World Poetry Canada International Festival News!

With permission from Jaypee Belarmino

World Poetry International Festival News & Events for the International Peace Festival in May.

World Poetry New Westminster Night Out  National Poetry Month 2^ndAnnual Poetathon! Bring your Poems! Nonstop poetry! Break a record! Give a Gift Poem!April  25th, 6:30 pm,With our Partners the New Westminster Public Library6: 30 PM, 716-6^th Avenue(Auditorium Room)New Westminster, BC, Canada.Hosts Ariadne Sawyer & Selene Bertelsen. Special guests: Dr. Ray Hsu. Timothy Shay. Pancho and Sal. Duke Ashrafuzzaman. World Poetry Reclamador Award: Tony Antonias.Poetathon : Sign up at 6:20 pm Book raffle. Refreshments. All free! Diversity & multilingual readings. www.worldpoetry.ca ariadnes@uniserve.ca

May 4, World Poetry Exhibit at Irving K. Barber Center, UBC Library) Vancouver BC.

World Poetry Poetic Necklace Exhibit, World Poetry Peace Poems, Photos and Art featured in the  at Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia http://tiny.cc/PCcf2b  A signature program of Asian Heritage Month, May 4 – May 25, 2012

Curated by  Ariadne Sawyer; World Poetry Society in partnership with VAHMS, this exhibition will present A Poetic Necklace of peace poems from around the world  and photographs from award winning photographers displayed on the walls of IKE Cafe in the UBC Library.  150 gift poems will also be available with a posted address for visitors to” a create a peace poem” and send it to ariadnes@uniserve.com Selected poems will be read on The World Poetry Cafe Radio Show and put in the  www.worldpoetry.ca site. Award Winning Photos/art by : Jaypee Belarmino, Zayra Yves, Neamat Haidari, Jesus Salgueiro, Ibrahim Honjo, Janet Kvammen, Yilin Wang, Peter Lojewski , Mamta Agarwal and Caroline Nazareno.

May 5th, World Poetry Richmond Celebrates Peace! Hosts: Peter Lojewski and Pasang Dawa Lama Sherpa( World Poetry Youth Team member, Nepal) 2:30-4:30 pm. Poet Profile by Bong Ja, featured poets, workshop. Richmond Cultural Centre.

May 23, World Poetry  Night Out Celebrates Peace!6:30 pm, with our Partners the New Westminster Public Library, 6: 30 PM, 716-6^th Avenue(Auditorium Room)New Westminster, BC, Canada. Features: International Poets welcomed by local poets! Hosts: Heidi Mueller and Ariadne Sawyer.  Open mike: sign up at 6:20 pm Book raffle. Refreshments. All free! Diversity & multilingual readings
Info: 604-526-4729 www.worldpoetry.ca ariadnes@uniserve.com

World Poetry Canada International Festival!

May 25, Richmond Cultural Centre, 6:30-8:30 pm. Theme: Inspire Peace ! Opening. Welcome International visitors.  Greetings by partners. Dance by Koyali Burman, Presentation of Lifetime Achievment  award and others, readings. Light refreshments.

May 26th, Richmond Cultural Centre: 10:30 am-4:30 pm.: Theme: Achieve Peace!  Addresses by Dr. Stephan Gill and Ashok Bhargava on Peace. Poetry readings and book launches  by International poets and  local partner poetry groups. Awards, dances by Jasmine dance group. Light refreshments in the afternoon. World Poetry Youth Team will host  Achieving Peace, an interactive panel.

May 26, Theme : Celebrate Peace!  This will be a special dinner seating at 6:30 pm. Please specify (chicken or vegitarian)  Meet and with the international poets and guests from several countries,  network, read your  poetry,  buy books from the book launches, listen to music and dance!

The Executive Hotel right across from the Quality Hotel. Hours 5:30 pm-1 am.  Cost for  Meet the Interantional poets celebration including dinner: $35.00 or special: two tickets for $60.00! Get your ticket now at the shopping cart!  For more information, contact ariadnes@uniserve.com

If you want to buy  tickets or sponsor a poet with a ticket,  we will send you a thank you World Poetry Certificate.

 We will have  an empowering, harmonious and peaceful festival!

World Poetry in kind Sponsors and partners:  Exclusive Media Sponsor: CTV.  Print Sponsor: TAN-The Afro News. Partners:   Signature partner: Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, The Vancouver Tagore Society, Jasmine Dance Group, Canada Council for the Arts, The Writer’s Union, Rice Paper Magazine, The Asian Canadian Writer’s Workshop, The Airport Quality Inn Hotel, Aboriginal Writer’s Collective West Coast. Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia (UBC Library)

*These are  Sponsors and partners in kind, we do not receive any money from them, only services in kind.*  However, their help is gratefully appreciated.

With support from the City of Richmond.