Ursula Pflug will be reading on April 11th at the Augusta House as part of the Chiseries with Rio Youers and James Alan Gardner.

“The Water Man,” which has seen print in anthologies in Canada, the US, and the UK, is now available for your listening pleasure at the awesome Escape Pod. The talented Christiana Ellis has done a wonderful job reading the story.

Additionally, from 7-9 on Wednesday April 4th, Pflug will be MCing at Cat Sass Coffeehouse in Norwood. The night’s featured readers are Leanne Simpson, Kate Story and Ruth Clarke. The reading series is sponsored by The National Public Readings Program of TWUC. If anyone is driving the Trans Canada east of Peterborough that night, be sure to stop in. The atmosphere and fair trade lattes are both exceptional.

Tightrope author Kathryn Mockler will be reading at the event ‘Poet Laureate and Friends,’ presented by the London Arts Council. Come out to the  PL Farewell: celebrate National Poetry Month and London’s First Poet Laureate, Penn Kemp.

Poets Kathryn Mockler, David Hickey, Cornelia Hoogland and Karen Schindler will be reading on this year’s National Poetry Month theme of “Balance.” These poets have written extensively about balance between personal and professional lives, between political and ecological values, as well as sustainability, not only of our environment but of also Canadian culture.Penn Kemp will also perform a special tribute and thank you to the late Colleen Thibaudeau Reaney honouring her significant contribution to the Literary Arts and London, Ontario.

Thursday, April 26, 2012 – 7:00pm

London Public Library
251 Dundas Street
London, ON
N6A 1G4

‘Freeing Your Erotic Self in Poetry or Prose‘ is a new course at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, taught by Tightrope’s own Myna Wallin. Find an authentic vocabulary for your erotic self with this playful and exploratory workshop. In a relaxed environment, take part in writing exercises designed to loosen inhibitions on paper. Analyze what works and why in your own writing and in famous rule-breakers like Anais Nin, Anne Sexton, and Barbara Gowdy.

The course takes place from May 3rd to June 21st 2012, and runs on Thursdays from 6:30-9:00 pm. The flat fee is $599.00 and takes place on the St. George Campus.

Writing Creatively about Grief is a creative writing workshop through Ryerson University’s Continuing Education Program, taught by award winning poet and journalist, Jacob Scheier. 

Students will learn techniques, methods, and devices for writing evocative creative non-fiction (e.g., memoir, personal essay) and poetry on loss and grief. Through the reading and writing of non-fiction and poetry, we will work towards making our experiences of grief speak to others. Subject matter is not limited to the death of a loved one, but can include, for example, a divorce/break up or losing a part of a person through injury or illness.

Jacob Scheier’s writing will be featured in “Mess,” Tightrope’s upcoming hospital anthology.

Karleen Pendleton Jiménez’s memoir ’how to get a girl pregnant’ has just been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in the ‘Lesbian Memoir/Biography’ category !

The beautifully candid memoir was published last year with Tightrope to great reviews.

Last year, Tightrope author Anna Swanson won in the category of Lesbian Poetry.

Congrats Karleen!