arrived in Canada, and in Vancouver 1995. He is author of nine poetry books. Last two collection of poems "Do Not Write This Down"(2006) and Roots In The Stone" (2 00 8) are published in English and Serbo-Croatian language.He was featured in many magazines, newspapers and radio stations in Yugoslavia and Canada, and in several blogs on the Internet. He has received several prizes for his poetry. Honjo's poetry is translated in Korean, Slovenian and German language. He is member of several poetry groups include World Poetry reading series. He is founder and host of Poetry Planet group.
His web-site: www.freewebs.com/honjo
Also featured a special e-poem on Love by Mohit Gvalani from Mumbai, India. This poem will be on display at The Many Faces of Love Display, Feb.20-27 at the Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The 2009 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival invites budding and established poets from around the world to submit haiku honouring Vancouver’s 36,000 cherry trees.
This year’s theme for the 2009 Haiku Invitational is international friendship and the cherry tree.
Entry deadline is January 7, 2009.
Winning entries in five categories will be announced by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and displayed on TransLink buses and Skytrain this Spring.
Da: Ariadne Sawyer [mailto:ariadnes@uniserve.com]
Inviato: lunedì 7 aprile 2008 6.01
A: ariadnes@uniserve.com
Oggetto: World Poet Diego Bastianutti to receive prestigious 2008 International Literary Prize May 25th in Trieste, Italy!
Priorità: Alta
World Poetry guest co-host and radio co-host Diego Bastianutti will receive the prestigious 2008 International Literary Prize May 25th in Trieste, Italy!
World Poet Diego Bastianutti just received a telegram from Italy, informing him that his book For a Fistful of Soil/ Per un pugno di terra (submitted without his immediate knowledge), has been selected by an international jury of writers as the winner of the 2008 International Literary Prize Umberto Saba, Trieste. There were other prizes awarded in separate sections for published "Novels" and for "Short Stories", and other sections for unpublished works of the same category.
Quite apart from the prize money itself, the Committee has offered to pay for his round-trip flight to Trieste, Italy, plus accommodations. The ceremony will take place on May 25.
He is clearly honoured by this prestigious international recognition, and wishes to share to share his joy with you all.
Diego will also be receiving the World Poetry Ambassador’s medallion for Italy.
A music/poetry event on Saturday March 8th at the Capri Hall 3925 Fraser Street.
It will feature :
A Weather (www.myspace.com/aweathermusic)
They are a beautiful band that create a lovely ambiance with their delicate sound and soft, humble voices. They are coming into Vancouver from Portland.
Mark Walters- a musical guest, his first time performing. Absolutely brilliant
Simon Hoskyn- a local Vancouver musician with powerful powerful words and a gorgeous sound.
Spoken word by Julien Bentley and Rc Weslowski
and a collection of art peices by Annie newton on womens anxiety.
Tickets are on sale at Zulu records, scratch records and ethical addictions, at the door, or through me. $10
Doors are open at 7pm and all proceeds are going towards the Vancouver Poetry House (youth slams)
