Announcing the Launch of the Vallum Reading Series 2004 – Montreal

RENOWNED AUSTRALIAN POET APPEARS IN MONTREAL
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

An exciting new literary program is coming to Montreal: the Vallum Reading Series. This series, sponsored by the Vallum Society for Arts and Letters Education (VSFAALE), aims to promote the appreciation of poetry by bringing major literary talent into communities that would not normally be able to access it. The readings in this series will take place in a variety of urban venues, many of which have no traditional links to poetry. In all, the Vallum Reading Series aims to encourage the public to see poetry in new and ever-changing ways.

The Vallum Reading Series 2004 brings you the celebrated Australian poet, essayist and literary critic John Kinsella, reading a selection of his poetry at the Centaur Theatre in lovely Old Montreal.

Date: Monday, October 25, 2004, at 7:30 pm.

Place: Centaur Theatre, 453 Saint-Francois-Xavier St., Montreal

Admission: $5, at the door or in advance

Reception and cocktails will follow.

A portion of the proceeds from this reading will be used for humanitarian relief in Sudan.

For tickets or information, contact vallumadmin@bellnet.ca or 514-278-4999.

About John Kinsella
John Kinsella is the author of over 20 books of poetry, including Peripheral Light (W.W. Norton), The Hunt (Bloodaxe), The Benefaction (Equipage) and Counter-Pastoral (Vagabond Press). He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Grace Leven Poetry Prize, the John Bray Award for Poetry and the Age Poetry Book of the Year Award. This reading will be his first performance in Montreal. To learn more about John Kinsella, visit his website at www.johnkinsella.org.

[An] Orphic fountain, a prodigy of the imagination …
Harold Bloom, literary critic

Kinsella threatens to become the Whitman, Wordsworth and Spenser … of his country in one fell swoop.
Publisher’s Weekly

In a time when many poets have been taught to “find their voice,” and subsequently get stuck with that voice, Kinsella shows that variety is not only the spice of life but the stuff of true poetic exploration …
Peripheral Light … shines that delicate, indirect light of searching and discovery – as fine writing, or any fine art, often does.
Booklist

About the VSFAALE
The Vallum Society for Arts and Letters Education (VSFAALE) is a charitable organization dedicated to promoting literature and the arts through publications, workshops and live events. The VSFAALE produces Vallum: contemporary poetry, the critically acclaimed magazine of poetry, book reviews, essays and interviews, in print since 2001. Visit www.vallummag.com to learn more about Vallum: contemporary poetry or the Vallum Society for Arts and Letters Education.

This event is made possible due to the generous support of the United Way International.

Vallum Magazine is distributed across Canada by Gordon & Gotch; subscribe online by visiting www.vallummag.com.