Thanks to everyone who came out to the Nanaimo book launch on Feb. 6 at The Vault! We packed the house. It was a night to celebrate Soundin’ Canaan, but it was also a night of poetry and music—a night of community. It was a night of sonic solidarity in honour of Black History Month. A big thank you to both Neil Surkan and Sonnet L’Abbé for sharing the power of their words.

A second book launch will take place in Victoria on March 13 at Paul Phillips Hall (1928 Fernwood Road). This event will feature poet Wayde Compton (Performance Bond, The Outer Harbour, Toward an Anti-Racist Poetics). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Details, here.

Audio

Neil Surkan Reading

Sonnet L’Abbé Reading

Paul db Watkins Reading

Photos